I was such a huge fan of Love to Hate You, Camilla’s cowboy romance, so I was very excited for this newest one from her, but the desperation or the protagonist towards a guy who clearly didn’t like her made for a less than enjoyable reading experience.

After reading the 'The One' & 'True Love' series by the wonderful @camillaisley I so glad to see a standalone while we wait for the next installments because I love her writing style and character development. I loved Lola, Aiden and Jace they are all unique and every reader will relate to one of them or maybe all of them at some points. I think the dual POVs add a glimpse into how the characters are feeling throughout. I love the connections Lola has with both Aiden and Jace. I was desperate for her to see that her happy ever after was right in front of her with Jace and I like the fact their chemistry built from a beautiful friendship. I really want a sequel to this great book. #camillaisley #it'sComplicated #boldwood #netgalley #fakedating

Jace, Aiden, and Lori have been friends since college. Lori has been holding a torch for Aiden for many years, but now he’s getting married to someone else. Lori views Jace as her “bad boy” friend, not realizing that he’s held a torch for her for years.

Lori comes up with a plan to fake date Jace to hopefully make Aiden realize what he’s been missing. Jace goes along with it, hoping that Lori will see how much he cares for her.

It’s a cute story with some of my favorite tropes (fake dating, friends to lovers). The writing is good and you’ll love the characters, 4 stars.

Thanks to Boldwood Books and NetGalley I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

★ 2.5 stars

Thank you again Boldwood Books and NetGalley for sending me a copy of this arc in exchange for an honest review.

Three friends, two secret crushes and one wedding...

This definitely had a 90's rom-com feel and was reminiscent of My Best Friend's Wedding. The story follows Lori who has had a crush on her best friend, Aiden since college. Aiden is the picture perfect nice guy, whereas her other best friend, Jace has a bad boy exterior. When Aiden's wedding invitation is sent to Lori, she conspires with Jace to start a fake dating relationship, in the lead up to the wedding.

Despite my rating, I did enjoy this book in the beginning. The tension and chemistry between Lori and Jace was great and it had some funny/lightheaded moments which reminded me of classic rom-coms. I was worried this would be a love triangle but luckily this book was not written this way.

Overall, I don't think this book was for me as I didn't love the direction it took in the last 50%. It felt very rushed and instant love.

I also love Taylor Swift as much as the next girl and I'm a big Swiftie but she was mentioned 11 times in 277 pages. This might just be a me issue but I don't love saturated pop culture reference in books as it distracts me from the story.

If you prefer closed door romance this one will probably be for you. There's no spice but lots of tension and frequent references to sex throughout the book.

Good book with a great story inside. I loved all the characters in this one. They were well written and played well off each other.

4.25 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher and Camilla Isley for providing me with an ARC of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

I don’t think I’ve found a book of Camilla’s that I don’t like haha!
This was no exception. A fun, sweet love triangle with the perfect amount of spice.

It was hard not to love Jace and Lori!

I definitely recommend reading this and Camilla’s other books!

Friends to lovers is one of my very favorite tropes! What's not to love? This story was a fantastic pallet cleanser from what I normally read. It was lighthearted, refreshing, and cute as can be!

Well I loved this rom com! I read it in one sitting as I could not put it down and had to find out what happened.

A certain chicken incident had me laughing out loud and I loved the character of Lori. She was very relatable especially with her book collection. I also loved the character of Jace, if only he was real 😂

I highly recommend to any rom com lover. All Camilla Isley’s books are fab!

While some of you may not have heard of Camilla Isley, I have read most of her books. She was those authors that always had one or two books for free on Apple Books, and when I was a broke high school/college student. There was nothing I loved more than a free rom-com. Especially when they're not badly written. Free e-books were so hit or miss, because some of them were super low quality, but not hers! I was beyond excited when I found out I was getting an ARC for her latest release. So thank you for that!

I feel like Camilla writes cozy quick rom-coms. They don't feel heavy, and I feel like you can always finish them really quickly. There are no slow parts, and this book was no exception. The story follows Lori who had two best friends from college, Aiden and Jace. And of course, she's been in love with Aiden since that point as well. Now, Aiden is getting married and Lori needs a date for the wedding. After a bunch of unfortunate series of events, Lori ends up asking Jace to not only be her date to the wedding, but to pretend that he's head over heels in love with her.

She expected fake-dating to be easy, what she didn't expect were for there to be real feelings involved. Has Lori been seeing him wrong all along? And what about Jace's feelings in all of this.

I really enjoyed this one, I'm a sucker for a fake-dating romance. And it's especially fun when it's dual-POV! If you're looking for a quick fun romance, this is it. 3.75 stars

This was a gripping read and I was intrigued by the characters. I will look out for more by this author.

