The Break-Up Pact
Books | Fiction / Romance / Contemporary
4.1
Emma Lord
A Library Reads Pick!Most Anticipated by Goodreads, Cosmo, E! News, and more! Two best friends who haven’t spoken in ten years pretend to date after break-ups with their respective exes go viral, in this delightfully fun and deeply emotional novel from New York Times bestselling author Emma Lord.June and Levi were best friends as teenagers—until the day they weren’t. Now June is struggling to make rent on her beachside tea shop, Levi is living a New York cliché as a disillusioned hedge fund manager and failed novelist, and they've barely spoken in years. But after they both experience public, humiliating break-ups with their exes that spread like wildfire across TikTok rabbit holes and daytime talk shows alike, they accidentally make some juicy gossip of their own—a photo of them together has the internet convinced they're a couple. With so many people rooting for them, they decide to put aside their rocky past and make a pact to fuel the fire. Pretending to date will help June’s shop get back on its feet and make Levi’s ex realize that she made a mistake. All they have to do is convince the world they're in love, one swoon-worthy photo opp at a time.Two viral break-ups. One fake relationship. Five sparkling, heart-pounding dates. June and Levi can definitely pull this off without their hearts getting involved. Because everyone knows fake dating doesn’t come with real feelings. Right?
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Author
Emma Lord
Pages
320
Publisher
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Published Date
2024-08-13
ISBN
1250845300 9781250845306
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"I received an audiobook arc of this book through NetGalley and its publishers.
I gave this book 4 stars..
This was a very sweet summer romance with write a few tropes: friends to lovers, fake dating, serving chances.
June and Levi were close childhood friends who had been estranged for awhile. They both experience humiliating viral breakups, and Levi ends up back in his hometown where June still lives.
When Levi first returns there is some tension due to Levi’s leaving, but they soon reconnect and find the friendship they once had. They also come up with a plan to get back at their exes.
Levi and June have a very sweet, deep relationship and they are also trying to figure themselves out after such big life changes. While they help eachothers, there is a lot they need to figure out for the future. "
Skye Edelson-Bennett
"Cute second chance romance. Best friends reunited after a long misunderstanding. Sparks fly in this funny,sweet , and spicy rom com romance. Fake dating turns real trope."
Loann
"3.5 Stars Rounded to 4<br/>Cover 3 Stars<br/>Thank you NetGalley and the Publisher for the eArc.<br/>This is a pretty standard rom-com, but it runs long, and its humor is strictly in the 'Twee' variety. It's very cutesy. The FMC owns a tea shop on the boardwalk that exclusively serves tea and scones. So. Many. Scones. A scone filled with store-bought boxed cookies, by the way, sounds absolutely appalling. (Another note, The Russian Tea Room in Manhattan didn't serve tea.) <br/><br/>If you don’t like miscommunication tropes, be warned. This entire book is one long miscommunication between teenage best friends who then reconnect in their late twenties, but still act kind of like teenagers. <br/><br/>There are a ton of side plots: her shop's economic failure, brother's wedding, a reality television show, a fantasy novel in the works, the dead sister. There is a lot going on in this book but it's all on the periphery and really does little to impact the actual story other than to move the MMC and FMC from spot-to-spot in their beach town.<br/><br/>I didn't love it, but it was entertaining for what it was."
Raemi Wood
"The Break-Up Pact was cute, and I always love a fake dating trope story. However, this wasn’t a typical rom-com since grief was a big element of the story. <br/><br/>Ultimately, I’m happy that Levi and June got their happy ending! I also really felt like June grew a lot and learned to keep moving forward while also honoring Annie. I think that was a big part of why she felt so stuck. <br/><br/>From a romance perspective, I felt myself craving more context to understand things better. I wish it was made clear on why they didn’t speak for 10 years (I mean I can read between the lines, but I think BOTH of them deserved to have it all laid out), more about Business Savvy and Griffin (like why was he on it? What did he do when they were adventuring? Did he even have income?), and more about Annie’s accident. There were bits and pieces, but they felt like half explanations that sort of just left me with more questions. It seemed like June and Levi didn’t have to “talk things out” because “they knew each other so well, they didn’t have to and just knew” but as a BYSTANDER, I don’t know **** so it would have been nice."
Kacie Young
