“I haven’t full on belly-laughed like this for a long time” Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Meet Hannah Thompson: wife, mother, teacher and… secret erotica author? My Guilt List: 1. If we have a date night then I’m always asleep before it’s halfway through and honestly, if I had to choose, I’d rather have a hot bath and read my book than engage in any other nocturnal activity. 2. If we do actually … activity.
2. If we do actually have you-know-what then it’s not unheard of for my mind to wander… and I’m not talking about sexy things – I’m talking about what food there is in the fridge and when the car is due for its next service.
3. I am struggling to write about anything that could be classed as even a little bit sexually adventurous which is a problem when I’m supposed to be an erotica writer and I am speaking at Sex Con in exactly one month.
With a book to publicise, Hannah has no choice but trade her M&S cardis for S&M parties, and become her writing alter-ego. What could possibly go wrong…
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This is the first time I have read a book by this author and I was fairly impressed. I wish I had know this was a sequel because I would have definitely read that one first.
Hannah is a middle aged mum of 3 who seems to be having a bit of a mid life crisis and is attempting to reinvent herself and add a little more financial gains to the family. What ensues is a comedy of errors as she attempts to become a Sex Goddess even if that’s really not what she is reaching for at all. After some success of her first erotic novel she is tasked with writing book two. Now she must research ways to get her creative and sexual juices flowing.
This book has so many laugh out loud moments that people will wonder what all the fuss is about. I really did like this book but I found quite a bit of the beginning to be very slow paced and some of the plot could have been weeded out and still not affect the overall outcome of the story.
**Received ARC through NetGalley. Voluntarily reviewed. All opinions are my own regarding the book**
Faking It by Rebecca Smith was a fun and light. Hannah wanted to do something for herself. As a mother, wife and teacher, she was also a woman first. But how can she write her erotica stories when her life is so crazy. I loved watching her try and explore new things. She is trying to manage all aspects of her life. I laughed throughout the story.
Happy reading!
This book isn’t what I was expecting, but t be honest, I’m not sure what I was expecting. The Protagonist is a mother of three in her 40’s. Part time teacher, part time erotica author. While her marriage is good, her sex life is what she calls vanilla. After getting writers block on her next book, she is pushed to re-invent herself (or rather her alter ego) to become the sex goddess she needs to be to get the words flowing. There are hi-jinx goings on (including trying out some new moves in the bedroom, that don’t quite get the desired results.) The narrative is strictly from her POV as we follow her through, not only her transformation, but also her everyday life as mom and wife and teacher to some high school teens… and all that goes along with the lot. And did I mention that two of her kids are teens… and we all know how they can be! 😉 There are many laughs, most of which are thanks to her inner dialog, but also due to the crazy things that happen to her on her little journey. This book is the perfect read for all the moms out there who maybe don’t feel as sexy as they once did. Don’t worry, you don’t need to be a mom to appreciate everything that goes on in this book. 😀 While the whole idea of the book revolves around her erotica books and #BringingSexyBack, there is no sexual content. There is talk about it and a vibrator or two make an appearance, there are no steamy scenes included. I didn’t know this going into this book, but this is a follow up read to ‘More Than Just Mom.’ Since I had no clue about that book, you can obviously read this one without any problems. That book is about the mom starting her career as a porn writer… errr I mean an erotic author.
*I received an ARC of this book from Netgalley.
Hannah has to fake it until she makes it!
Hannah Thompson is a full-time wife, mom to three kids, part-time English teacher and writer who had just sold her first erotica book as Twinky Malone that for some reason everyone thought was funny. She had intended to write an informative erotica book without her kids finding out about her secret writing. Hannah attempts to find her inner sex goddess for her next book but struggles when she fakes having everything together.
