I wanted to like it more

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I really wanted to love Super Fake Love Song after Frankly in Love, but I couldn’t get into it like the last book.

Super Fake Love Song is the story of Sunny, who falls in love with the new girl Cirrus. When Cirrus visits his home, she mistakes Sunny’s brother’s room for his own, a room which is obviously the living space of a rockstar instead of a nerd. So Sunny lies, pretending that he’s in a band so that she’ll continue to like him.

First of all, I do like names in a story that are different. I liked the names Sunny and Gray for the brothers, especially because their last name was Dae, and even Cirrus was cute in contrast. But then all the other characters were named like they were born in 2020 instead of living as teenaged in it. I mean, Hunter, Gunner, and Trapper as the jock trio? Give it a little more realism.

I didn’t like how the characters spoke. Many of the childish, teenager-y sounds they made were written out, providing for very awkward sentences. Also, the dad spoke like a teenager, which was a bit annoying.

Now, I’m not a huge fan of the lying trope, but it did serve for good character development in the end as Sunny learns from his mistakes, so I appreciated that.

It also had a good, happy ending, which I wasn’t quite expecting, so I’ll give it that in terms of the things I appreciated.

All in all, it’s an okay, short YA contemporary, but I wouldn’t be breezing around recommending it to just anyone.