Second Chance Boyfriend by Monica Murphy ♥♥♥♥.5

Second Chance Boyfriend by Monica Murphy was even better than her first book, One Week Girlfriend. If you’ve been reading the blog before, then you know how much I love a fake relationship story, but with the sequel we get so much more. One Week Girlfriend ended on a bit of a cliff hanger, and it was great to see how things were resolved.

In Second Chance Boyfriend we continue Fable and Drew’s story. We see Drew struggle with the secret Adele told him in the first book, although he is getting help. We see Fable really dealing with her mom and the sacrifices Fable’s making as she raises her brother and takes care of her family. We also get some insight into Adele (although I didn’t really enjoy that part as much).

As Drew and Fable work through what is means to be a couple, they also have to work through what it means for them to really trust each other and be there for each other. No spoilers, but what they have together is beautiful.

This book was such a rollercoaster ride. Just when I thought things were looking up they would come crashing down. And when things were bad we were quickly soaring again. Adele played a big role in making the story what it was.

So, read One Week Girlfriend so you can read this book. It was so great, and it gave much more depth to Fable and Drew. We get to know them better in this book, and it was amazing to see them come into their own as a couple. Now I just need to read the rest of Monica Murphy’s books! I know I didn’t say too much about the book, but I don’t want to spoil too much, and so much was spoilable. :)

Second Chance Boyfriend on Goodreads

One Week Girlfriend by Monica Murphy ♥♥♥♥

For some reason, I really love stories that start off with a couple with a couple who is pretending to be a couple under some pretense or another. This is obviously the premise of One Week Girlfriend by Monica Murphy. Something about all the pretending makes it all the more satisfying when out couple, Drew and Fable, finally fall for each other.

In One Week Girlfriend, Fable is a college dropout working at a local college bar to make enough money to help take care of her younger brother. Drew is a star football player at the local college. Drew hires Fable to be his girlfriend over Thanksgiving break since he is dealing with some things at home he is hoping his family won’t bring up with a stranger around.

Things go downhill pretty fast as we find out that Drew has all kinds of secrets bottled up just waiting to seep out, and his family is not willing to keep between them. And as he and Fable grow closer he’s not sure he wants to keep them to himself anymore. But the more secrets that come out, the more he tries to push her away, and we quickly learn that some of his past is a bit disturbing.

I thought this was a very good story, much better than I expected (you can only trust Goodreads ratings so much). I enjoyed having the story told from both Drew and Fable’s point of view. It gave us a really good look into what was going on in both character’s mind.

Even though the story was good we were left on a bit of a cliffhanger. There are more books, but the first book was fairly short (177 pages). I thought the book could have just been longer. I haven’t read the second book, although it is longer (210 pages) so maybe that’s the reason for the cliffhanger. We’ll see how Fable and Drew fair in book two, Second Chance Boyfriend.

One Week Girlfriend on Goodreads