Book Review: The Break Up Pact by Emma Lord

3.5 ✨

The Break Up Pact follows June and Levi fresh out of publicly humiliating breakups with their respective partners. When Levi arrives back in Benson Beach where June has been not-so-successfully running a tea and scone shop, it is only a matter of time before June and Levi create a pact to fake date. With the help of her best friend Sana, all their cute and “fake” moments are captured and shared online. Old and new feelings, dreams, and priorities are naturally put to the test.

I quite enjoyed this book. The side characters, although not given that much page time, were fun and helped to move the story along. The pacing was fine, some moments read faster than others, but I felt myself wanting to get to the end to see how it all played out with June’s shop and Levi’s writing. I found the elements of grief over the loss of Annie, June’s older sister, to be written well because it showed how each character handled it differently.

Overall, although not a scone person myself I actually wish I could visit Tea Tide. I enjoyed my time with these characters although I would have loved to have had more of Levi's background/ arc be more developed. Having been told in June’s POV solely, we get very limited development of the other characters. I would recommend this book to others who love the fake-dating trope.

Thank you NetGalley for the e-arc in exchange for an honest review.