This book hit me on so many personal levels that I feel exposed.

When people look at Danika Brown, all they see is a confident woman who knows what she wants and how to get it. What no one sees is that she has insecurities of her own: she’s afraid of failure, of disappointing, of not being enough (aka. relatable af). And she likes it that way – the no one knowing, I mean. So why bother with relationships when she will clearly end up messing everything up somehow? Nope, better to focus on her goals and her career. Who needs relationships and compromise when friends-with-benefits are just fine?

So when Zaf, the handsome security guard at Dani’s work, rescues her from a fire drill that had her trapped in an elevator, she decides it’s time to add the 'with benefits’ part to their friendship. Somehow, the video of her rescue goes viral and they become twitter’s new trending couple, which is actually good for Zaf’s sports charity. So Zaf asks Dani to play along and be his fake girlfriend in order to get free publicity, and she accepts because who wouldn’t help out a friend? Not that she also kinda sorta really wants to bang him. No strings attached, though.

So that’s what happens, and of course they catch feelings and it’s wonderful. I must say, Talia Hibbert’s writing is flawless. It’s witty and funny and sassy and adorable and I wish I could write the way she does because it looks easy and effortless but it clearly is not.

Also, I really appreciated that there were no filler chapters at the beginning, it went straight to the point and it made me want to keep reading from the start. However, what I liked the least was the ending. You know how in romance books, when a couple gets together, one of them always has to fuck things up and then there’s the grand gesture and they get together again? Well, the grand gesture part could’ve been better. Not that it was bad in any way, it still was adorable, but I don’t know, I wanted more.

Setting that little issue with the ending apart, this book was my exact cup of tea and I liked it way more than Get a Life, Chloe Brown. I will probably reread it many times.