This book was so much more than I thought it was going to be. It was beautiful and insightful.

I would honestly recommend it,
Over & Out, T xx ( )

Jenna, played by Charlie Tracker, and Jonah, played by Fielding Withers (a stage name) have been in a fauxmance for years. What's a fauxmance you may ask? When two attractive young stars of a popular tween television show pretend to be madly in love with each other--much to the delight of fans and the press--that's a fauxmance. A faux romance.

Say what you will about Charlie and Fieldings acting on their show (it's a bit like Hannah Montana with the teen who's secretly a popstar), but no one's yet figured out Jenna and Jonah's big secret: they can't stand each other.

That's right, they might have all the moves down pat--they've even given some of them names--but really Jenna and Jonah want nothing more than to be rid of their relationship.

...And they just might have their chance now that the paparazzi seem to have found out their big secret! Charlie and Fielding are forced to hide out from, well, everyone and find out who they really are.


Jenna & Jonah's Fauxmance is one of those books where it's surprising that at least part of the idea hasn't really been done before (or if it has, I missed it) because it's so much fun! There are always actors or other celebrities that have TMZ, et al guessing 'Are they, or aren't they?' Now there's finally a book where everyone's guessing wrong....but on the actors' doing.

Besides there being the fun of Charlie (Jenna) and Fielding's (Jonah) animosity toward each other as things start, there's also a lot readers learn over the course of the book about Charlie and Fielding. We learn how they got to be the stars of a TV show--and why it may or may not be exactly what they want.

While this book is undoubtedly cute, it has substance as well. The characters and their relationships with each other develop right from page one on to the end.

Co-written by Emily Franklin and Brendan Halpin is an example of how a book by two authors can be even better than a book by one author. The chapters alternate between Charlie (Jenna) and Fielding's (Jonah) perspectives with, I am guessing, each author writing for the same character each time. Each character had their own distinctive voice and Charlie definitely saw Fielding differently than he saw himself, and vice versa, as well. It was little differences but things that seemed like a single author would have trouble getting entirely out of one characters head to write for the other. Basically, I loved that this was co-written.



9/10

I prefer my teen romance novels vampire and werewolf free, thank you very much. I also like them (as with all fiction) to multi-fasceted characters, rather than utterly bland Mary Sue stand-ins, who for no justifiable reason attract every human and/or supernatural being of the opposite sex within 100 miles. Which is at least part of why I so enjoyed Jenna & Jonah's Fauxmance. Well that and the fact that it was as light and tasty as cotton candy on a sunny spring day. So when you finish slogging through "War and Peace", and find yourself with a bit of a sweet-tooth, Jenna & Jonah is a tasty choice. ( )

A yound-adult novel based on Much Ado About Nothing is cute. A young adult novel based on Much Ado About Nothing in which the characters actually end up acting in a production of Much Ado About Nothing is a bit obvious. ( )

While it was not an amazing novel, this was a very cute book. I noticed from the beginning that Charlie mentioned Shakespeare and Much ado about nothing a lot. Interestingly, the book turned out to be like a modern version of said play. I liked it but I was not too crazy about it. It was a very fast read and very entertaining. There was not much in the way of plot. It felt more like a character driven story. This is not something bad, but I just wish more happened. I wasn’t too happy with the ending because it felt rushed. One moment, Al & Kyanna are telling them lies just to get them together. Then the next, the book is already over. I would have liked those last scenes to be developed better. Everything was rushed, and I ended up being disappointed with it. Overall, it’s a cute story but flawed. ( )