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Faking Friends: The Sunday Times bestseller from the author of Worst Idea Ever by [Jane Fallon]

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF WORST IDEA EVER

What if your best friend turned out to be your worst enemy?

'A deftly plotted, witty tale of revenge. It's a romcom with attitude' MAIL ON SUNDAY

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Best friend, soulmate . . . backstabber?

Amy thought she knew everything about her best friend Melissa.

And she also thought she was about to marry the man of her dream.

Until she discovers he has been having an affair . . . and Melissa is The Other Woman.

In one disastrous weekend she has lost her home, her fiancé and her best friend.

But instead of falling apart, she is determined to get her own back . . .
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'It's FABALISS. I was SO GRIPPED' MARIAN KEYES

'I couldn't put it down' 5***** READER REVIEW

'Barbed, twisty and full of deliciously dry wit, this is smart stuff to race through' SUNDAY MIRROR

'So many twists I didn't see coming' 5***** READER REVIEW

'Brilliant, original, edgy and compulsively readable' DAILY MAIL

SHORTLISTED FOR A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD & LONGLISTED FOR THE COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT PRIZE

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I've just finished this . . . it's FABALISS. I was SO GRIPPED (Marian Keyes, bestselling author of The Break)

Jane Fallon superbly taps into our inner Avenger. A hugely compelling and unpredictable story about what happens when friendship goes wrong. It had me gasping out loud on several occasions. I loved it and just couldn't put it down! (Ruth Jones)

Praise for Jane Fallon (-)

Sparkling and unpredictable (Elle)

Chick lit with an edge (Guardian)

Compulsively readable (Daily Mail)

Intelligent, edgy and witty (Glamour)

Deliciously devious . . . A darkly comic and addictive read (Daily Express)

Well-crafted, dryly funny (Red)

Fun and feisty women's fiction at its very best (Heat)

Jane Fallon injects a smart edge into the chick-lit genre (In Style)

Deliciously edgy (Good Housekeeping)

Gripping stuff . . . A great, intelligent read (Daily Mail)

Witty, well observed (Heat)

Brilliant and original (Sun)

Absolutely brilliant (Closer)

A hilarious page-turner (Yours)

I love Fallon, she's in a category all of her own - her books are great fun and her characters are fabulous, believable women who take no nonsense (Marian Keyes) --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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Keep your friends close . . . and your best friend even closer.

Amy thought she knew everything there was to know about her best friend Melissa. Then again, Amy also thought she was on the verge of the wedding of her dreams to her long-distance fiancé.

Until she pays a surprise trip home to London. Jack is out, but it's clear another woman has been making herself at home in their flat.

There's something about her stuff that feels oddly familiar . . . and then it hits Amy. The Other Woman is Melissa.

Amy has lost her home, her fiancé and her best friend in one disastrous weekend - but instead of falling apart, she's determined to get her own back.

Piecing her life back together won't be half as fun as dismantling theirs, after all.

--This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B073XB75JY
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin (11 Jan. 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3940 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 447 pages

Best Sellers Rank: 2,956 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 75 in Women's New Adult & College Fiction
- 133 in General Humourous Fiction
- 139 in Women's Humourous Fiction

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Jane Fallon is the multi-award-winning television producer behind shows such as This Life, Teachers and 20 Things to Do before You're 30. Her debut novel "Getting Rid of Matthew' was published in 2007 and became a Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller as have her subsequent books 'Got You Back', 'Foursome', 'The Ugly Sister', 'Skeletons', 'Strictly Between Us','My Sweet Revenge', 'Faking Friends' and 'Tell Me a Secret'

Her 10th novel Queen Bee is available now to pre order in both paperback and for Kindle.

Join Jane on Twitter - @janefallon or Instagram - @janefallon2

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Derek Smith

99p. What have you got to lose? 99p, that's what.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 December 2018

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I should have read the poor reviews. 4.5 stars convinced me it would be worth a read. However . . .

I knew what would happen to her boyfriend and pal within the first few pages. I thought this might be a clever plot ploy, but I was disappointed.

The characters are thinly drawn, with no conflict within them. None seemed worth being bothered about and as the book ran on, my ambivalence was reinforced. The lead character was particularly unattractive and quite vicious. She used her friends, she had no concerns of their problems. ‘A plague o’ all your houses’ seemed to be her MO.

One gets the feeling the story is, to an extent, autobiographical. This seems to be what the author would like to have done.

It’s is quite well written, although with little variation in speech patterns. The characters were difficult to believe in, especially the men.

