I really enjoyed this book. It was a little slow in the beginning to be honest, but a little less than halfway through I really started to enjoy it. It was a fun look into small town politics.

I was up till 4 am reading this. I started at 8 pm. I loved everything about this. EVERYTHING.

On the Corner of Love and Hate is a sexy political love feast!

One of my favorite kind of reads. Funny, wrapped in longing, sprinkled with tinges of jealousy, and basted in so much sexual tension I wanted to combust! Oh, Nina Bocci... you have become a one-click go-to author. I don't care if it's your to-do list, I'm gonna read it.

5 FABULOUS STARS!!
~Tanja

I'm sorry I didn't love this book. The characters were a bit too unlikeable. Cooper was a bit too flawed with horrible decision making and Emma too dishonest and wishy-washy. The 'Mayor Dad" name... used repeatably, was just weird.

I can’t finish this. It’s so dull. Emma’s snark is supposed to be cute and it’s not. She’s not nice. There isn’t any banter - just Emma bitching at Cooper and telling him how terrible he is.

Much like the heroine, Emma, my feelings about this book are all over the place.

Billed as an enemies to lovers romance, readers find out in the first few chapters that Emma and the hero, Cooper, are enemies but actually best friends but she has deep feels but he annoys her with his playboy ways. So....which was it? Well, you don't actually find out until 80% of the book.

For his part, Cooper seems sort of meh on Emma all the way up until the end. He respects her, of course, but there was nothing that was really shown that has a reader pulling for the couple.

What readers know for a fact that Emma DOES love? She loves her small town, Hope Lake. She loves it on a Lesley Knope level. How do readers know that? Many many many pages of it. It might work on Parks & Rec but it just made my eyes gloss over - and I generally like small town stories.

It's really a shame because I really enjoyed the author's voice and could see so much potential in the story. Emma and Cooper were one note characters. We didn't know anything much about them other than Emma LOVES Hope Lake!!! The side characters, like her other supposed best friends, Nick and Henry were begging to be fleshed out a bit more to not only reflect Emma and Cooper but build a foundations for their own stories.

I would try another one of this author's books. This one just left me hanging.

*ARC courtesy of NetGalley

This book was ok. I prefer to read romance novels where the two characters that get together share a lot of time in the book. There would be several chapters between the characters have any interactions. Plus, I felt sorry for the town of Hope Lake that they had to choose between these two disasters of a campaign.

This is a SLOW burn romance...and I MEAN SLOW. I really just didn't care what happened I just wanted it be over. It's a 300 page book that read like a 500 page book. I was so bored, I picked it up multiple times and started to read and then gave up. I finally forced myself to finish it . I think people will enjoy this but I was just really uninterested in any of it. Cooper was self absorbed. I hated "Emmas thoughts" being written separately. Too many details and none of them good.

3.5 – 4 Stars!

What is it about small town romances? I would hate to live in a small town where everybody knows my business, but I sure do love reading about them.

While I thought this was an enemies to lovers kind of book, I never felt like Emma and Cooper were enemies. Perhaps just friends who grew apart a little. The only thing they seem to have in common is the love for their town.

While I didn’t necessarily feel a strong connection between Emma and Cooper, I still found it to be an enjoyable read and will continue the series with their friends.

ARC kindly provided by the publisher via NetGalley.

"On the Corner of Love and Hate" by Nina Bocci
I received an ARC of this story from the publisher and this is, of course, is my review. I liked the story... even when I got so frustrated with the characters that I wanted someone to shake them seven ways from Sunday. Or, maybe I just wished they had a Dutch Uncle that would set them straight.. But then if they weren't bumbling their way through their story... it would have possibly been a short story. And, I guess we all have our times when we make our lives so much more difficult that they have need to be. Not being open about how we feel about things... like when we are hurt by someone's words or actions... well it can have a negative impact on our relationships. I hope you will enjoy your time in Hope Lake, PA.. sounds like a great place to live or at least visit !! Happy Reading !!

