Hello and happy Saturday. Today I’m bringing you a 3-in-1 review, not because I’m talking about three different books, but because I managed to listen to the audiobook version of this one for free thanks to a Kindle Unlimited deal after I let the ARC version I’d gotten via NetGalley expire. Don’t be like me, and don’t ever let that happen to your ARCs. Anyway, these are my thoughts on Fake Famous by Dana L. Davis.

The very first thing you need to know about this book to ensure that you’ll enjoy it is that you need to suspend your disbelief from the very beginning. As the title suggests, our main character ends up being the stand-in for a celebrity, following the Price-and-the-Pauper storyline that has been adapted many times in the past. This is the kind of story that you’ll enjoy if you don’t try to rationalize any details. Even though Red, its main character, is eighteen (I’m pretty sure), this reads like a middle grade novel, so again, if you go into it thinking that it’s targeted to younger readers, you might forgive that it is at times a bit too absurd to be believable.