Yes, what the book actually tell you about Tyler is, he is a bad guy, he sells drugs in parties and stuff, he drink a lot, he is a man-whore and all the bad stuff you can think.And that he falls in love with Lexi :D Lexi had a no strings attached relationship with Tyler, which he was fine with at first. Now, towards the end of senior year, Tyler realizes he’s in love with her and wants more from the relationship. Lexi does not feel the same way as she’s still pinning after her friend, Ben, who may not be as perfect as Lexi seems to believe. As for her parents, they were portrayed extremely unrealistically which you would understand once you start reading it. After thirteen years, she found out what was the deal with her father and she needs to get some answers about him, about her past with him... To be completely honest, I tend to shy away from YA books since there are only a select few that I can really tolerate. Since personally I find YA books where the only problem the heroine has is who she'll go to prom with or being accepted by her friends shallow. I mean, life isn't JUST about what you'll be wearing to the prom and reading books which has heroines who are like that irritate me.

I finished this in an evening and found it well worth the time invested. It left me with a smile on my face, and will leave you with one too. The cover is pretty! In fact it is the cover and later of course the summary that attracted me towards this book. Well, I did not feel for any character and I could not connect with any one. I felt sorry for Lexi at times and the girl really has a bad life considering her family. But, I could not understand some of her decisions and...I just could not connect with her.

Wikipedia citation

I didn’t expect to like the story, but I found myself hopelessly rooting for the bad-boy, the arrogant stoner, the wrong guy, from the beginning. Lexi was a character that so often got on my nerves even though I understood some of her actions and truly felt for her. She just had these ideas in her head about being "perfect" in school, with friends, and Ben and how that was better than how she really was or felt. On top of that she had some pretty big daddy issues going on that were influencing her relationships with guys. Including her secret hook-up style relationship with the school's resident stoner bad boy Tyler Flynn (which I think is a perfect name for the bad boy (with a heart!))

I really enjoyed the character of Tyler. I was really rooting for his "relationship" with Lexi to work out. I also really enjoyed Lexi's friendship with Nolan. The secret relationship mentioned with the school's bad boy left a lot to be desired, however. I was hoping for more palpable chemistry between Lexi and Tyler, but we never truly got to see their dynamics in depth, mostly because Faking Perfect did not focus on the romance, which was midly disappointing. Part of my reason for not fully being involved in the romance was also my inability to connect with Tyler as a character. We barely learn anything about Tyler's character aside from his bad boy attitude and that made me sad because he had the potential to be an amazing character from the glimpses that we did get of him in the book. I also didn't appreciate the storyline involving Lexi's crush, Ben. I thought it wound up being trite and I didn't particularly care for it. I do have to clarify that the book didn't have a true triangle and that there was no cheating going on, thankfully. The romantic relationship wasn't my favorite, but I did really like the friendship that Lexi had with Nolan, despite it being very frayed. Nolan's support and loyalty towards Lexi even though she basically hid him from the rest of her friends, was admirable and I loved him for it. While it does seem like a lot about Faking Perfect didn't work for me, I actually found myself enjoying the book because of Rebecca Phillips' writing which turned out to be very readable. So why when she was with her perfect boyfriend couldn't stop thinking about her imperfect ex-lover????Based on the blurb for this book, I was anticipating a lot more typical high school drama and definitely more boy drama. Neither of those things were really present. This book was weird for me because it totally wasn't what I expected.

Up until first half of the book, I couldn't connect with her and was mostly upset with her fake personalities. I really want her to realize what she thinks good isn't actually good just because it has every things that people think are good. I want her to see far beyond the image. But then it's what this story is about. So although at first she's annoying me, I begin to understand her better the more I read the story. And in the end I think as a character she does a good job showing me her character development. And makes me feel something for her, from annoyed to sorry and proud of her. When I saw this on up for review on NetGalley and read the synopsis, which reminded of The Duff by Kody Keplinger, one of my favorites, I had to request it. I started reading it as soon as I was approved and, though I really liked it, it wasn't all I was excepting it would be. First you steal my rum and now my cigs,” Tyler said indignant. “What’s next? You want my wallet? My heart? No, wait… you already stole that.” The end tied up real nicely, which I definitely liked. I really hoped Lexi and her mom could come to some kind of middle ground and they would stop acting like two sides at war all the time. Overall, I really enjoyed the writing style done by Phillips and Faking Perfect was a great book about accepting who you are and not hiding it from the world. Not to mention, Lexi begins to uncover secrets about her father--for all Lexi knows, he was such a danger to her and her mom that they escaped when Lexi was a little girl--that her mother never told Lexi before. Suddenly, Lexi is meeting her father after all these years. He has a whole new family, he's an all new person willing to patch things up with his first born daughter, but Lexi's not sure if she is willing to forgive him just yet.Navigating through Emma’s rich and prosperous life was much more complicated than Ella had anticipated, especially when she meets the kid’s gorgeous drama teacher. Faking Perfect took me by complete surprise. I was expecting it to be a more romance-driven story, but it turned out to be an emotional, character-driven book instead, especially when it came to the main character's growth throughout. Overall, FAKING PERFECT is far from being perfect but it does have its merits and I highly enjoyed it. It would be really wrong of me not to recommend it.

When Lexi Shaw seduced Oakfield High’s resident bad boy Tyler Flynn at the beginning of senior year, he seemed perfectly okay with her rules: Lol but judging by the fact Ella hasn't even seen her Nephew or her Niece in years, and has never been to the family home, she most certainly has got her work cut out for her... with some hilarious consequences! And so we have Ella swapping places with her sister as Emma has to let's say go away for a few weeks, but doesn't want her reputation ruined. Almost no one even knows she has a twin, and Ella barely knows her niece and has never met her 9 year old nephew, so even her kids won't be any the wiser. Like I said earlier, the heroine Lexi Shaw was trying hard to hide the parts of her life which was not so perfect, that wasn't the whole plot of the book. She had deeper problems, like having a mother who acts younger than you and finding that your father whom you thought dead wasn't dead at all. Add in the fact that her friends-with-benefits Tyler Flynn starts having feelings for her, this book turned out into something that doesn't seem shallow to me.Sometimes it was a feat to continue reading due to the pace slowing down. Also, there were multiple cliché moments that made me want to DNF it and read something less predictable. Nevertheless I continued reading. This book is about a girl Lexi, she is a very authentic and a perfect person in front of the society, she is popular, intelligent and what not? What I like best about Faking Perfect is the characterization. The story focuses on Lexi’s personal growth and the brave steps she take to “shed her skin.” Rebecca Phillips sheds a very realistic light on the relationships Lexi has with her friends, her mother, and her estranged father. I think that when you read this story, it shouldn’t matter if Lexi is a likable character or not because her characterization is so honest. Which is odd because she’s fake. She acts a certain way around her friends, covers her face with makeup, and wears specific clothes to become “one of those popular kids” and it’s all due to the fact that she has low self-esteem and believes many people are too good for her. For example, someone like her crush Ben. Even though it is never mentioned that she has low-esteem, I believe she does because it’s evident in what she does and says. Emma’s husband Rich was a nice guy though, till the very end, I really wasn’t sure if he’s not playing somewhere else, and the children were optimally written, the lovely Henry and Millie the teenager. It’s good though that Ella and Emma didn’t have much scenes together because well, it wouldn’t be too easy with those names, I think. So when Emma rings Ella saying she's in desperate need of her help, because she's going to have to go away for a while.