While I love the enemies to lovers trope this one was a bit muddled. I feel like they never explained the hate until close to the end but there was no foreshadowing to indicate there were further reasons than that they just didn’t like each other. Emma was annoying and I don’t get why she liked Cooper. He was a bit of a cad honestly. I want a book about Henry and Nick though.

3.5 stars
This is a small town romance dealing with an election, old friends, and unresolved feelings. The past is still affecting their present and things are about to get more complicated.

Emmanuelle Peron is the current mayor's daughter and works tirelessly at the Hope Lake Community Development Office helping to expand their small town and allow progression without losing their small town appeal. She is put together, organized, and at times unforgiving. But she also still has romantic notions that seem to always go unfulfilled.

Cooper Endicott is her old friend, her current coworker, her father's protege, new mayoral candidate, and her first crush that crashed and burned. He has made mistakes that both hurt her and have had an impact on business dealings, so they are in a state of perceived hate. His playboy rep is now coming back to haunt him. And now he really needs her help to clean up his image, and her family in on board with the idea.

The book is told through Emma's eyes so her thoughts sometimes cloud our judgment. I think if we had Cooper's point of view it would have helped. I had a love-hate relationship with these characters myself. At first, I was not liking Cooper as he seemed cocky and made poor decisions. But then I started seeing more of his vulnerability and realized that things might not be what they seemed. He had his own insecurities an issues and just kept trying to prove himself.

And then I started to realize how Emma's unresolved feelings and denial also affected him and his choices. And she was judgmental, stubborn, and great at avoiding and repressing her feelings. Even when he did what she told him to do, she sometimes held it against him and would pout or act jealous. Thus their communication skills were terrible and they just kept dancing around the elephant in the room. They walked a thin line between love and hate, but it was actually more one-sided and based on perceptions. There were also a couple of antagonists that I really did not like adding drama to the mix. It was a big mess and frankly, the angst and miscommunication got to me. And after the slow burn and all of the misunderstandings, the resolution seemed to come a bit fast.

But there are a lot of things to like about this book. I loved the world-building of the small town of Hope Lake and the quirky inhabitants that shared close ties. There was plenty of witty rapport in this friends-to-enemies-to-lovers political romance. I liked all of the side characters, but especially their longtime friends, Nick and Henry. I will be interested to see what might happen in the rest of the series.

This was just an okay read for me. I love the enemies to lovers trope and thought I would love this one. The writing style was great. The Hope Lake world crafted by Bocci was wonderful. But, I really struggled with the pace of the story and the main characters. I like slow burn but this was incredibly slow, slow burn. Emma’s character really held a grudge against Cooper, and it was a bit exhausting for me. I don’t feel like I really got to know Cooper’s character at all. I would have loved his POV. Even though I didn’t love this one, I still look forward to the next book in the series, and being back in Hope Lake.

* I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

On the Corner of Love and Hate by Nina Bocci was an adorable friends to enemies to lovers romance novel hat had me smiling through out the sweet story.

I think that the cover of On the Corner of Love and Hate has the perfect cover to go along with the idealic setting of Hope Lake. I loved all that the town brought to this story and the start of the Hopeless Romantics series. From the crazy old women and the 'evil' character running against Cooper in the Mayoral election.

I've said it before and I will say it again, what favorite part of small town romances is the town itself, especially in this instance where everyone in town new what both Cooper and Emmanuelle couldn't quite figure out on there own.

On the Corner of Love and Hate isn't quite your typical hate to lovers romance because didn't really hate each other per say, but rather they were guarded and afraid of getting hurt by the other, and they grew up as friends and they understood each other in ways that not everyone could.

I feel like I'm rambling here, but On the Corner of Love and Hate, was a sweet romance filled with small town drama and is a great start to a delightful series!

Enemies to lovers. Love this trope! In a way this book was more like friends to enemies to lovers. Between Cooper and Emma, I preferred Cooper. Sure he has dumb moments but with Emma, sometimes she is just so stubborn. She's pretty avoidant too. Whenever Cooper does something "stupid" and she realizes that it was a misunderstanding, she avoids him. She doesn't want to confront him about her feelings. She just avoids everything that involves Cooper besides their deal to be his campaign manager.

The beginning was a little dragging but I ended up loving this book and Nina Bocci's writing style was just great. The secondary characters were awesome. I love how Emma is the only girl in their friend group and they have each others' backs. The guys don't care that Emma is a girl because they treat her the same. There was so much angst between Cooper and Emma and I lived for it. Their chemistry was also fire.

On the Corner of Love and Hate (Hopeless Romantics, #1) by Nina Bocci ...This is an "enemies to lovers" story ...Thanks to the publisher and #NetGalley for letting me preview this book.. Emmanuelle Peronie...Emma ..the mayor's daughter and frenemy of Cooper Endicott ..governor's son ..running for mayor. There is politics some dirty, laughs, friendships, angst(lots) tears, misunderstandings, wonderful characters, small town antics and some steam all leading to a HEA. Looking forward to more books in this series.

