Monday, March 4, 2024

Summerville University Book 1: Spring Fakers by Catherine Cloverdale

 

Summerville University Book 1

Theo Ward is the hot, popular jock who's never once looked my way.  Until he asks me to play his fake boyfriend over spring break... and discovers he can't look away.


Charlie


Studying is what I’m best at; not partying or awkward socializing. So when I finally let my only friend drag me out, of course I manage to spill a drink on a handsome athlete named Theo.


He finds me a week later with the craziest of suggestions. He wants us to fake date. Embarrassing as it is, it'll give me at least some relationship experience, and for him? He's tired of his friends trying to hook him up all the time.


A simple enough arrangement... until we go on spring break road trip where I have to spend every minute with my new boyfriend. I know someone like Theo would never be into a nerd like me. But as we spend every day pretending and every night in the same bed, it's getting hard to remember that fact.


Theo


I may be a party boy, but I'm not interested in hooking up with everything that moves. My friends don’t seem to get that. So when fate pushes the cute-but-nerdy Charlie into my path, I come up with a wild idea--maybe too wild.


Fake dating seemed simple enough, but I should know even the best laid plans go awry. Our road trip lands us in bed together, and waking up with him in my arms is starting to feel...right. I’m not looking for a relationship, and teaching Charlie how to be in one is as far as I’m willing to go.


We're too different for anything lasting between us, and Charlie deserves far better than me. Even if the idea of letting him go is getting more painful by the day.


Spring Fakers is a steamy college m/m romance and is the first book in the Summerville University series. Each book can be read as a standalone, but is more fun when read in order. Guaranteed happy ending.


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/124924491-spring-fakers


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My Review: 3/5 Stars


Charlie and Theo couldn’t be more different. Charlie is an introvert to the max and a bit socially awkward. He always views himself as not “normal” and can people for only so long. While Theo is sunshine and social and happy to go with the flow. Yet these two find themselves in quite an interesting situation. A few interesting encounters between them, Theo finds himself asking Charlie for his help. He wants his friends to lay off him when it comes to dating and hooking up. And what better way to do that then to say he is dating someone already? He asks Charlie to be his fake boyfriend. And in exchange, Charlie will get some practice on relationships and what he thinks is “normal”. He is stepping out of his comfort zone and trying to do something different. Though it may start out rocky, then gets more interesting when Charlie heads on a spring break trip with Theo and his friends. But the more they spend time together, the more the two of them realize that perhaps they actually may fit together and that this could be something real. But can wither of them be courageous enough to take that step? Or will they fall back into old patterns? 


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