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Faker was amazing.

Starting with the first bit of it, we got introduced to Trey and his family. Let me just say how gripping these first few chapters are. It has you immediately hooked. 
I like how Trey is still shadowed in this time and believes he can have fun with his friends while also being in “the family business”. Rudy’s a character I did want to see again, maybe just even Trey responding to an email, but it’s a good thing we didn’t get that. The reason being then that’s a consequence Trey would avoid.

Bringing up another point of why this book is so good, Trey does get consequences. He feels bad for every person he affected, and he lost a lot of friends in the process.

I just want to talk about the characters for a bit. Specifically Logan and Arianna.

Logan was such a cool character because Trey had signs since he met Logan that something is up with him, but Logan sadly had to hide it by being a “class clown”. The final part with Logan was absolutely jaw dropping because of the dialogue and emotion he spills to Trey. This might be a wild guess but I’m pretty sure Logan hasn’t felt that he could be real with anyone-not even his own parents. It’s good that he found a friend. I kept rooting for Trey to spill to Logan that his family is full of con artists too-but it didn’t happen. Which like the Rudy thing – that’s more good than bad. Another consequence that Trey has to face.

Arianna was a very unlikeable character. Not a bad written character, a very well written character, just not very likeable. At first I compared her with Melody from the Slacker series. (Specifically because of the email) However, Melody actually seems to care for Cam while Arianna is hoping for his downfall. I know it’s probably not great to be left out of things but Arianna goes to a whole different level. Keeps trying to prove to her dad that she’s ready for the family business by harassing poor kids.

Overall, the ending is really good. I do have a few ideas for a sequel but this book also works great standalone.

I rate Faker a 4.5/5 stars.