I’m faking a relationship with my best friend. What could possibly go wrong?Skye is my best friend. I trust her with my life.So when she asks me to play her boyfriend?I say hell no. Love screws everything up. And I’m not about to lose the only person who gets me.But Skye is determined. She’s bringing a fake boyfriend to her cousin’s wedding, with or without me.No way am I letting some other guy … way am I letting some other guy hold her, touch her, kiss her.
It has to be me.
It’s strange, smiling like I’m madly in love.
But it’s easy, wrapping my arms around her curvy body.
It’s easy, dragging my lips over her soft neck.
And when she kisses me?
It’s easy, realizing she’s the only thing I need.
I have five weeks of faking it. Five weeks to convince my best friend our fake love is real.
The Best Friend Bargain is a standalone friends to lovers/pretend girlfriend romance featuring a brooding tattoo artist hero and the curvy heroine who brings him to his knees.
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Hands down favourite book in this series. Forest and Skye are an incredible couple. Best friends to lovers to forever. But love is never easy. Especially when you have been burned before. But it looks like everyone around them can see it but them. What started out as a fake relationship turns into more. This book is about heartbreak. It’s about friendship and lust turned into love. A love they always had for each other.
You will be addicted right from the start. I found it really hard to put down. Needless to say I highly recommend this book and all the others in the series
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Did not deliver on what I was expecting
The Best Friend Bargain by Crystal Kaswell is the story of Forest and Skye.
I have liked Crystal Kaswell’s other books but this one I picked up and put down a few times over the course of several months. I had a hard time getting into the story and staying there. I am not sure exactly why but I do know that I thought both the main characters acted younger than their ages which annoyed me. The story-line was, as I do like the friends to lovers trope but there were a few things that tweaked me with this story. In the end I made it to the last page and their HEA. But by then I felt let down by the potential of the book compared to the reality. Which is so much of life I think anyway.
This is only my opinion and I know that other readers have loved this book and new readers will also. It is not about this author as I have read and own a number of her other books. I think I just did not gel with this one.
I received a copy of this book for my honest review. My opinions are all my own.
This is the story of Skye and her best friend Forest. Skye has had feelings for Forest since the day they met. She even shared her feelings with her cousin who ended up breaking Forest’s heart. Skye gets the shock of her life when Forest admits that he told his ex that they were a couple. Skye thinks about this and wants to move forward with the plan. Maybe since she can’t have the real thing, she could pretend for a while? The characters are colourful, determined, and cautious. The storyline is exciting, emotional, and inspirational. Great read.
Once again, we’re given a book that could be ordinary but is nuanced and layered. The First Taste is so much more than the typical scorching hot (though it is) cliched story you think about for the virgin and brother’s best friend. The characters are developed and draw you in. I was wholly invested in them and the story. I can’t recommend enough, and I want so much more.
Skye has been in love with her best friend Forest for years. Yet before she could let him know, her cousin Mack moves in and Forest falls in love with her. Forest only has eyes for Mack. Yet when he finds Mack in bed with another man, then Forest is heartbroken. When Skye asks Forest to pretend to be her boyfriend for Mack’s wedding to someone else, Forest hesitates. But they have such friendship that it can only lead to love. But family has a way of complicating things. Enjoyable story and you can’t help but root for these two.
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This book is absolutely amazing. I love all the characters and the fact that they come back to visit in other books. This story will definitely be a reread from time to time. I so loved Forest and Skye together.
This book has everything that I love about a Crystal Kaswell book and I’ve been anxiously waiting for this story and boy oh boy this author doesn’t disappoint! This story is angsty funny and steamy hot ! The chemistry between Forest and Skye is deliciously hot it’s yummy , these two I’ve been waiting for to get together for a while now and at last we get there story ! Definite must read and definite 5 stars from me !
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It Grabbed My attention and focus so strong I could not put it down. A word of advice when you get your copy. Grab a snack, a comfy seat, kick back and relax. You will not be moving until you finish this bad boy here. Remarkable job. Thanks for sharing.
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I struggled with this book. Crystal Kaswell’s style is hit or miss for me and this book fell short. I really wanted to love it because I loved the heroine. Skye has her own style, embraces her curvy figure while still discovering her way in life.
I wanted to love Forest but found that I was frustrated with him more than I rooted for him.
The writing style in this book was also very choppy, almost like a constant staccato piece of music. This gave me more anxiety than pleasure in reading it.
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Here we have the Crystal Kaswell’s Inked Heart episode. The Best Friend Bargain.
Foster is still shattered by the heart ache by his ex, his best friend Skye’s cousin Mackenzie’s betrayal. Who betrayed Skye prior after even after knowing how Skye really feels about Foster.
And will things change between them after when Foster sets the direction of their paths when after he can’t stand hearing Mackenzie downgrade Skye to him just because she’s not the size of a stick thin model but a voluptuous fashionista who advertises clothes for the plus size ladies which leads to the different paths that occurs better them.
Will the paths bring them closer or pull them apart ¿? ¿?