Reasons I enjoyed this book:
Page-turner Entertaining Romantic Witty Steamy Happily Ever After Funny Wonderful characters Easy-to-read Great world building Tear-jerker

On the Corner of Love and Hate was a cute read. I shipped Emma and Cooper together and enjoyed the small-town setting. I felt like it tried to be too many things, though. It couldn’t quite decide whether it wanted to be a Friends-to-More or Enemies-to-Lovers story. The plot also revolved around politics and an election, without actually making any type of political statement. I don’t actually mind that too much, though, because I read books to avoid politics and in the current climate it would alienate a lot of readers to come out hard on one subject or another.

Emma was supposed to be very strong and driven and while she did display those qualities, she was also very wishy-washy and literally ran away from things that she didn’t want to deal with. I feel like I have read several books with this type of character lately and so my frustration with her might have been a little stronger than it should have been because of that. I did like that she loved her small town, her family and her friends. I really liked Nick and Henry and wish we would have gotten a little more of them. It sounds like the next book will focus on a romance for Henry and I’m looking forward to that.

Overall, I enjoyed On the Corner of Love and Hate. I read this at a time when no book was keeping my attention until I tried this one and it got me out of my slump. I liked Emma and Cooper together when Emma wasn’t being frustrating about it. I wish we would’ve gotten Cooper’s POV, too, though. Though I had a few issues, I’m still looking forward to reading the next book in the series.

Overall Rating (out of 5): 3 Stars

Synopsis: Emmanuelle Peroni is the mayor's daughter and she agrees to help with Cooper Endicott’s campaign, her childhood crush, turned enemy.

Cooper is one of Emma's oldest friends who drives her crazy. Emma's father suggests she help clean up his image to help him look favorable; he is known as a bit of a player in their small town. Emma works to help put out scandals and supports Cooper to protect her father's legacy in the town.

Review: I love the enemies to lovers trope but felt that at times, these two really struggled with their communication and they seemed combative and extra harsh with each other. This was as lower build and it took about 80% of the story for these two to confront each other with their feelings. There was more focus on the mayoral race and the community development office, where the two work together, than the love story aspect, and I enjoyed learning more about this small town and its values moving forward! I would have liked to see a bit more from these two earlier on and it made their chemistry lack a strong foundation.

I loved Cooper's character and thought he brought humor to the story and credibility to lead the town. He was sweet and thoughtful and would have loved to hear his voice in a few chapters of this book. Nina Bocci's next book is a continuance on the town of Hope Lake and I look forward to seeing a peek into how this town has progressed!

Thank you Gallery Books for my advanced copy.

A fun book, full of love, hate, and political tension. A fast read, with a wonderful, lovable cast of characters. I found myself pondering how this turmoil loaded story will end. Thank you NetGalley for the Early Reader Edition. All opinions are my own.

Emma is the mayors daughter , working as CDO along side Cooper, her childhood crush turned enemy. When Cooper runs for Mayor, her father suggests that Emma needs to help him clean up his image in order to look more favorable. Copper is known as a player around their small town. Emma rejects, but soon finds herself heading his campaign. Along the way Emma tries to extinguish one scandal after another, but somewhere along the way she starts to realize that maybe she does have feelings for the one person she told herself she would never pursue. ⁣
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I am all about the hate to love romance! I got all the butterflies along with Emma, and Cooper (swoon). The tension was perfect between the two of them. However... I just wish it didn’t take 80% of the story until they confronted their feelings for each other. I feel like there was so much more potential for this! I did get the closure I wanted in the end though. Emma was harboring some unhealthy grudges and feelings for most of the book and I just wish her growth started sooner than almost to the end. I honestly loved Coopers character though. I have mixed feelings about this book, but I did enjoy it.

I liked this book but didn’t love it. I found the hate to be a bit too strong between the two characters. That being said, I did read this in one sitting so the end is what kept me going. so I bumped it up a star for that alone. To be honest I didn’t know if they would ever get together. There were many misunderstandings between them rather than the usual one that keeps couples apart so wading through their baggage through the book was a bit much. I did like the mayoral race and hated Whitney, of course. I will read more by this author. Thank you Netgalley for providing an ARC of this book. All opinions are my own.

This book is about a small town romance with a political edge. There are lots of colorful secondary characters and a well described small town feel. Life long friendships that are tested due to unspoken truths. Cooper and Emma’s story was fun and enjoyable.

On the Corner of Love and Hate is a good read. I hadn't read any books by the author before but I saw this pretty cover and just wanted to read it based on the cover. I do have to admitted I wasn't completely hooked on this book. For me it moved a little slow in the beginning and I almost gave up on it but when it clicked, it clicked and I was hooked. The more I read the more I found out about Emma and Cooper and the more I read of it the more I liked it. It's a fun sweet read.