Enemies to Lovers? Yep! Small Town Romance? Yep! Good supporting characters for future books? Yep! Slow burn? Yep! All of these are the makings of a great story... unfortunately I didn’t care for this book as much as I thought I would. First I never truly understood why Emma hated Cooper? It wasn’t clearly spelt out and then enemies to lovers was stretched at best. They never felt like enemies they always just felt like Emma was annoyed by him.
Copper although he grew on me, was a man child who seriously needed to grow up. I didn’t care if they ended up together and there wasn’t enough romance or screen time of the couple together. Overall I think this is a great outline of a story but needs a lot more character driven storyline to fully develop the book.

** ARC provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review **

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley for my honest review.
I read the blurb for this book and thought I would love it as the author’s work was compared to the likes of Christina Lauren. Boy was I wrong. Emmanuelle (Emma) Peroni works In Hope Lake government with her former BFF Cooper Endicott. When we first meet Emma, she seems like a harried modern 28 year old who is type A and has to cover for womanizing Mayoral candidate Cooper. My first impression of Cooper was that he was a self-centered jerk who blew off work and expected Emma to pick up the slack. But as the book went on I realized that I may have misidentified who the jerk was, Emma became increasingly whiny, a bit of a martyr and unreasonable. While I decreasingly disliked Emma, I felt more empathy for Cooper. While he made some dumb mistakes when he was younger, Emma vilified him when he couldn’t read her mind that she was infatuated with him. I just wish that the author hadn’t made her such a neurotic nut job, as the other characters in this book were interesting. This book had a lot of potential, but sadly fell short.

Thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC of this book. There were many aspects of this book I enjoyed. Unfortunately, those did not really appear until the last 25% of the book and the first 3/4's felt like a very slow build to the end when the 2 main characters finally admit their feelings for each other. I wish that they had this realization a bit earlier on in the book so that we could see their relationship grow and progress. It was obvious there were feelings on both ends, but by the time they were admitted, it all felt very rushed. We went from hate to love very fast. I really liked Cooper but the main female character, Emma was eh for me. She seemed angry and ready to think the worst of Cooper at every turn. All in all, a good read. I am glad I was given the chance to read it and I think may people will enjoy it.

Emma Peroni has spent her whole life in politics. From her dad being the Mayor of their small town, to dedicating her adult life to helping bettering the town for the future. With her father's retirement looming, it's time for the town to choose a new Mayor. Emma will do anything for her town, but when her father asks her to be the campaign manager for Cooper Endicott, Emma's life-long friend and notorious Casanova, she's horrified. Knowing she can't say no without delving into their messy past, Emma reluctantly agrees. First on the agenda: finding a nice girl for Cooper to settle down with to lose his womanizing reputation which isn't helping the polls.

Cooper has politics in his blood: his mother is the Governor and his family founded their town generations ago. He's always known he wanted to run for Mayor, he just wasn't prepared for the drama that comes along with it. With his opponent playing dirty and digging up every skeleton from his closet, Cooper has no choice but to go along with Emma's crazy plans. The only problem? He's falling for the one person he shouldn't: the Mayor's off-limits daughter and his best friend.

This was an adorable political rom-com and I really enjoyed it. I thought Emma and Cooper's relationship was so relatable for anyone who's been in that weird "Will they? Won't they?" stage with someone. Their dynamic, especially with their two other best friends Nick and Henry, was such a highlight for me. I really liked the setting of this small Pennsylvania town that felt so cozy, and the humor was really witty and felt like real bickering, but loving, friends. The only downside for me was some scenes, especially that plot point where the main character gets sick so the potential love interest drops by to take care of them, I've seen numerous times before and in slightly better ways. Other than that, I liked this and felt myself rooting for not only Emma and Cooper's relationship, but the election itself. If you're looking for a sweet fun read, then check this one out.

Right of the bat, I can say that this was a slow burn, not just in romance, but also in the plot.

I'm not a huge fan of books that are centered around politics, so I'm not surprised when I found myself not really caring much about what was going on on that aspect, the ups, and downs that occurred. Not that it was a bad aspect of the book, it's just a personal preference that had unfortunately made me not like the book as much as I could have.

