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Its three weeks before prom and Izzy and her sleazy boyfriend, Shawn Luttigs (aka Sluttig) break-up/make-up relationship is in break-up mode. Her friends Vivi, Lane, and Curtis know shell take Shawn back at a moments notice so, in a flash of brilliance, they initiate Operation Skewer Sluttig, aimed at making sure Izzy and Luttig dont go to prom together. This flash of brilliance includes creating a MySpace page for a fictitious super cool guy, Brandon, and having Brandon and Izzy friend each other and start IMing, so Izzy realizes there are other cute guys out there.

Since the girls dont know what a guy would say online, they recruit Vivis brother Marshall, a junior, to chat with Izzy. The plan works too well and Izzy falls for Brandon, thinking she might want to ask him to the prom. Now the conspirators must come up with a real person to masquerade as Brandon, which, believe it or not, they doJonathan. They prep him on what Brandon is like and buy him a new wardrobe. Izzy and Brandon meet at a neutral place, the local diner, with Vive, Lane and Marshall there to check him out. All goes smoothly and it seems like they hit it off.

But you know as well as I do that there are other love complications, which I wont reveal. Lets just say that Vivi, Lane and Curtis are still dateless for the prom and certain people have crushes on certain other people.

OK, so the story is predictable. So what. Fake Boyfriend is a fun read with fun, likable characters. It is well written, descriptive and fast paced. Kate Brian shows the lengths that friends will go for each other. There are a few twists thrown in, but basically you know whats going to happen. There is also fashion name-dropping, expensive car name-dropping, and make-up name-dropping. Fake Boyfriend is a great beach read, or in winter, in front of the fireplace read. So, curl up and enjoy. If you like this book, Kate Brian also wrote Sweet 16, Lucky T, Megan Meades Guide to the McGowan Boys and the Private series.