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This is How You Fall in Love book review

 


This is How You Fall in Love is a YA contemporary romance novel that follows Zara who has been best friends with Adnan for as long as she can remember. Zara loves romcoms and to experience her own fantastic love story one day but when Adnan asks her if she can fake date him to cover up his relationship, it isn’t what she wants but she’ll do it for Adnan. Fake dating isn’t as easy as it seems though especially when another mysterious boy comes into the picture. 

This book was close to a five star read and I had some high hopes because it features some of my favourite things in YA contemporaries but ultimately there were some things that let this book down for me. 

This book is mainly set around Zara and Adnan, but you do spend quite a bit of time around their friendship group, Cami and Yahya throughout the story too. 
I really liked Zara as a character, her feelings towards what was happening all made sense though she did make some interesting decisions over the course of the story you could see why. I also really liked her love of romance books and romcoms, and then the way she then compared them to what she was doing and what was happening to her. 
Adnan was a really nice character and I liked him but I didn’t like how he, or Cami, treated Zara. Even with that part of the story, I did still like his character. 
I did also enjoy reading about Zara and Adnan’s friend group but again there were a couple of characters who did treat other characters in ways that I wasn’t so keen on, while some characters were really lovely, some were quite mean and their reactions weren’t completely justified. I wasn’t a big fan of Cami very much at any point in the story but I quite liked Yahya and possibly would have enjoyed seeing more of him throughout the story. 

I liked a lot of this book and am glad that I read it, something I liked that I haven’t already mentioned is the representation in this book and how it was really good rep but still different enough from other similar books to keep you wanting to know more about their lives and families. What I did dislike though was how some of the characters treated each other, it wasn’t something I wanted to see or enjoyed reading about, and it’s not something I’d want to see in my day to day life either. 

There are no books that immediately spring to mind when I try to think of similar books if you enjoyed this one, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating also has some great representation and the fake dating trope executed well but that’s only one of many books out there. 

Overall I enjoyed this book and it was a well deserved four stars. I recommend it for YA contemporary fans or anyone who enjoys the fake dating trope. 

Thank you Netgalley and Bonnier Books UK for the e-arc in exchange for a fair review.




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