REVIEW: Keanu Reeves is Not in Love With You by Becky Holmes

Becky Holmes, the cardiganed crusader, invites us all on her quest to get to bottom of the most internet barrel where the romance scammers live and work, impersonating celebrities to extort money and time out of people looking for love or just feeling a little alone.

Thankfully I’ve never fallen prey to a romance scam or a catfish, but damn if I don’t see them everywhere - admittedly I do love to wind them up sometimes which is something I share with Becky. She addresses the seriousness and heartbreak of fraud and catfishing but also has a little mischief along the way as she tries to rile the scammers and get to bottom of their techniques, and their reasons. From the terribly obvious to the terrifying realistic, we see a whole range of scams and frauds from celebrity impersonators , guilt tactics, real life fraudsters and just bad ones that really, really make me happy I’ve never tried finding love online.

Her narration was utterly fabulous - it felt so much like a conversation and was brimming with personality but even amongst all the thoughts and little asides it always stayed on track and felt so easy to follow. She spoke openly, candidly and in such a refreshingly normal way that didn’t try and be artful - it just let itself be amazing on its own merit. It starts as a series of anecdotes then jumps into the in depth research about organised crime and scam culture. From accounts of her own strange experiences to the stories of victims of romance fraud, each one shows a different side to the world of scams that keeps growing by the day.

Just remember, although Keanu Reeves loves everyone, he’s probably not in love with you.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

I was gifted an advanced reviewers copy of this title in return for a review.
This title contains subjects including some ritual practices including body parts, violence, murder, and crime.

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