5 stars for Faking It /The Best Friend Bargain by Crystal Kaswell. Forest and Skye have been friends for awhile, but what will happen when these two fake a relationship. These two were made for each other. Sky is the goth princess and Forest is the bada** tattoo artist. These two decide to fake the relationship to help each other out. Skye’s cousin and Forest ex -girlfriend Mack is getting married. Mack ruined Forest when she broke his heart, and Mack treats Skye like trash. Mack is a real piece of work in my opinion, but back to my review. Everything changes between Skye and Forest when these two realize they both have feelings for each other. However, will these two do something about it. I just have to say I am a big fan of Skye. I love how Kaswell writes big, beautiful, and strong women. I am in love with her writing. Being a bigger woman myself I loved how Kaswell writes BBW characters. Skye loves who she is and doesn’t shy away from it. She puts herself out there and doesn’t shy aware from the attention she gets. I love it. I loved this book and if you read it, you won’t be disappointed.
This is a friends to lover read with excellent characters whose chemistry can’t be denied. The flow of the storyline flowed smoothly from beginning to the end.
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An amazing and engaging page turner that is well-developed, emotionally deep, well written, and relatable. The ups and downs, fun, humour, witty banter, and excitement will keep you on the edge of your seat and engrossed until the end. The characters are likeable and real; their chemistry is off the charts! Definitely recommended.
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Forest and Skye have been best friends for years and now the both need each other in order to survive her cousin’s wedding. Her cousin is Forest’s ex and even though he is slowly moving on he doesn’t want her to think she still has power over him. So during a phone call he says that him and Skye are dating. Skye is a influencer and her career with it is just starting to take off. She’s stunned when Forest runs over to her parents place and tells her to hang up on her cousin. But nothing could prepare her for why he wanted to talk to her first. She agrees to go along with him more because of her feelings for him. Soon he is helping her with her work and its like their pretend relationship morphs into something more before either really knows. But is Forest ready to move on with Skye? Can Skye show him that she’s the woman for him?
This is an amazing friends to lovers story once I started it I couldn’t put it down. The chemistry between them is off the charts hot. This is a well written and very entertaining story. I would recommend this book to any book lover.
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Best Friends To Lovers! 3.5 Stars!
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The Best Friend Bargain
I liked these two much more once they were a couple. I didn’t enjoy all of their journey very much! I don’t seem to have a great deal of patience for uncertain emotions at the moment, in real life & especially my fiction!
Forest is a fixer within his family & feels unsure of his place with everyone becoming adults & standing on their own feet. He’s very secure in friendship with his best ‘girl’ friend & old neighbour, Skye. Although constantly lusting after her, especially after seeing her Instagram lingerie shots, is killing him!
Skye has had a crush on Forest since his family moved in next door. She knew he was out of her league but her cousin, Mackenzie, broke her promise & girl code by dating him. What truly ruined their friendship though was when she cheated on him & broke his heart!! Skye can’t forgive her for that. Now Mack is getting married & wants them all to attend, how will Forest survive it?
These two, individually, are lovely characters. Together as friends they’re great, but her pining for him & her insecurities mixed with his own insecurities & total cluelessness was frustrating & annoying to me!! I think Holden is going to be an intriguing addition to this series.
Debbie, 1970, UK
Another great story from Crystal! It flows smoothly, keeps the reader’s attention from start to finish and has characters you’ll love.The chemistry between the characters is realistic and believable. You won’t be disappointed after reading this book.
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Forest sticks his foot in things at the start of things but that is the ideal catalyst. Because he may tell his ex he’s dating her cousin…but it wasn’t to protect himself. It was to protect Skye.
And he’s constantly thinking of ways to please, protect, thrill Skye…more than as a bff. Mlm
I adore Skye!! She’s the perfect plus size goth princess!
I love that she’s comfortable in her own skin. That she doesn’t let her catty cousin, former bff, ruin her confidence, whether it’s past or present. That she doesn’t settle for less than she deserves in relationships.
Her father. He’s hilarious, and adorable.
Her friendship, and the fake relationship, with Forest that blooms into exactly what they both deserve.
And how hot is it that he supports her career?? OMG!! Or that he’s into her as she is?
So many things make Forest a pretty dreamy book boyfriend to go with our amazing Skye. And they are so steamy together. Hot, hot, hot.
And getting to see the formerly moody, broody Chase all happy with Ariel, and hints of what’s to come with Holden. I always love Crystal’s bookiverse for the extended glimpes.
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What a sweet, fun and sassy story. I really enjoy the story and with it written in both characters POVs really helps you feel like you know both characters. I found it to be a fairly easy read with a bit of fun and ansty throw in.
fun read
I enjoyed the story. I have read many books by this author. I didn’t completely enjoy the writing style with this one. I looked back and scanned a few pages of other books and did not see the same issues in other books so I’m baffled why this one was different? This story is about Forest and Skye, they are friends and determined to keep it that way even though they their agreed to fake relationship. They are both a couple you can root for and hope for their HEA. A few complications raised but the story flowed well. I just didn’t necessarily like the sentence structure (or lack of it) but still didn’t mind the story.
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