Faking It is not a romance to me, it is more an adult fiction with a little comedy with Hannah trying to find balance between trying to write her next book and everything else. It just felt a little flat for me as a book.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
3.5 Star Review Faking It by Rebecca Smith
Rebecca Smith is a new author to me. Hannah Thompson is a wife,mother, teacher and an author of erotic fiction. She is also suffering from writer’s block and struggling to complete the book she is supposed to be promoting. Hannah decides to take a leap out of her comfort zone in an effort to get the words flowing.
As her children are older, Hannah hides the fact that she is an author, particularly because her book is erotic and this frustrated me a little as it give the impression she is ashamed of what she has achieved.
There were times throughout this book that I found myself laughing out loud, however there were times that I also struggled. I would have liked to see a less “perfect” balance between the mother and the author and perhaps it could have been played up more,but then that is just my opinion.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.
Hmmm, this was just not what I was expecting which let me down. When I read the blurb, I was like yes, I need a good funny book that I could connect with, aaaannnnd this was not it. I wondered if I was just in a funk, because I had covid and it was pretty difficult at times but that wasn’t the case with this book. I was sad I tend to reread books if I enjoy them and if I have restart the book a couple of times I know that that book is not for me, and guess what that was this book. I could say more, but why the gist is that I wouldn’t recommend or read again.
rcvd an ARC at no cost to author..(netgalley) voluntarily reviewed with my own thoughts and opinions.
Well this novel sure pulled a bait and switch.
The book description on the website is hot. The book is not. What one might expect from the description is that married mother of three Hannah is seeking inspiration for her next erotic fiction novel so she sets herself on a new course involving “S&M Parties” and reconnecting with her husband. While, I guess, this is what happens in some vague sense, the real plot isn’t quite as exciting as it sounds. Every step of the way our main character doesn’t choose to step outside her comfort zone, but is rather pushed, complaining the whole time. I thought I was getting a novel about a middle-aged woman reclaiming her sexual identity and trying new things with her husband, but instead the focus of the story is more on Hannah’s struggles as a wife and mother, with sprinklings of her writers’ block thrown in for intrigue. This book is not *bad* it’s just not what I felt like I was signing up for, and perhaps I’m just not the target audience, being closer in age to her children than Hannah. I typically like books with older heroines because it either gives me hope for the future or something to look forward to, but this book was perhaps just a bit too real when it came to the struggles of being a mother of three for someone like me.
Setting aside the plot, this book certainly has some funny moments, like the S&M party mentioned on the cover (that really isn’t), and Hannah’s really rather rude daughter (are children actually like that?) taking great pleasure in aggravating her mother. However, the author reuses the same joke format of communication issues (either between characters or us and the author) making us think we’re talking about one thing when we’re talking about another a little too often. It was hilarious the first ten pages and then not-so-much thereafter. The excerpts from Hannah’s erotic fiction novel were… painful… to read a little bit. I get that they were supposed to be unintentionally funny, but they were just uncomfortable, and the cluelessness of Hannah that came out her writing didn’t mesh with the rest of her character. She just didn’t seem that clueless in the rest of her life to not understand why people found her writing humorous.
This book had so much potential, and I really liked the premise, but it just didn’t live up to my expectations.
Thank you to Net Galley and Harper Collins UK for providing me with a free e-ARC in exchange for an honest review! All opinions are my own.
Hannah Thompson’s secretly a published erotica author and she’s under pressure to write a sequel that’s better than the first book. Struggling to write anything remotely sexy because, life, Hannah decides it’s time to transform into her alter ego, maybe that will get things flowing.
Faking It was absolutely hilarious. All of the relationships and characters felt so real. I loved that Hannah and Nick’s relationship wasn’t in shambles and a source of drama, it’s more about communicating and supporting each other. I could feel everything from the struggle of letting your kids go and grow up to trying to figure out who you are beyond a mom and wife. I’m probably the target audience here, if you have kids, get weighed down by life and sometimes struggle to remember who you are beyond a mom and wife, this is the book for you, it’s absolutely relatable and will have you laughing out loud.