This is a companion book to Welcome to Temptation, which I’d never read, so I read both books one after the other. Faking It is Davy’s story (brother to Sophie) from the first novel. While the plot may be as perfectly told and wild, it didn’t quite match my love of the first book, although it came close. One of the best things about Crusie’s books, are her wonderfully off the wall characters and there is a wealth of them here, even down to Steve, the dog. Yes, everyone here is deceitful in their way, but worth loving for the hysterical ending where everyone seems to have a thing for hiding out in the closet. A cute, fun story. I’m glad to have spent time with this. ( )

Funny as always but a lot of characters to keep straight. ( )

Los Goodnight son propietarios de una respetable galería de arte, que ha estado en la familia por generaciones. Entre ellos está Matildda, la hija menor, heredera de un secreto que permanece encerrado en el sótano de la galería. Ella está dispuesta a todo con tal de conservarlo, incluso a forzar la entrada a una casa en medio de la noche para recuperar su pasado.
Davy Dempsey, por su parte, es un estafador reformado al cual su manager financiero ha despojado de tres millones para entregárselos a Clea Lewis, ex novia de Davy. Pero él quiere su dinero de vuelta y hará cualquier cosa para evitar que Clea se salga con la suya, incluso irrumpir en una casa en medio de la noche para recuperar su futuro.

Not much for me to compare to, since I hardly read romance, but it was fast-paced and fun with quite a number of eccentric characters. I would read more in this series. (Recommended to me by a romance writer friend of mine.) ( )

It took me a while (4 books?) to completely "get" Crusie's writing style, but I really enjoy it! The humor is dry and for a couple of books, I felt like I couldn't tell when people were being sarcastic, funny, witty, serious, frustrated, angry, etc. I've learned to just assume the characters are being at least a little sarcastic, a little serious, and a little funny. In other words, Crusie takes banter to a new level, and I like it.

I also like that her characters are good people, but morally interesting--affiliated with the mob, or grifters, thieves, con artists, etc.

Faking it was just such a novel. I loved having Davey as the main character (He was a minor character in Welcome to Temptation). Crusie does such a great job of plotlines and characters with moral gray areas. For instance, Davey is a some-time thief (but mostly Robin Hood-like) and former con-artist. In contrast, his ex-girlfriend, and former porn star, Celia, is a thief, con-artist, manipulator, etc. And I can think she's gross and evil, and still root for Davey (who does a lot of the same things!). Love this line Crusie walks. ( )