I saw the price of 99p as a bit of a bargain for a shortlisted book. ‘What,’ I asked myself. ‘Have I got to lose?’

I’ll tell you – 99p.

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A deliciously witty tale of betrayal, jealousy and revenge

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 June 2019

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Jane Fallon has an enviable knack for delivering the kind of light, entertaining read you need in between that fast-paced crime thriller and complex work of literary fiction: a lovely bit of escapism that doesn’t require any mental or emotional engagement. It’s just there to be enjoyed.

And Faking Friends fits the bill perfectly - a deliciously witty tale of betrayal, jealousy and revenge, with an immensely likeable heroine and a first-class bitch of a best friend. Okay, so the plot is simple, with twists you can see a mile off: devoted fiancée (Amy) makes a surprise trip home from working abroad to discover the two people she loves and trusts most in the world (Jack and Melissa) are at it behind her back. The sneaky catch is, they don’t know that she knows, leaving Amy free to toy with them at will and dish up a tasty plate of ice-cold, ‘stealth’ revenge!

Fallon doesn’t go in much for elaborate characterization. Her skill lies in understanding stereotypes and giving us people we can relate to or recognize. That’s not to say her characters are one-dimensional. Who’s never come across a Melissa, for example? That privileged, attractive, vivacious, funny girl who draws everyone to her glow. Scrape the surface, though, and underneath she’s self-centered, lazy, entitled and mean-spirited. Just the kind of person you’d love to see get her comeuppance.

Amy is also a familiar type: the quiet plodder, who’s emerged from the shadows to find happiness and success, but remains in thrall to her more popular, more confident best friend. She’s nicer than pie, but even she can tap into a vicious streak when her trust is broken. Cue revenge, counter revenge, an unexpected dash of romance, and the gradual awakening of self-awareness.

All in all a thoroughly enjoyable read. I’ve yet to be disappointed by Jane Fallon and look forward to her next piece of escapism.

Thanks for reading my review. I hope you found it helpful. You can find more candid book reviews on my Amazon profile page.

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Revenge and Counter Revenge

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 December 2018

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This was my first Jane Fallon book and it will definitely not be my last. I always like to try a new author and even though I was a little dubious about the premise for the book (more about that later) it was on sale so I decided to give it a try. The writing is witty, warm and time has been spent on understanding how people function and this shone through in the telling. To be perfectly honest my personal prejudices about the main theme are what marked this one down a little for me.

The whole basic plot is girl finds out her best friend has been moving in on her boyfriend whilst she is working in a different country - actually literally moving in. So, she sets out to get her revenge on both the so-called friend and her boyfriend. Here's my issue with what I thought I was going to get (so glad I was wrong). I was expecting some sort of quasi-feminist tract about being a strong woman and being unrepentantly selfish to get your own back on people. I was expecting nasty people with scary agendas to proliferate and rise to the top like the cream on a pint of Jersey milk. Basically I bought the book so I could get on my moral high horse and be offended - this is 2018 people and we are supposed to be offended all the time after all.

Instead what I got was warm and funny and more a story about the nature of true friendship than anything else. Yes the revenge takes centre stage but the main character, Amy, suffers so much guilt over her actions that I actually forgave her for some of her more heinous acts. When she gets a new beau my heart did do a little sinking motion in my chest but even that has a little twist to it that I really didn't see coming. I also liked the fact that Melissa doesn't just lie down and accept her fate - she fights back. Each character felt fully rounded and a truly human mixture of good, bad and indifferent which helped to bring the book alive in my head instead of just on the page.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and will definitely be reading more from this author's catalogue.

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JainEm

Unputdownable

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 January 2018

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I couldn’t put it down and read all day until I’d finished it. The twists are excellent in keeping you interested until the end. I disagree that some of the revenge schemes are farfetched, I can believe that some people would get so wound up that, before they’d had a chance to think their next move through, it was done. I think it would make a great movie.

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Brightonbikerider

Damn, it ended

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 January 2018

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Each time I read a Jane Fallon book, I decide it's the best yet. This is no exception. If I did have a criticism, it's that the time shift to the final chapters happened so fast that I sensed the end was coming. And maybe I wanted something more hellish for the fake friend.

As things ended, I wanted more. It felt like a new story beginning.

Not sure if there's a sequel in it - it's not this writer's style - but if there was, I'd grab it. (The fake friend not ready to give up, and trying foul and fair things to be heard). All things considered, this is a fabulous read.

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