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Hope Connor has spent her entire life playing pretend. With a father in high-profile ministry, she’s been forced into life as the dutiful pastor’s daughter, making choices along the way for the good of her family, often to her own personal loss. When the opportunity to leave it all behind comes, she takes it without looking back.
Craig Lucas has always been a loser. With a complicated past, a broken engagement, and an inability to go any farther in his career, he doesn’t think it will ever be any different. When the opportunity to leave it all behind comes, he takes it without even knowing what he’s moving towards.
Then, one little lie changes everything.
As Hope and Craig try to define who they are in light of where they’ve been and where they’re going, they’ll discover grace and restoration for all that was lost as they separate reality from pretend…
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Loved this book! This is one of my top favorite Jenn Faulk titles and I have read lots of them. I love the complex emotions of the main character and the awkward situation with her brother in law. I think the situations and emotions were very realistic. Great read
I absolutely love this book. I am currently in the process of reading all of Jenn Faulks book and I can not tell which is my favorite. I still have a few to go yet but I am loving every but bit of the journey. I am going to hate when it comes to an end. Every one of her books is amazing. I just can't get enough. You will not be disappointed with any of her books. She even has a list of the order in which to read them which is a tremendous help. That way there won't be any spoilers. Keep up the great work Jenn, you have a huge fan here and my daughter loves your books also.
It's difficult for me to read and/or watch tales about personal problems in the lives of "church-folk".
This book didn't influence a change in my feeling about this general subject and, unfortunately, while I liked the idea of the story, I kept wishing it was over with already. However, I'm glad things worked out for the main characters in the end.
I don't know if it was the tone, the pace, the flow, or the combination of any if these but I felt slightly frustrated from the beginning of the story - feeling like the character s' thoughts weren't shifting smoothly between past and current issues, nor truly smooth transitions between the two main characters.
This book was not bad, just not great; I don't feel inspired to run out for the next offering by this author.
Hope Connor was tired of being a cog in her father’s climb to the top position in ministry in Texas. When she finally got a chance to start a new life of her own in Louisiana, she took it. Soon, however, she was caught up in lies to cover lies and a pretend engagement that turns anything but pretend on her part.
Craig Lucas had felt like a loser all his life, the unwanted child, and that hadn’t changed in adulthood. His fiancée had rejected him and so had many churches. Now his best chance at being a pastor stands before him, and the lies Hope started mushroom. Where will it all end?
I didn’t like that the whole plot of the book was based on the lies told by the main characters, both strong in the faith and in ministry. There were also way too may long back stories and reminiscing, especially in the first half of the novel. So many one and two word sentences disrupted the flow of the story, as did the question marks in the middle of a statement and repeated sentences. Overall, however, the story got better and better, and, despite the problems I had with it, I enjoyed it. I wished I’d been told what happened with the church, but the ending was still good. I gave it 4.5 starts, which round up to five.
We first met Craig Lucas in "Home to You" which was Faith Hayes's story. In that story Faith dumps her fiance Craig when she discovers that she still has feelings for Sam Huntington. This story centers on Hope Conner. We've already met some of her siblings in a previous book. I liked the character of Hope a lot better than Faith. She was a better fit for Craig than Faith ever was. I didn't like Craig in "Home to You". I thought he acted juvenile about the split. In "Perfectly Pretend" we get a glimpse of what made him the way he is and I was a lot more sympathetic toward him when I learned about his background. He felt like he was a loser but Hope continually was building him up. I really liked Hope and could not find much to fault with her character. I loved the tension in the book with them pretending to be engaged and their growing feelings toward each other. I'm looking forward to reading some of the other books Jenn has written that center on the other Lucas brothers. I really do enjoy Jenn's writings.
Hope and Craig end up working together; when their jobs are threatened and a pretend engagement will save them, Hope's hasty lie starts snowballing, making things both complicated and wonderful.
(Though reviews are inherently subjective, I prefer to provide some organization to my opinions through the use of a personal rubric. The following notes may contain spoilers.)
Plot and Setting 4 -- Plot has many unique elements, no major holes, and a sense of focus. A very engaging story overall, with enough that was surprising to balance the things I expected to happen. I was a bit annoyed at the rather cliche mutual misunderstanding due to being afraid to talk about feelings. But otherwise, lots to love. Setting (including timeline) is somewhat unclear. The only specific city we're given is Dallas; locations in Florida and Louisiana are unnamed. The timeline is similarly vague only Easter is given as a reference point, no other holidays, months, or seasons. And that's not until maybe 2/3 through the book.
Characters 4.5 -- Relatable, realistic, interesting, dynamic characters. I really loved both Hope and Craig for their clear strengths and weaknesses, and the ways they were able to support and encourage each other. It's a strange but solid relationship, and I like that they become very good friends first, even with the engagement lie making things difficult. Some minor characters have depth, while others may be slightly stereotyped or simplified. Those that get a bit more 'screen time' also have more depth, mainly some family members. Good depth in the relationships between characters. Both Hope and Craig have complex, believable family dynamics, especially the relationships with their fathers.
Mechanics and Writing 4 -- A handful of typos, punctuation issues, or word errors, but nothing that seriously hinders understanding. A few legit typos, and several spots with awkward wording, none of them major. Good use of POV (Hope and Craig). Though I wasn't a huge fan of heading the sections with a name--it really wasn't needed. Generally skillful writing. The writing has a definite, distinctive style, mainly evidenced in the unusual habit of changing the first part of a statement into a question, such as, "Because the two of us? Weren't even really friends anymore." It's a bit weird, but it mostly works since it's consistent throughout and goes along with other idiosyncrasies in language.
Redeeming Value 4 -- Partially focused uplifting themes or lessons. Craig and Hope each learn that they aren't unloveable, as they each thought, and make peace with their pasts. Also value in prayer, the church, and (finally) telling the truth. Sex, alcohol, violence, etc, are not glorified, though present in various ways. There are the unmarried girls getting help at the pregnancy centers; Craig's dad admits he made quite a few bad choices during the early years of Craig's life; Hope and her dad apparently drink to relax; and there's certainly a lot of manipulation, especially in church politics, and lying, especially about Hope and Craig's relationship (which ends up including a number of passionate kisses, for all it's 'pretend').
Personal Enjoyment 5 -- I loved it. It made me feel in all the best ways, and leaves me content and satisfied. One I'll definitely read again.
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