As a big fan of enemies to lovers perhaps I judge with higher expectations any book that uses this cliché. And also, because, in general I always like it just for the fact that I love the cliché and it's hard to use it extremely badly. And in this book, I also liked it and enjoyed the story, although I certainly think it's pretty hard to call enemies to lovers a book that lacks the tension of enemies as we call it.
The reality is that the title is really tricky, because not only because of the cliché, but you imagine that much of the story is going to have to do with their enmity. But no, they really hate each other for a few pages, and they don't hate each other anymore. I was kind of disappointed in that sense because I was expecting that enemies to lovers tension and I didn't find it.
The book is beautiful and apart from the fact that it is not an enemies to lovers, it is a lovely story. I would say that the second part of the book is practically a small town romance, the kind that leaves your heart warm and you can't stop smiling while reading it. And it bothers me, because I think I would have enjoyed it much more if it had been sold to me that way rather than the other way around, simply because you have expectations and you expect them to be met.
Also, just for Sebastian is totally worth reading this book for. I really want to protect him from every possible evil. He's a character I've connected with almost from the beginning and I've grown very fond of him.
On the other hand, Brynn is a character I had a hard time connecting with because I think her personality is a bit irritating. Then until we don't get to this second part of the book where everything is more relaxed, we don’t get this nice personality of her than actually makes connect with her.

Wanted to like this romantic comedy, but it fell flat for me.

Didn't connect to the characters well and the chemistry was lacking for me.

Bethany Turner's characters are deeply loveable and flawed. This book was a delight and will tug on your heartstrings more than you could ever imagine.

Brynn Cornell, a popular morning co-host, does not realize the camera is rolling when she mocks her hometown to the world in an embarrassing moment of honesty. Brynn decides to make amends with the people of her hometown, Adelaide Springs, CO., while the camera is rolling so she can attempt to save face and her job. Sebastian Sudworth, a Pulitzer Prize-level journalist, who now lives in Adelaide Springs, gets nominated to babysit Brynn during her stay. From the moment she arrives in town, Sebastian and Brynn clash.

I appreciate a well-written enemies-to-lovers story, but I had a hard time with the book's first half. Brynn is selfish and very spoiled, which makes it unbearable to want to continue reading. The second half was much more interesting, which describes why Sebastian is no longer a journalist, and those parts of the conversation between the two main protagonists made the book much better. They also fell in love over several days, which seemed somewhat ridiculous.

Overall this book was just ok, and I checked constantly to see how much further I had to read. The characters were unlikable, and it was a very slow start. 2.5/5 stars.

"Thank you to NetGalley and Thomas Nelson for the complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own."

This was an adorable small town romance novel. Brynn and Sebastian are enemies in the beginning when Brynn, morning show host, bashes her hometown where Sebastian lives. Brynn goes to visit her hometown, Adelaide Springs, to redeem herself. Sebastian is acting as her babysitter in order to fix the scandal and bring in tourists.


I loved the banter in this book and the small town mountainous feel. I enjoyed seeing the character development and relationship development as the book went on. How Brynn began to change as she spent time in her hometown with her old friends. I also loved Brynn and Sebastian as a couple, their personalities went really well together.


My favorite part of this was the ending. When Brynn goes back on her morning show after falling in love while in Adelaide Springs. It was so adorable I wanted to yell when I read the last lines.


This was a perfect, easy and clean romance to read. It is especially perfect to read when it comes out in September because of the comfy mountainous feel to it!

This was a tough one for me to get through was on the verge of not finishing it a few times. I didn't really connect to either of the characters and can't say I really cared for either of them. I didn't dislike the book just wasn't really the book for me. Giving a 3 star rating because was just ok for me. I want to thank NetGalley and Thomas Nelson for the digital arc in exchange for an honest review.

After YEARS of working her butt off to achieve her dream and becoming a news anchor on a national daily tv show, Brynn watches it all come crashing down when negative comments she made to her co-host are aired live.
I found Brynn very relatable and likeable, and loved watching her story and romance with Seb unfold. I loved the witty banter between the two main characters and I also felt that the author accurately captured life in a very small town, somehow managing to make it feel familiar. The author creates a story that is engaging and easy to be swept up in, setting the scene beautifully and developing the characters well. Overall, it was an uplifting, fun read and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

A massive thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for the ARC in return for my honest review. I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

I loved the way Brynn and Sebastian started hating each other and the buildup to them getting to know each other. I was so engrossed in Brynn’s reunion with her people I shed a few tears, it was an emotional moment. The writing is fantastic. A really good confort read.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC.

I wish I had more to say than this, but the whole enemies to lovers plot wasn’t really well executed. Their banter was annoying and I felt no connection to any of the characters whatsoever.
I skimmed about half of the book because I got pretty fed up with the story.

4.25/5 stars

Bethany Turner always delivers funny, sweet romance. In this case, there’s Brynn, the co-host of a very popular morning show (think Today show), who is the golden girl until a technical mistake threatens to take it all away. As she is forced to return to her small Colorado hometown (to face bad memories that she ran from and friends that she deserted), she must come face-to-face with who and what she’s become and who she really is. Sebastian is a former high-profile Pulitzer-prize winning international reporter who disappeared from the scene six years before while at the top of his game. He has found solace/healing and anonymity in the small town of Adelaide Springs. When these two meet, it’s hate at first sight. As they begin to understand each other’s past ordeals, they find they have more in common than they thought.

