4.5 stars! Lynn Painter really never misses 🤭 I love EVERYTHING about this book!! Fake dating, sports romance, childhood friends to lovers... need I say more? Lynn Painter does a FANTASTIC job of writing books that give me all the giggle-and-kick-my-feet feelings 🤭 that ALSO have characters with lots of depth. If you're looking for great romance books, look no further.Dani is dealing with her parents' divorce and the effects of growing up as a military kid. Having moved around so much greatly ...

Eeep!!! I’m so happy I got to read this 🥹🫶I felt all of Lynn Painter’s magic in this book, magic that I didn’t feel in Maid for Each Other by this author 😭 which honestly left me really sad and disappointed. But this book?? THIS BOOK. It was so much better and gave me all the feels I needed 🤭❄️ It wrapped me up in all those cozy, swoony feels 🤭🙂‍↕️Dani is such a lovely character 🥹 I’m so happy with her journey, and I’m sooo glad she finally got the happiness she deserved 🥹🫶 Her journey ...

"I don’t like cliches" *popular jock x smart shy girl*me: 🤤👀🥰🥰💕💓 Okay, so maybe I *do* like clichés, especially when Lynn Painter writes them! "Fake Skating" by Lynn Painter is everything I didn't know I needed in a feel-good romance. If you're looking for fun book reviews, look no further. This book just hits all the right spots. It's sweet, funny, and the characters are so well-developed you can't help but root for them. Seriously, I was hooked from page one. Give me all the popular joc...

This book was so cute, I absolutely loved it! "Fake Skating" by Lynn Painter was fun, heartfelt, and incredibly sweet, packed with moments that made me laugh, swoon, and even tugged at my heartstrings a little. This was my first Lynn Painter novel, and I totally get why everyone loves her now. Her writing is beautiful! Dani and Alec were childhood best friends; she used to spend summers in his hometown until Dani stopped visiting, and they lost touch. Years later, Dani's back for her senior y...

Things just change. People move houses, we fall out of touch with our previous best friend/childhood sweetheart, time seems to fly by faster, what have you. And now, unfortunately, I'm unable to get giddy over Lynn Painter books. I fear I can no longer defend her YA books because all her works are turning monolithic!! I can’t quite pinpoint if it’s some innate evanescing of whimsy paired with an exponential growth of wrath on my end, or if her writing has genuinely devolved into what feels lik...

3.5 Stars This was a really cute read, like most Lynn Painter stories. I'd rate it more like a 3.5 or 3.75, though. I don't know. The story just didn’t completely wow me; it felt very familiar and a little recycled 😬 The miscommunication that the whole story hinges on was a little stupid, but hey, it's YA. If you loved *Better Than the Movies*, you’ll probably enjoy *Fake Skating* as well. --- I just KNOW Lynn Painter is going to thoroughly entertain me with *Fake Skating* and help me out ...

・:〃➜ Spoiler-Free Review ❄️༄.°₊°｡🌨️ Thank you Netgalley and Lynn Painter for giving me the ARC to this book in exchange for an honest review! ❆ ･ﾟ🌀🧊⊹ ࣪ ˖ **Fake Skating** ⋆🤍₊˚ෆ⋆⁺₊🐻‍❄️❅。 romance: 14+ (kissing, innuendo, fake dating), cursing: 14+ (f*ck, sh*t, a*s ALMOST EVERY PAGE. ESPECIALLY MALE POV.) 𓂃 ࣪˖☃️⭑.ᐟ*̩̩͙‧͙•̩̩͙┈┈・｡˚₊ ❆ ｡˚₊・┈┈‧͙ •̩̩͙‧͙*̩̩͙╰ now playing: back to friends 🥶 ⸝⸝.ᐟ⋆ ˚.🩵* sombr⦊ 0:42 ——◦———— 2:25 ⦉↠ⁿᵉˣᵗ ˢᵒⁿᵍ ↺ ʳᵉᵖᵉᵃᵗ ⊜ ᵖᵃᵘˢᵉ 💙꒷꒦︶꒷꒦︶ ๋ ࣭ ⭑꒷꒦꒷꒦︶꒷꒦︶ ๋ ࣭ ⭑꒷꒦ › ❄️ "How ca...

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⤿ Started on January 11, 2026.

Finally diving into this one! I'm a sucker for a romance with childhood sweethearts + fake dating tropes, so fingers crossed that "Fake Skating" by Lynn Painter really delivers. 🧘🏻‍♀️🌟 I'm always on the lookout for great romance book reviews.

Buddy read with roro. 🩵

3.75 stars! 🌟🌟🌟(spoiler-free 🙈)🎵𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙖𝙮 ...'𝙃𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙮' 𝙎𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙯, 𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙚𝙨𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚 '𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙮' 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙄'𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩’ 🎵🎧𝙷𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚢~𝚃𝚊𝚢𝚕𝚘𝚛 𝚂𝚠𝚒𝚏𝚝↻ ◁ || ▷ ↺_____________~“…𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘰...

Thank you to Netgalley for giving me this ARC in exchange for an honest review» Little League - Conan Gray «0:53 ─〇─────3:25↻ ◁ II ▷ ↺✧˚ · The last thing I needed was for Dani Collins to be beautiful and a student at Southview · ˚✧{🎧} My playlist: Apple Music:https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/f...Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6n9...Thank you to Netgalley for giving me this ARC in exchange for an honest review⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- 6 starsDual First Person POVSpice Level 🌶️ - 1.5/5 ⤷ d...