Characters-wise, Emma and Cooper weren't that bad. Emma was a bit too tense at times, but given her stressful situation, it's understandable. Fortunately, it did not take away any of her charms, as she is more relatable when she isn't thinking about work, or is just overall not in her office. Cooper, on the other hand, took a while for me to warm up to him. We don't really know what's going on in his head, and neither does Emma, so I was kind of iffy about him for a while.

As mentioned before, the plot and romance were slow. In fact, actual progression in Emma and Cooper's relationship occurred sporadically throughout the book and it wasn't until after 3/4 the of the book did it suddenly escalate. I kind of wish we saw more of their relationship after they got together, but the epilogue was satisfying, so I'll give it that.

Overall, if you don't mind a slow burn romance with a political heavy plot then maybe you should give this a go.

First, THANK YOU once again to the Publisher for inviting me to review this book. Its because of respectful publishing companies like you, that small insta-bloggers like me even have a chance still.

I love small town romances. I love the setting in general, but to the honest, you had me at 'small lake town'. =). That said, knowing this was Nina's debut novel made me anxious, but also skeptical to start reading it. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised! Though I would've loved to see a POV from Cooper, I kind of understand this was meant to be a more lets say, 'feminist approach?' If anything. I liked Emma's character, don't get me wrong, but it seemed at times a bit unfair that we didn't really know what was going on Cooper's head.

I also liked the idea of working alongside each other to basically save Cooper's image, thus promoting that attraction they've felt since kids. They liked each other, but the whole ordeal needs to happen for them to realize they actually love each other.

Secondary characters were fantastic (makes me think there could be room for a series?), specially Emma's mom! (Who wouldn't want a mom like that!! LOL! and the best part is Emma and Cooper's sweet HEA. I see some (but just minimum, I guess) weak moments throughout the story, where I really had to push thru. In overall, it's very sweet, very light type of story, where I just have to say, took a tad bit to pick up, but in general made me smile almost on every page :)

I give it a 3.5 star rating and big congrats to Nina for his <3

This is a lighthearted, rom-com from author Nina Bocci. The narrative is well written and contains genre specific attributes that correspond well with reader expectations. While the pace of the plot was slow to build and pieces of it were predictable, the foreshadowing did not eliminate the story's impact. Bocci's characters were relatable and infallible but she did fail to develop them equally. The angst from the enemy-to-lover dynamic exists but only at a simmer and the romantic aspects may only mollify those who prefer a more vanilla approach. The novel will definitely play well to those who prefer their rom-coms a bit on the tamer side. 3 stars.

Thank you to #NetGalley and Gallery Books for this ARC

Thanks, NetGalley for allowing me to read & Review this title.
Started this book late last night and couldn't put it down until it was finished. Nini Bocci has a writing style that is light, witty, and totally easy to read in one sitting. The story flows effortlessly and her characters are well developed. Nice beach or poolside read!

I found this one to be soooooo sloooooow getting started. The entire first half was just more of the same and could’ve been edited way down. The second half was better but I really didn’t care what happened to the characters. The writing wasn’t bad, it was all just drug out way too much. Just not a story that resonated with me. Thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to review.

"Sometimes the best sex is with the people you think you hate. I don't write this stuff, lady, it's just gospel."

As soon as I saw a book pop-up from Nina Bocci, I couldn't wait to read it. I enjoyed the book she co-wrote with Alice Clayton, which is why I wasn't worried about not liking it. On the Corner of Love and Hate is the first in a new Hopeless Romantics series. Hope Lake is a small town with everyone intertwined. Cooper and Emma were childhood best friends turned to enemies. I couldn't wait to find out went down between these two. I loved the back and forth banter. I also really enjoyed the storyline with him running for office. The way they both love their town was inspiring. I was rooting for Cooper to get elected and to get the girl. I also loved the relationships with the secondary characters. I'm looking forward to more from this series.

On the Corner of Love and Hate is a quick and delicious romance. I loved the will they/won't they relationship, the female protagonist with tons of ambition (although admittedly I still wish she were the political heir apparent), the cast of supporting characters, the colorful parental relationships-- I loved it all! The local political scene served as a perfect backdrop for their story, and also, frankly, as a reminder that civic engagement can accomplish so much. Thank you, Nina Bocci, for making us feel AND making us think!

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity!