Review: Never Been Worse by Morgan Elizabeth

​Never Been Worse by Morgan Elizabeth is a charming romantic comedy that follows Harper Abbott, a fashion designer whose life takes a chaotic turn after a prank with her best friends leads to an unexpected arrest. As her cheating ex and his new girlfriend attempt to sabotage her budding career, Harper finds an unlikely ally in Wes Holden, the guitarist of the band Atlas Oaks. Wes, who has harbored feelings for Harper for years, proposes a marriage of convenience to help both their public images. What starts as a strategic arrangement soon blossoms into genuine affection, forcing Harper to confront her past and consider a future she never imagined

Recently read via Kindle Unlimited Never Been Worse I think is an underrated romance that more people need to read. 

This blog post contains spoilers, so please read at your own risk.

The prank that this novel opens with is pure genius. Forking a yard? Amazing, if not time-consuming which is what caused them to be caught and charged in the first place. Her ex? A total A-hole who deserved everything that happened to him. 

Wes? He seems to be the perfect fake husband and it doesn’t hurt that he already had feelings for her to begin with. 

This book includes the tropes of marriage of convenience, he falls first, and friends-to-lovers.

I normally don’t enjoy friends-to-lovers, but this author did the whole friendship-to-lovers very well, and it didn’t feel forced.

I loved how petty Harper is as a person, going as far as out bidding her ex’s current girlfriend to get a meal with Wes who is a guitarist in the ex’s favourite band. Then to ‘marry him’ is amazing. 

If you are looking for a romantic comedy with a petty FMC who sometimes takes pranks too far and a fake husband who encourages it, then I would recommend reading Never Been Worse by Morgan Elizabeth

-Fallon