mythicaldelenn 's review for:

The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
5.0

4.5 stars

I was surprised how much I enjoyed this. I had a couple issues with the way a character's fatness was associated with him being a bad person, but everything else about the writing and characters was great. It was super engaging and easy to read. The plot was well paced and avoided potential problems that could have hurt my enjoyment of the book. I really connected with Lucy and Josh and even teared up a little at one part. Watching their relationship progress was so much fun and confirmed that I do love enemies to lovers in contemporary, not just fantasy. It introduced me to workplace romance, as well. Also, I am super picky about sex scenes in books, but I actually really enjoyed those parts of this one because I was already invested in their relationship before they got that far physically. This book just generally made me really happy and helped me get back into reading after a few weeks of barely reading anything. I definitely want to try more books in this genre.