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💬 What’s your favorite romance trope? . Happy release day to #DateMeLikeYouMeanIt by @authorrsgrey! This is a friends-to-lovers story from the Rom Com Queen herself, and I can’t wait to read it!! . Candle by @bossypantscandle! Head over to check out their new holiday line! Use my code LIFEINLIT15 for a discount! . . . s u m m a r y ⇣ I’m good at hiding my feelings. Having to pretend I’m not in love with my best friend? Pfft. That’s child’s play. Here’s how I do it: I avert my eyes when he walks out of his room, shirtless in all his toned glory. I squash the butterflies that fill my stomach every time he slowly unfurls a dimpled smile. And, most importantly, I keep an arsenal of “personal massagers” in my bedside drawer. Wink. Not to brag, but Aiden Smith isn’t hard to resist if you’ve been doing it for as long as I have. In fact, we might have continued as best friends forever if not for the fact that I needed him to play the part of my fake boyfriend. Date me like you mean it, I told him. Nudge nudge. C’mon, just go along with a little lie, help a girl out, and then we can all return to life as we know it. Except he veered from the plan. He crossed the line. Flirting with me when no one else was around? Pinning me down and kissing me like that? Okay, how exactly is taking off my bra part of the ruse, Aiden?! I’d ask him about it if I could, but well…things got ugly and we’re not best friends anymore. In fact, we’re the exact opposite. Now, I have to play nice even though I want to crush his heart in the palm of my hand. Pretending not to love Aiden was the easy part. Pretending not to hate him? Well…I might need a little more practice. . . . h a s h t a g s ⇣ #rsgrey #romancebooks #romancereadersofinstagram #booksaremyfriends #readingmakesmehappy #ilovemybooks #beautifulbookcovers #booklover #bookpage #booksofinstagram #igreads #themagicofbookstagram #thebookstagram #bookstagrammers #hyggelifestyle #readersofinsta #lovetoread #bookaesthetic #booknookstagram #bossypantscandles #targetstyle #targetfinds https://www.instagram.com/p/CHOo4j8HRPQ/?igshid=1tc1h5790opo8

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[Review] Date me Like you Mean it -RS Grey

***This eARC was provided in exchange for an honest review. ***

“Date me Like you Mean it” is another rom-com classic to add to the ever growing backlist of rom-com queen R S Grey body of work.

For loyal fans this is a nice trip back I feel to some of the snark, witty banter and hilarity mixed with lots of love that is reminiscent of Grey’s other amazing romantic comedies that are my favourites like Anything you Can do and Foxe & The Hound.

In “Date Me like you Mean it” readers watch the friends -to lovers romance blossom and then impossibly come to fruition between Madeline & Aiden. Our hero and heroine are inexplicably linked to each other after their respective siblings get married to each other, and what follows is the building of friendships and love between these two. Their love for each other is so obvious to literally everyone but each other!

As is common-place with the friends to lovers trope, Grey explores the unrequited love storyline-but showcases it from both the hero & heroine’s points of view. The lengths Maddie goes to in order to trick Aiden are hilarious!

It genuinely seemed like it was going to be impossible for this pair to get together though, with their complex work lives and difficulty in actually prioritising their feelings over work and their pride! But in true RS Grey fashion it was so well written how they eventually resolve their conflict.

Another great read, albeit frustrating a little towards the end with the characters literal lack of communication, but it really comes together nicely at the end!