Pretending cover art

Pretending

 Preview
Try Premium Plus free
1 credit a month to buy any audiobook in our entire collection.
Access to thousands of additional audiobooks and Originals from the Plus Catalogue.
Member-only deals & discounts.
Auto-renews at $16.45/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Pretending

By: Holly Bourne
Narrated by: Heather Long
Try Premium Plus free

$16.45 per month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $26.99

Buy Now for $26.99

About this listen

The new honest and hilarious novel from Holly Bourne, best-selling author of How Do You Like Me Now?

April hates men. Her dating life is a disaster and she carries the damage of her last relationship with her every day. She's trying so hard to put herself out there, but every time it seems like she's found something real it falls apart.

If only April could be more like Gretel.

Gretel knows how to behave perfectly in relationships - she's a 'Regular Everyday Manic Pixie Dream Girl Next Door With No Problems'.

Gretel is exactly what all men want.

The problem is, Gretel isn't real.

But once April starts pretending to be Gretel, life is much more fun. Especially when she starts dating Joshua, who has no idea who she really is.

For once, April is the one in control. But how long will she be able to keep pretending?

©2020 Holly Bourne (P)2020 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd Dark Humour Literature & Fiction Romance Comedy Witty Dating
All stars
Most relevant  
Well written, painful, sweet, touching tale of being a woman. So intimate and at times hard to listen, this book was also perfectly narrated.

A beautiful book

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Holly Bourne has addressed some serious issues for today in this lovely, honest story. April is a flawed heroine with genuine hurts, and has come to a conclusion that is growing in popularity: No-one could possibly want to be with her, and that must be because she's none of the things she should be... so she pretends to be someone (she thinks is) better than who she (sees she) is. Joshua is downright puppy-dog loveable. the story is convincing and i loved its unfolding. thanks Holly

April has been raped, and this is something readers should be aware of as a trigger warning.

a real love story for today

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This book was heavy in parts. Depressing and real, but i wanted to keep listening and learn from this persons perspective. You also get a happy ending . So finished feeling good

Worth listening to

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I appreciate the lightheartedness given to rather serious issues in this book.
The story was cute and enjoyable, although the main character was somewhat annoying & the writing a bit repetitive at times.
The production and narration was great! (One of my personal favourite audiobook productions so far)

Lighthearted, Entertaining Read

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This is one of my go to comfort listens. There's so much wisdom in this book and the way the characters all support eachother is just so lovely.

Beautiful

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I was quite disappointed that the information on this book did not say it was about a rape survivor. Would not have purchased it.
It had some good aspects but I was expecting light hearted chick lit and this is definitely not that.

Not at all how it’s marketed

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.