#BookReview: Faking Friends by Jane Fallon @JaneFallon @GabyYoung @MichaelJBooks #FunFiction #MothersDayGiftIdea

I’m very pleased to finally be able to share my review of this absolutely brilliant book.  I’m a huge fan of Jane Fallon and was very excited to receive an early copy of Faking Friends.

Faking Friends is available to buy in ebook and paperback here.

It would make a fantastic Mother’s Day present if anyone is still looking for an idea!

Book Description:

Best friend, soulmate, confidante . . . backstabber.

Amy thought she knew everything there was to know about her best friend Melissa. Then again, Amy also thought she was on the verge of the wedding of her dreams to her long-distance fiancé.

Until she pays a surprise trip home to London. Jack is out, but it’s clear another woman has been making herself at home in their flat.

There’s something about her stuff that feels oddly familiar . . . and then it hits Amy. The Other Woman is Melissa.

Amy has lost her home, her fiancé and her best friend in one disastrous weekend – but instead of falling apart, she’s determined to get her own back.

Piecing her life back together won’t be half as fun as dismantling theirs, after all.

My Review:

Ooh I do love a Jane Fallon book.  I think it’s the wonderful scenarios she describes that you wish you were brave enough to do.  I mean how many of us would love to get revenge on someone who has wronged us? I know I would and in her books Jane gives you the chance to live out these fantasies through her characters which is so much fun to read about! I so enjoyed reading about Amy’s sneaky plans of revenge on her former boyfriend and best friend.  There is something addictive about Jane Fallon’s storytelling that hooks the reader in and makes it very hard to put the book down.  Throughout the book I felt like I was a fly on the wall, watching all the action unfold and enjoying all the caos that resulted.

I did like the main character Amy.  Yes she could be a bit of a bitch with her catty descriptions and observations of people.  However these were normally quite funny and did have me laughing out loud at times.  It was great to see her go on a real journey throughout the book as she rebuilds her life and discovers more about who she is.  She deals with the shock of betrayal really well and with a lot of strengths that was great to read about and made me admire her attitude.

Melissa and Jack were two characters I loved to hate.  Loyalty is very important to me and they annoyed me with their deception of Any, a person they were meant to love and the fact that they lied about what was happening to her face.  It was great fun watching their lives unfold and I felt that they deserved everything they got!

The ending was brilliant and a really fitting way to end the book.  It was great to read how much Amy’s life had changed, for the better, and how far she had come.  I was very pleased things worked out the way they did and closed the book with a happy sigh!

I have read nearly ever book that Jane Fallon has written, she is one of my favourite authors and I look forward to reading more from her in the future.  If you love fun, addictive and thrilling books then you will love Faking Friends.

Huge thanks to Gaby Young from Michael At Joseph publishers for my copy of this book.  As you can tell I absolutely loved it and thoroughly recommend.

About The Author:

Jane Fallon is the multi-award-winning television producer behind shows such as This Life, Teachers and 20 Things to Do Before You’re 30. Her books include Getting Rid of Matthew, Got You Back, Foursome, The Ugly Sister, Skeletons, Strictly Between Us and My Sweet Revenge.