Book Review: The Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie West

Title: The Fill-In Boyfriend
Author: Kasie West
Publishing info: May  5th, 2015 by HarperTeen
Genre's: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Contemporary Romance,
My rating: 5/5
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Synopsis: When Gia Montgomery's boyfriend, Bradley, dumps her in the parking lot of her high school prom, she has to think fast. After all, she'd been telling her friends about him for months now. This was supposed to be the night she proved he existed. So when she sees a cute guy waiting to pick up his sister, she enlists his help. The task is simple: be her fill-in boyfriend—two hours, zero commitment, a few white lies. After that, she can win back the real Bradley.

The problem is that days after prom, it's not the real Bradley she's thinking about, but the stand-in. The one whose name she doesn't even know. But tracking him down doesn't mean they're done faking a relationship. Gia owes him a favor and his sister intends to see that he collects: his ex-girlfriend's graduation party—three hours, zero commitment, a few white lies.

Just when Gia begins to wonder if she could turn her fake boyfriend into a real one, Bradley comes waltzing back into her life, exposing her lie, and threatening to destroy her friendships and her new-found relationship. 

“We rarely find a depth by looking inside of ourselves for it. Depth is found in what we can learn from the people and things around us. Everyone, everything, has a story, Gia. When you learn those stories, you learn experiences that fill you up, that expand your understanding. You add layers to your soul.”

My Thought's

★★★★★

Sometimes I love to read a fun, light, & cute romance read and Kasie West's The Fill-In Boyfriend was the perfect fit. It's like the cute cuddly teddy bear of books. I enjoyed every minute of it. Kasie West has become my go to author for cute, and fun contemporary romance's.

In the Fill-In Boyfriend Gia Montgomery gets dumped in the parking lot before prom, and not only is that bad enough but most of her friends hadn't met him yet nor even believed he existed. Specially the new girl to her group Jules whom Gia doesn't exactly get along with. Desperate and just wanting to have the perfect prom, she does the only thinkable thing right?! She pleads with some random dude in the parking lot who witnessed her humiliation to please pretend to be her now ex, Bradley, and show her friends she wasn't lying, even though now she kind of is. It seems like such a little white lie to Gia though and after the prom she plans on having fake Bradley break up with her anyway and it will no longer be a lie. No biggie right? Wrong! Soon she finds fake Bradley, who's real name is Hayden, intertwined with her life, as well as her sister. To make things even worse she may be actually falling in love with Hayden but that's terrifies her as she is scared of being truthful to her friends whom have slowly been taken away from her by Jules.

I think Hayden aka Fake Bradley and Gia were all kinds of adorable. They had the kind of chemistry and relationship that just brings smiles to your face. When I was in the mood for something fun and cute, this was defiantly my go to. At first I actually thought Gia was kind of annoying and I couldn't really relate to her but throughout the story she grew on me. Her character really developed and matured through the book.

Kasie West takes an aspect on Social Media life that I have seen playing a big part in the world as of the last ten years. It seems more and more, specially our youth have found they care more about their followers, likes, and shares than actually being who they truly are and doing what they truly like. I would be lying if I said I hadn't ever felt the pull of it myself. Who doesn't like to be popular. Takes being Popular in high school and your teen years to a whole new level, and it's scary. I have a five year old & seven year old, and it terrifies me for them to get older. For them to ever feel insecurities or trying to be someone else to fit in, rather than be the beautiful original people they are.

Besides being a beyond adorable romance Kasie West's The Fill-In Boyfriend is about a young girl finding depth within herself and coming to terms with who
 she really wants to be in this world, personality wise! I loved every second of this books and I highly recommend for fans of young adult contemporary romance!

-Amanda Margaret