This one was sooo good. I attempted two weekend naps and both ended up being a wash because I couldn't put this book down!

It's Complicated by @camillaisley is a dual POV romcom about three best friends, Lori, Aiden and Jace who share a medical practice and have been friends since they started university. Lori has been secretly in love with Aiden since the beginning, and Jace has been secretly in love with Lori from the same night in first year. When Aiden's wedding invitation arrives in the mail Lori must come to terms with the fact that her crush needs to come to an end (or maybe she needs to figure out a way to break off the wedding) and Jace begins to realize that he was never the one for Lori so maybe his crush also needs to come to an end. In a last ditch effort to make Aiden jealous enough to call off the wedding, Lori leads him to believe she and Jace are sleeping together. Quickly the fake relationship gets out of hand, and real feelings start to creep in for Lori, while Jace worries about getting hurt yet again by the love of his life and best friend.

Jace and Lori are the cutest characters, and I think this was the perfect storyline for a dual pov. I often find the male portion of Romcoms is less eventful or interesting than the female version, but this one had the perfect balance and I loved seeing things from his perspective too. I wasn't 100% sold on the ending, but I get why Isley wrote it the way she did and am satisfied with how things turned out, so a solid 5 stars from me!

Thanks to @netgalley and @theboldbookclub for giving me the chance to read and review another great #camillaisley story!

I've read a few other books by Camilla Isley and loved them but sadly, this one wasn't for me.

Lori, Aiden and Jace have been best friends for fifteen years, all through college, med school and they now work together at the same practice. Aiden is due to get married soon and Lori is heartbroken as she's been in love with Aiden the whole time she's known him. Lori platonically spends the night at Jace's as she's upset after receiving the wedding invitation and he is aware of how she feels about Aiden.

Aiden calls to Jace's the next morning and when Lori answers the door, he jumps to the wrong conclusion. Lori likes that pang of jealousy so pretends that she and Jace are dating. She talks Jace into continuing the charade but what she doesn't know is that Jace has been in love with her for the past fifteen years, knowing that she only had eyes for Aiden.

I am a hater of the miscommunication trope and this is basically what this story is. I am also not a Taylor Swift fan and it had a few too many references for me. I also felt like it was a bit rushed.

I loved the characters, it was an easy read that I flew through but I just don't think it was for me. Of the four books I have read by this author, this is the first I haven't loved so I will definitely continue to read more. Just a personal preference thing for me!

I loved It's Complicated!
It's a brilliant fake dating romance with a love triangle twist.
You always know how the fake dating romance books end but I thoroughly enjoyed the journey for Jace and Lori going from fake relationship to real relationship. This is one I'd happily read again and I would love a little novella to show where they're at in the future.
Definitely recommend if you love fake dating rom-com type books.

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A great friend to lovers triangle involving 3 friends who finally decide who belongs with who. Fake dating and laughter throughout to keep the reader enthralled. Loved the passage about the cats in the suitcase.

DNF - This book annoyed me right from the start. The main character complains that her “only accomplishment” if being a DOCTOR?? She then says she knew her friend was “the one” the moment she saw him? Nope…this book is not for me,

It’s Complicated is an engaging tale about three best friends who meet early in college. Lori Archibald, Aiden Collymore, and Jace Baldwin have been there for one another through med school, internships, and residency and once the three family physicians had completed their education, they join together in their practice.

However, through the years an unspoken triangle has developed. From the beginning Lori has had a thing for Aiden. But she is not the only one of the group to have a secret love as Jace feels the same way about Lori. When Aiden becomes engaged to the lovely and polished Kirsten and the wedding invitation arrives, Lori overreacts, heading right to Jace for comfort.

As the story unfolds in both serious and humorous moments, the reader is in for a treat. Join these three well drawn characters as they navigate an unexpected future. You will be glad you have! I very much enjoyed this book and I do recommend it!

3.5 stars
I loved most of this book. I’m a sucker for the friends-to-lovers trope. The dynamic between Lori, Jace, and Aiden was great. Lori was such a fun character. Hated the ending, though. It was just so unrealistic.

The title speaks for its self, it was definitely complicated but did I enjoy every second of it? YES, YES I DID

such a cute book!

Loved this one, as I do all Camilla Isleys books. It was fun, sweet, had great dialogue and the ending was satisfying.

I enjoyed the dynamic between the three best friends. Lori was quirky and entertaining, Jace was brooding, gorgeous and sensitive, Aiden was practical and caring. The three were a perfect group.

I always enjoy a friends to Lovers trope. It is always fun to watch the journey of discovery that the characters travel.