Slick's review: 
 I have really mixed feelings about Being Brooke; on one hand it is a rip roaring hilarious friends to lovers story, but on the other hand it was a bit of a train wreck. I can't deny that it was funny and entertaining, but the heroine's brashness and inability to take control of her own life grew weary. 
 Brooke is twenty four and is on her own for the first time after her mother asked her to get her own place and basically grow up. Working at job she hates at the local travel agency after dropping out of college, Brooke has two constants in her life; her best friends Cain and Carly. While Carly drives her insane constantly trying to fix her up on blind dates and Cain drives her insane because she's been in love with him since she was 15 and she's tired of watching him go from one bad girlfriend to the next and the one he has now is the worst. Telling Cain how she feels is not an option because more than anything she needs her best friend Cain in her life and telling him would ruin what they now share. 
 I can honestly say I hurt for Brooke because she did have very deep feelings for Cain, so deep she didn't allow herself to really try with anyone else. Cain for the most part seemed pretty oblivious to her feelings which considering their family and close friends all seemed to know made him look like kind of a schmuck which was sad because he was really a genuine kind of guy. Their friendship was special and while I loved that Cain thought Brooe was great just the way she was, it kind of felt one sided. She enjoyed spending time with Cain, and admired his ability to do most anything but I'm not really sure what she offered him other than a respite for getting a break from his demanding girlfriend. I would have like to see more of what made their relationship work rather than Brooke's incessant freaking out about the change in their relationship once Cain finally ditched his unlikeable girlfriend and made moves on Brooke. 
 While there was no denying this book is full of laughs, crazy antics, friendship and even love, the characters and their relationship needed more development for the reader to really understand what made their friendship so special that they were anxious about ruining it if they changed the status quo. Although Being Brooke had its problems, I enjoyed it enough that I will most definitely check out the next book in this series. 
 PS--I enjoy romances from sweet to erotic and while this book was on the sweet side, I kind of felt like it was a bait and switch. The author gave us all this sexual tension and build up but never really delivered anything and that was extremely disappointing. 
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