The Dating Charade is a really enjoyable read. I hadn’t planned on reading it so quickly or so early into 2020 (I already have a burgeoning TBR pile), but then I saw the author was doing a signing twenty minutes from where we ski on Saturdays. I couldn’t go to the event, but called the store and they had a book set aside which Melissa graciously signed.

So obviously I was going to at least put my nose in, right? Well that’s the first thing about this book – if you make it past chapter one (and I can’t see why a person wouldn’t), then you’ll need to finish it quickly to see what happens.

The characters are well written and made me feel like I knew them right away. Then there are some very funny situations but some moving ones too. How could two people end up with six children between them and keep it a secret? Hilarious concept. There were some twists I didn’t see coming, and very satisfying epilogue.

I would have liked to see a little more of the romance and a little less of the life situations, but that’s just a personal preference, not a criticism of the writing in any way. Make no mistake, I’ll be eagerly anticipating Ferguson’s next release.

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