Today it is my pleasure to bring you my review of It’s Complicated by Camilla Isley as part of her fabulous blog tour!
Lori has been in love with her best friend Aiden since college. Now Aiden (handsome, fair, All-American dream doctor) is getting married, and Lori desperately needs a date to the wedding.
So she asks the best man, Jace (tall, dark, and brooding), to pretend their platonic friendship is something more not to have to face the worst day of her life alone.
Fake dating one best friend to forget the other should be easy… Plot twist—it’s not. When Jace starts acting like the sweetest, most attentive boyfriend, Lori begins to wonder if she’s been seeing him wrong all this time?
They’ve been an inseparable trio since freshman year, but now everything is changing — and that’s not even bringing Jace’s feelings into the mix.
Basically? It’s complicated.
As I have already previously mentioned, Camilla Isley is fast becoming my favourite enemies to lovers rom-com author! Whilst It’s Complicated is not technically an enemies to lovers novel, it does involve some complicated, long term relationships, unrequited love and some good old fashioned fake dating thrown into the mix so I had no complaints when I picked it up.
Lori has two best friends, Aiden and Jace. When Aiden announces that he is getting married, Lori is naturally devastated, having been in love with him since the moment she met him. Jace has always been her shoulder to cry on, and now is no different. Except this time round, she realises that time is running out for her and Aiden, so she does the only sensible thing she can think of; fake date Jace to make Aiden jealous, or at the very least not have to face the stark reality of Aiden’s impending marriage alone!
There are no surprises here, but that is not why I picked up this novel. I grabbed it and devoured it because it’s full of love and friendship, misunderstandings and handsome men! The characters in this novel are well rounded and likeable – there are moments of frustration with Lori, but as we all know, love can blind you to everything else around you!
Camilla Isley is fast becoming my go-to author when I want a lovely novel that’s easy to read with engaging characters and a great plot! It’s Complicated is a lovely easy read – perfect for a lazy Sunday. So grab yourself your favourite chocolate and large glass of wine, and get stuck in! It’s Complicated might even be one of Camilla Isley’s best novels yet!
Thank you to Camilla Isley, Boldwood Books and Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources for inviting me to be a part of this blog tour, and for providing me with a copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review.
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Author Bio
Camilla Isley is an engineer who left science behind to write bestselling contemporary rom-coms set all around the world. She lives in Italy and her first title for Boldwood, The Love Theorem, a Hollywood-meets-STEM romance, will be published in June 2023.
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