Faketastic by Alexa Young

Second in a series, so if you haven't read the first book, Frenemies, spoiler alert. =O

Here's the thing: I don't like the "official" summary very much. I think it's misleading. So I'm stealing Alexa's summary from this blog post (Hope you don't mind, Alexa.):

"Yes, it’s official: Halley and Avalon (and the Style Snarks—complete with blog posts beginning on page one) are reunited, and it feels so good. Or does it? As they struggle to merge their new lives, they’re more eager than ever to prove their loyalty and love to each other. That’s when the I-got-your-back opportunities knock, in the form of some potentially problematic (even SCANDALOUS) situations with their new friends. Faster than you can say Three’s Company, Halley and Avalon make the ultimate BFF pact and vow to support each other, cover for each other, and even pretend to be people they’re not—all with the oh-so-benevolent goal of achieving their dreams while protecting and preserving their friendships, new and old alike. AH! But can the best frenemies' farces play out as planned? Will they really be able to weave a tangled web of deception without any snags? Does betrayal ever NOT backfire, even when borne with the best intentions?"

Review:

Having very much enjoyed Frenemies, I was looking forward to reading the next installment in the series. Like its predecessor, Faketastic was a super light read that is very good to read when you're on winter break and you're trying to forget the fact that you have finals that you still haven't really studied for the week after you go back to school. But, um, let's not talk about that particular subject anymore.

The best part about the book is that it's fun to read. Ms. Alexa has a way of making even the most ridiculous things (People wearing Team Avalon shirts, for example. And people yelling "Team Halley!" in the halls.) seem funny and almost normal. Well, almost normal considering the setting. The Style Snarks posts definitely added to the whole fun to read thing, since those posts were amusing to read. Actually, the comments were more amusing to read than the blog posts. However, I am a little concerned that as soon as those blog posts were posted there were 10 comments within 10 minutes. Do the people just sit at their computers refreshing the page until a new post shows up? Let's hope not.

I was hoping for some more background and development of Halley and Avalon's friendship, but because of all drama in the book I didn't get much of development. I feel like I still haven't been shown just how good of friends they are. I've been told, but not shown. Maybe some flashbacks or something would help? I don't know.

And I really liked the ending. For a while it felt like all the drama was kind of leading nowhere, but the ending made it all the drama worth it.

I definitely cannot wait for the third in the series, Glamnesia (am I the only one who finds that title unusually fun to say?) to be released.

8/10

Released tomorrow!