Romantic comedy
College romance
Fake dating
Swoon worthy
Spicy 🌶️

A cute love story. The author did a fabulous job with this story. It has a great mix of all the things I enjoy in a good romance novel. Steany, flirty, banter, emotions.

I truly enjoyed Lexi and Damian’s story. It had me cracking up at the fumbling through the fake dating. This was such a good book. I hope it gets an audio version someday I would absolutely love to hear it brought to life!

This was such a fun book for me! An enemies to lovers with spice- my perfect book! The author did a great job of creating a character that I hated at first but then developed both characters throughout the book and made me absolutely love him. The banter was great and had me giggling. I also loved Lexi's friends and how fiercely loyal they were- it made me incredibly intrigued to read her next book that would be centered around her sassy best friend. I kind of devoured this book and was sad when it ended honestly. Also- I loved the spanish aspect of the book as well! As someone hispanic, the author did a great job really capturing how warm a Mexican family can be, especially sus abuelas! I will be posting my review on my goodreads and Amazon when I am able!

This book was such a fun read. I’m a sucker for fake dating, and this one hit all the right notes without feeling over the top. Lexi is smart and relatable, and watching her deal with Damian (who is somehow both annoying and ridiculously charming) was honestly hilarious. Their banter had me grinning, and the slow-burn tension kept me hooked the whole time.

It’s got just enough drama, just enough steam, and a whole lot of heart. If you’re into college romances with enemies-to-lovers vibes and chaotic chemistry, this is definitely one to pick up.

The Girlfriend Agreemenr by Rowan Croft
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (but like imagine each star is actually a shrine I’ve built to this book)

OKAY LISTEN. This book?? Is the Sistine Chapel of romcoms. The Mona Lisa of fake dating. The Everest of enemies to lovers and I will NOT be taking questions at this time! 😭 I had to sit and compose myself after and take some time to form a review that was worthy of this masterpiece honestly.

❣️Lexi Dornan = my spirit animal.
❣️Damian Navarro = my Roman Empire.

Fake dating? SPICE? TWILIGHT JOKES? Bonus scenes that made me scream into my pillow and kick my feet???

@authorrowancroft, how dare you. HOW DARE YOU write a debut THIS good 😩

I’ve never rooted harder for a chaotic academic gremlin and a reformed golden retriever fuckboy. I laughed, I swooned, I blacked out from pure excitement, and I could have cried because I didn’t want it to end😭 The character growth??? The tension??? The banter??? It’s literary serotonin and I’m mainlining it.

I will now be shouting about this book from rooftops, ambushing strangers in bookstores, and haunting your dreams until you read it. You’ve been warned.😌

Rowan Croft, you evil genius. THANK YOU for this masterpiece. I am now your hype woman for life. I cannot believe little old me got to read an ARC of this 😭 you have not just written a book, you’ve re-wired my brain ♥️

A wonderful read!
This novel drew me in from the very first page and kept me hooked until the end. The characters were vibrant and relatable, the writing was engaging, and the story had just the right balance of heart and humor. Highly recommend!
Many thanks to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for my ARC. All opinions are my own.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This. Book. Holyfuck.

The way I CACKLED throughout this book is insane.
It’s also insane how much I cried while reading it.

I loved this.

If I’m being completely honest, I was hesitant at the beginning, because I couldn’t, for the life of me, see how I could come to like Damian as a MMC.
Seriously, I wanted to go into the book and sucker-punch the dude.

But this is why I now have to stand up and throw Rowan her well deserved flowers.

Because his character arc? It was so subtle, so real and raw, you just had no choice but to fall for him as Lexi did.

And Lexi. Oh my shayla. She’s so precious, so outspoken, but at the same time shy. I love that woman.

I loved this book, and i WILL be reading anything this woman writes from now on.

This book broke my heart, in so many ways. But it also rebuilt a little bit of hope I have for humanity.

Who said faking it was easy?
Lexi Dornan is a genius—except when Damian Navarro is around. Agreeing to be the campus playboy’s fake girlfriend was a miscalculation of epic proportions, but she needs the money, and he needs to prove he’s capable of commitment. It’s just pretend…until it starts to feel real. In this fun, flirty fake-dating romance, the right person and the wrong reasons might just add up to love.

I started off wanting to aggressively shake some sense into Damian. And I mean very aggressively. But Rowan gave this man the BEST redemption arc possible, she gave him a heart. Damian has so much growth that it warms me completely that he was able to get that development even if it took a couple of unsavoury kicks (you’ll know when you read).

Lexi is a peculiar woman. She is so strong and determined, everything I love in a FMC but she also has her struggles which truely made her a relatable character. In all her nerdy-ness, she is just a misunderstood scared person that needs someone to love her for her. Also I think it’s so darn cool that she is particularly a human calculator (would fight anyone who says otherwise)!

I loved this book! The plot really progressed and I don’t want to spoil a thing so you’re going to have to read it to find out! I love the cultural aspects of this story too - I’ll be honest the most of Mexican culture I know is from Coco so I am no expert but I think it was beautifully done. And I would lay down my life for Lucia!

Thank you to Rowan Croft for giving me this amazing opportunity 🫶🏼