2.5 stars

I had heard good things about Nina’s books and I liked the premise. Not to mention, with the comparison to a Christina Lauren book, I expected loads of banter.

I liked Emma and Cooper well enough. I did like that they were childhood friends and their history should have made for an interesting foundation for the story. Instead, it felt clichéd and trite. I absolutely loved her parents and BFFs Nick and Henry.

Plot wise it was slooooooooooow and maybe a bit boring. There was a lot of inner monologue and push and pull. With Emma’s feelings were all over the place, things got repetitive quickly. And while I wanted them to hurry up and get together, it didn’t happen until nearly the end. Even then, I didn’t quite see the leap from friendship to pining away to love. The chemistry just wasn’t there.

Overall, I loved the idea, but this execution didn’t work for me. I wanted a lot more.

**Huge thanks to Gallery Books for providing the arc free of charge**

After reading the blurb I was very excited to read this book. Unfortunately, though it was a promising story, it didn’t do it for me. I felt the story dragged and a lot of its focus was on the characters’ jobs and professional interactions rather than their relationship and really didn’t care for the heroine’s hot and cold and all over the place feelings.
On the positive side, I enjoyed some elements of the story, liked several secondary characters and honestly feel the story could have been a lot better without so many work related details.

Light on politics but heavy on the romance!

Emma (Emmanuelle) Peroni has been friends with Cooper Endicott since they were children because both their parents were in politics. Emma and Coper both worked in the community development office of Hope Lake but when Emma is asked to manage his campaign for mayor of Hope Lake because her dad was finally stepping down as mayor and she grew up running campaigns. Emma and Cooper had never dated even though they had gotten close during her freshman year of college but Copper had ended up dating her former roommate after she told the roommate that she really liked him. Emma needed to polish his image because Cooper was a serial dater and never dated anyone for very long.

I love small town romances but On the Corner of Love and Hate is a heavy on the romance and light on the political part and that is what makes it a very good story.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Nina Bocci was a new author for me, but I decided to take a chance because enemies-to-lovers is my absolute favorite trope. I’m so glad I took that chance because I absolutely loved this book. This is definitely a slow, slow burn and for some reason that just makes me read voraciously. I devoured this book. Oh, the angst! This book had me all over the place with emotions. I loved it so much. Even though this is only told from one POV, I could read Cooper’s feelings through Emma. That just speaks to how well a writer Bocci is. I’m completely invested in Hope Lake and I cannot wait for more!!

I'm a huge fan of the enemies-to-lovers trope and Christina Lauren. Plus I've been in the mood for romantic comedies lately. So when I first heard about On The Corner of Love and hate, I was sold and jumped at the chance to review it.

I couldn't connect with either of the main characters. Emma seemed to self-sabotage herself and be constantly complaining about everything. Plus the author would randomly include Emma's thoughts in the text by marking them as such, which really didn't help with the flow of the story. Cooper didn't seem to be at all responsible or competent. He's painted as an unrepentant womanizer who doesn't really think of others. Their relationship came off as a bit toxic and it was really hard for me to want to see them together.

After I made it about 25% of the way through the book, I'd had enough. I skimmed through the rest to see if the character dynamics changed at all or if the story got better. Perhaps there's something I missed that would have redeemed the story but this one just wasn't for me.

*Disclaimer: I received this book for free from the publisher. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

**I voluntarily read an early copy of this title courtesy of NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review**

On the Corner of Love and Hate is Nina Bocci's solo debut and it was a good one. While it did take me some time to get into the book, in the end, I enjoyed it. This friends to lovers romance was a good start to this series.

Emmanuelle (Emma) and Cooper were best friends, but there were a series of incidents that drove them apart. One of the biggest issues between the two is their communication. Emma has never shared what made her so combative and snarky toward Cooper, and Cooper has never shared his true feelings. Now that the two work together in the development office, they are constantly under one another's feet and are always bickering. When Cooper decides to run for mayor, he knows the person to help him with his campaign is Emma, but because of the state of their relationship, that is anything but smooth sailing. Will these two obviously attracted to one another people make it through the campaign unscathed?

There were times throughout the book that I felt Emma was way too hard on Cooper. I know she had hurt feelings, but I really felt for him at times. I enjoyed the secondary characters a lot and felt like they helped to balance everything out. In the end, I enjoyed the book and I will be interested to see what lies ahead for the rest of the residents of Hope Lake.

There's nothing wrong with this book; it's sassy and brooding and cute, but I found it to be worryingly average, and on top of that, 100% of it is focused on the main characters' jobs. This is a sensitive year for me to be reading workplace romances, and for this book to have absolutely no reprieve from the everyday grind that is these characters' hard job, I found it laborious to read because there were no fun or cute scenes to chop up the down-to-business gritty scenes that were often difficult to read because of political jargon. I did like the narrator though and the enemies to lovers was pretty brooding, so that redeemed it a bit.