Pippa Grant's signature humor is definitely present in this book, as is the scorching chemistry. This got knocked down for a 3 (for me) though because I was far more invested in the family drama than the romance.

OMG!!! I’m a huge fan of Pippa Grant’s books. This book was hilarious and super cute!
Faking an engagement to his secret high school crush was not on Dane Silver’s to-do list when he landed for a short visit home. But when Amanda Anderson announces that she’s his fiancée, he takes a leap and play along with the farce. Why? In the name of bringing peace to their Christmas-theme hometown Tinsel, Michigan and themselves, they’ll play the part of Romeo and Juliet. But once they start making their fake wedding plans, they can’t seem to keep their hearts out of it.
So beautiful! This book is engaging from the very beginning! The characters are deep and caring. I fell in love with Dane and he took my heart hostage till the very end. They are just too perfecto together! I loved the families’ dynamics and the absurd situations. And Chilli. A dog from my own heart.
It’s well written, with a super slow-burn romance and a few spicy times. I loved everything about it. Definitely Christmas in the summer vibes.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Thank you so much to Hambright PR for the opportunity to read this book!

This was labeled as a Romeo & Juliet Hallmark Christmas movie and I totally could see this being a movie (wouldn't it be something if we could get some spicy scenes on tv)! It has everything you look for in those movies, heart, love, rival families and somehow in the end they all make up. I love that this book took place in a town call Tinsel and that it has Christmas all year long!

This was such a cute book! Dane and Amanda were childhood friends and Amanda thought of having a fake dating relationship in hopes that it would bring the two families back together and so she . No one knows why the families are supposed to hate each other but Amanda was destined to figure out how/why this is even happening. Dane always had a crush on Amanda so he went along with it because if this was his way of getting to spend time with her.

The book takes place over a short amount of time leading up to the couple's fake wedding but just like with any fake dating book, feelings between the two start to blur and neither of them want to call off the wedding.

I thought the pacing of the book felt right and it was just such an enjoyable read!

Check this book out if you want the Christmasy vibe without it actual being Christmas, fake dating,rival families and a dash of baking!

✨ The Fake Wedding Project ✨

"𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦."

This was a Romeo and Juliet, Fake Engagement, Grumpy Sunshine, Christmas-Year-Round good time! I had so much fun reading this book. I loved Amanda and Dane together. They were so drawn to each and were both constantly trying to decide if the connection they had was fake or real. I love how they were completely opposite yet kept finding that they wanted all the same things. Something that REALLY stood out to me was that while fake dating, they were trying to uncover why the family feud had started. I was so invested in them figuring out what had gone wrong. This small town was full of so many fun characters and I was totally hooked on them by the end.

"𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘯, 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴."

If you're in the mood for a hallmark-esque, spicy book with all the holiday vibes, I think you'll really enjoy The Fake Wedding Project by Pippa Grant.

✨ Fake Engagement
✨ Grumpy x Sunshine
✨ Family Feud
✨ Small Town with Christmas Year Round
✨ Romeo and Juliet Vibes
✨ Gingerbread vs Fruitcake
✨ Best Friend's Brother
✨ High School Crush

📚 Book: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🎧 Audio: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🔥Spice Rating: ❤️

Thank you so much to Pippa Grant, Netgalley, and Hambright PR for this gifted ARC and ALC.

Spice Rating
🤍 clean romance
💗 closed door/ fade to black
❤️ sexual content (a few detailed scenes)
❤️‍🔥 explicit, play-by-play (major part of the plot)
🖤 graphic, more than vanilla

This one was cute and I found myself smiling and laughing like I normally do with Pippa Grant books. While I'm normally a sports girl this one was just a cute holidayish read for me.

Themis was cute and enjoyable but for reasons unknowns to me I just didn’t form as strong a connection to the characters as I have to some other pippa books.

Pippa Grant crafts another masterpiece of writing in The Fake Wedding Project! I fell in love with Dane, Amanda, and even the cast of secondary characters. Everyone in the town is hilarious. Chili is my favorite book dog, no doubt. I swooned, laughed, and rejoiced throughout this whole book.

Dane, unknowingly at first, enters into a fake relationship with Amanda because she desperately needs help. Yet, these two come from rival families, and it is considered the worst idea for them to marry. Through the ups and downs of navigating a fake relationship when the entire town and two hot-headed families are breathing down your neck, Dane and Amanda spark a little more fire than intended. Their romance starts slow and sweet, becoming this fire inferno that I wanted even more of!
I can always turn to Pippa Grant to provide humor and romance wrapped in a sweet little bow.

Thank you to Pippa Grant, Montlake, and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review!

This was my first book from Pippa Grant and it was an okay read. The Fake Wedding Project had a Romeo and Juliet feel to it which added a little jazz. The story had promise but I wanted more when it came to Amanda and Dane. I needed more of their relationship and their connection. They deserve to get their happy. Amanda and Dane balanced each other out and it would have been nice to see it all. This book was not my cup of tea but that will not discourage me from trying more from this author.

This was my first book from Pippa Grant and it was an okay read. The Fake Wedding Project had a Romeo and Juliet feel to it which added a little jazz. The story had promise but I wanted more when it came to Amanda and Dane. I needed more of their relationship and their connection. They deserve to get their happy. Amanda and Dane balanced each other out and it would have been nice to see it all. This book was not my cup of tea but that will not discourage me from trying more from this author.

