I received a copy of this title to read and review for Wicked Reads 
 3 Stars. 
 I will preface this review by saying NR Walker is not a new-to-me author, nor do I have any issues reading books written in the spelling/grammar/slang/colloquialisms of the author's country of origin. 
 The Spencer Cohen books have a catchy premise, which I was looking forward to diving straight into. Fake boyfriend. If your quest is to make your ex-girlfriend/boyfriend jealous to get them back/get back at them, Spencer Cohen is in the business. 
 Andrew's ex left without explanation, so he hires the services of Spencer Cohen. In the pages and pages that follow, the reader learns about the narrators through their conversations. Spencer needs to know Andrew inside and out to play the perfect boyfriend. This was a good delivery system to clue the readers into the characters in a showing instead of telling fashion, but the information was rather shallow than any real getting to know each other (until late in the novella). 
 Spencer and Andrew are feeling each other in a very slow-burn romance, instead of focusing on insta-lust/love/attraction. While I give NR Walker mad props on this, it was too slow of a pacing for a novella, leaving me slightly bored. In the quest to get to know each other, I knew more of every article of clothing they wore every time they came on scene, what their favorite foods were, restaurants, favorite movies, shows, art, and an endless amount of conversation on music. While entertaining, and serving a purpose to a point, it dragged the story down in unnecessary information. 
 The author pushed the inked folks are just normal people issue too strongly. Spencer brought it up several times, when the person he was talking to never once said/thought/showed any aversion to people with tattoos. I just felt this odd, the defensiveness making me feel uncomfortable. 
 They seem like nice people." He said it like it was a question. 
 I stared at him for a long moment. "Even though they are covered in tattoos?" 
 His eyes shot to mine. "No, that's not what I said. I said they seem like nice people, given I've met them for a whole twenty seconds." 
 "You won't find more decent people," I told him. "Regardless of what they wear on their skin." 
 "I don't have anything against tattoos," he said. "or the people that have them. 
 At that point, after being subjected to this same conversation several times, I was with Andrew. I was sick of it. As a reader, I'd just met everyone too... 
 All in all, I enjoyed Spencer and Andrew on the surface and the premise of the story, but wasn't a fan of the execution. There was a lot of conversation, which normally I'm good with, but it was very formal, lacking the fluidity of how humans normally speak, leaving it feel wooden and stilted. Ordinarily this isn't an issue unless it's a dialogue-laden story. 
 There was a good deal of banter, some funny parts, a lot of sweet, but the story never resonated with me enough to keep me engaged page after page. Part 1 was a slow setup, with not much going on as the characters were developed, ending with a hook to draw readers in for part 2. 
 The writing style wasn't to my tastes, so I will be passing on part 2 & 3, but I'm positive the majority will not only enjoy the books but love them. 
 Recommended for Walker fans and readers of MM romance.