Unfortunately, I didn't particularly enjoy reading this, and it left me quite indifferent.
I didn't connect with the characters, who felt too immature for their age. Everything happened as if the author were checking a list, and you could easily predict what would happen next.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Two feuding families, one fake engagement, and a month to end it except both families one up each other in planning a wedding in one week. Ridiculous circumstances but perfect execution. Hilarious story and honestly very believable.

Thank you netgalley for an ARC of this book! Romeo and Juliet goes small town America with a Christmas twist. Loved all the characters and adored the bonus epilogue 🤣🤣🤣

I went into this book not really knowing what it was about. Just that I’d loved Pippa’s previous books. It was a light easy read with a Christmassy Romeo and Juliet theme. The only things that threw me off slightly was that it all happened over a week. Amanda and Danes history can explain the instalove but so much happened in a week! It's made quite clear in the first few pages that it’s summer and hot but the towns Christmas theming and description. Makes it feel like a Christmas story.

The Fake Wedding Project is a Christmas in July tale, set in a festive Christmas town during summer. It's a Hallmark-esque story, but it didn't quite feel realistic. The family feud seemed overblown, especially with the whole town tiptoeing around it. I grew tired of hearing about the feud, the main characters' inner thoughts about it, and how they were determined to proceed with this fake wedding to end the feud. It didn't make sense; it would only pour more fuel on the fire, creating more fodder for the families to argue about if they called off the engagement. All in all, it was a charming story, but I wish there had been less focus on the family feud and more on their relationship.

I'm a huge fan of Pippa Grant, and The Fake Wedding Project didn't disappoint. It was utterly charming and laugh out loud funny. I will read all of Grant's books.

Oh my gosh this book ! What I wouldn’t give to live in a Christmas themed town lol ! This was like watching a hallmark movie with a so many funny things happening , We have Amanda who is from Tinsel and we have Dane who is also from Tinsel they have a situation where they get themselves fake engaged , The news of the engagement comes to quite a shock to their families who let’s say don’t exactly get along lol ! Everyone has to read this book !

3.5 stars I always love holiday romance books that have really cute storylines. I liked that this is a sweet, fake engagement romance were two characters fake an engagement in the hopes of ending a generations-long feud between two families in a small town. The best part was Dane who came across as a guy desperate to end his family’s feud with the Andersons where everything he accomplished was assessed in relation to how it would one-up the Anderson family and he was sick of it. So when his high school crush confesses she said the two were secretly engaged for her own reasons, he willingly goes along.

It's such a great premise for a fun holiday romance that read like it could be a Hallmark Christmas movie. I only wish we got a bit more substance to the story but that’s what Hallmark movies are like – cute, short story that’s to the point with a happily-ever-after in a small town. There was a cute dog sidekick and townspeople eager to see an end to the families’ feud and I enjoyed seeing how these two just clicked for one another making it a nice, light holiday read.

Everything in this romance takes place over one week but it works for those who love a quick holiday romance.

*Thank you to Netgalley for the advanced reader copy. All opinions are my own.

I absolutely fell for this small town romance that takes place in Tinsel. Dane’s family and Amanda’s family have a huge family feud that has been going on for generations, though no one really has any idea why. Dane and Amanda want to end the feud for good and enter into a fake relationship to try and hoping the families and end the feud, but will they succeed?!

I loved the development of Dane and Amanda’s story and how they found their way in this fast paced holiday themed HEA. Though it takes place in the summer it’s a total holiday vibe read.

Thank you to the author, @hambrightpr & @netgalley for this arc in return for my review.

4 ⭐️ | 1.5 🌶️

Such a fun romantic comedy set in the Christmas themed town of my dreams with a dash of family secrets!

🎄Fake Dating
🎄Forced proximity
🎄Opposites Attract
🎄Holiday romance
🎄Fish out of water

This was such a cute story. In tinsel, Michigan, there are two families. The ones that own the Gingerbread business, and the ones that own the fruit cake business. And they HATE each other. But no one knows why. So Dane and Amanda decide they’re going to put an end to it by getting (fake) married. But… does it stay fake?? And will their scheme be enough to end this generations long feud?

If you’re someone who loves to put Christmas decorations up as early as you can but you fight it because you don’t want to be judged, this one is for your Christmas loving soul.

I love Pippa Grants writing. I always know what to expect. Great humor, and swoony MMC with a dirty mouth and a feisty FMC, a cute furry friend, and a hint of drama.

Highly recommend this book at any time of year for some festive fun!

Thank you to Pippa Grant and Hambright PR for the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion ❤️

RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
SPICE: 🌶️🌶️.5

Pippa absolutely slays it every single time with the amount of heart and humor that is in her books! The FAKE WEDDING PROJECT is no different! I loved it! The quirky town, the animal side kick, the fake dating, the family feud!

PERFECT! It was all perfect!

🩵 Holiday Town with a Fued
🩵 Fake Dating
🩵 Forced Proximity
🩵 He Falls First
🩵 Rom Com

Dane and Amanda have known each other their whole lives, but a stupid family feud has always prevented them from really knowing each other. That is until Amanda tell her family that Dane is her fiancé so she hopefully doesn’t have to inherit the family business. Instead of being mad Dane wants to use their fake engagement to end the family feud once and for all. He just doesn’t plan to fall in love.

These two were adorable together. I adored both Dana and Amanda separately and together, and of course the banter and cute fake dates as they tried to deal with their families.

This had just the right amount of spice and pining and witty banter and I loved every moment.

I listed to this one and honestly Connor Crais could say anything and o would melt into a puddle on the floor, but this he absolutely nailed!

Plus the epilogue from Chilly the dog is my favorite thing I ever listened too because I was cackling.