As I said Turner’s humor is a big draw for me as well as her well-drawn, empathetic characters. She consistently delivers entertaining, fun and lovable stories. My only irritant in this one was Brynn’s initial personality traits. She was a bit whiny, bossy and self-absorbed. But I know this was necessary for the storyline to be able to fully realize her growth as her tv persona surrendered to her hometown’s pull. Sebastian is simply wonderful, period.

Another winner from Ms. Turner.

My sincere thanks to the author, NetGalley and Thomas Nelson for providing the free early arc of Brynn and Sebastian Hate Each Other: A Love Story for review. The opinions are strictly my own.

This was a very sweet and fun read. Unfortunately, a lot of the story fell flat and felt forced. I didn’t feel the spark between the characters in this enemies to lovers romance. They went from really disliking each other to missing—no fun banter or interactions that felt like they’d developed feelings for each other.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this arc.

I DNF this book at about 37%. I just wasn’t able to get through it- I found the back and forth to be a bit juvenile and felt no connection to the characters.

I liked some things about this book, but overall it wasn't my favorite because I found the FMC SO unlikable in the beginning that even after her backstory was explained, I couldn't work my way around to liking her. The storyline was cute and I loved the setting, but the characters needed to be a little more likable.

This is a tough one to review. I've really enjoyed BT's past books (Hadley Beckett's Next Dish was so fun and Henry from The Do-Over is *chef's kiss*) so when I started skimming at 50% and then decided to DNF at 60% I was pretty upset. I had high hopes because of the synopsis; I love the enemies to more trope and Parks & Rec is one of my favorite shows, but it just felt like nothing was happening. There was so much internal monologuing that didn't add anything to the overall story in my opinion and at 50% through the book only a cumulative 3 days had passed with the 2 MC's already starting to transition to the more in enemies to more...so we went from enemies at first sight to insta-love after 2 days... *sigh*
Brynn was also not my favorite. I understand wanting to get out of a small town, but I wish more of her background had been divulged earlier or just that there were more details about it because Brynn's awful and selfish attitude did not endear me to her. She seemed very fake, and I understand there being a persona for the TV and that as a woman she needs to do/act certain ways to get ahead in a male dominated field, blah blah blah, but if I'm not rooting for the MC within the first 5 chapters...that's a problem. I know characters need to change and have an arc throughout the story, but a reader should see the character at least wanting to change (and not just to save their job. It never seemed like Brynn wanted to change. She just wanted to look good again to people. And maybe that changes in the second half of the book and I missed it because I didn't finish, but again, I just didn't really like her.)
Sebastian was a better character. I wanted more of his backstory. I was interested in why he quit journalism, but not enough to finish it. Orly was my favorite character honestly. I loved how he was put in the middle of Brynn and Sebastian and his reactions to both that and the very Protestant, very white town. Also, the cover was super cute! I think the idea of a colonial themed town in CO was also pretty funny! (Weird, sure, but quirky in a good way.)
Overall, I was disappointed with this book. I really enjoyed some of BT's previous books and maybe one day I'll even come back to it and try again. Hopefully this one finds readers who do love it.

this was okay, but read a little juvenile and i didn't feel connected to the characters or what happens to them at all. i can see other reader enjoying this a lot tho!

— thanks to the publisher and netgalley for the free digital ARC.

This was a sweet romance in a small mountain town which can be some of my favorite. I loved the town setting and a lot of the people and friends in the town but this fell short for me because I never really felt a connection to Brynn. I know she went through some trying times in her past but she really wasn’t that likable to me and the growth she had happened so quickly that I didn’t find it believable. Sebastian was nice enough but I really didn’t feel like there was any chemistry between him and Brynn. I really liked the friends that Brynn had grown up with in Adelaide Springs, Laila and Cole, and also her camera man, Orly. I really loved how caring and down to earth they all were. Overall this was a decent read for me.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the advanced copy. All thoughts are my own.

Put this one down at 25%. I could not connect with the characters, the setting, or the writing. I don't know if it was because there were too many characters out the gates or if it was something else, but I gave this one 2 weeks and after finding reason to do every other thing in my house besides read this book, I decided to move on to the next. Bummer because this is usually a trope I like and a publisher I enjoy, too.

The concept of this book sounded so fun and enemies to lovers is one of my favorite tropes, unfortunately, this Turner book just didn’t work out well for me. For starters, I disliked our main female protagonist, Brynn. At no point in this book did I warm up to her and her bratty personality. Additionally, the enemies to lovers plot that was heavily toted in the synopsis just didn’t pan out. Once Brynn and Sebastian are around each other, it is basically a pretty instant attraction. Another issue for me is the pacing. The first half of this book is a slog to get through whereas the second half is almost Hallmark like in its pacing and storytelling. All in all, while an okay read, it is rather forgettable and bland.

When morning news anchor Brynn has a hot mic moment disparaging her hometown, she has to go on major damage control mode. She returns to that hometown, Adelaide Springs Colorado, and immediately encounters a grumpy auto mechanic who everyone else seems to love. Brynn and Sebastian are enemies at first sight, though, and he will do whatever it takes to ensure her redemption tour is as difficult as possible.

I usually love enemies to lovers but this one wasn’t a huge hit for me. Brynn was not a loveable character for much of the book and I wasn’t a huge fan of Sebastian either. I didn’t love the way the dual pov worked, with Brynn’s being in first person and Sebastian’s in third. It disrupted the flow of the story for me a bit.

All in all this one was just okay for me, but you might love it if you love: 📰 celebrity news anchors 🌅 behind the scenes at a morning news show 👨‍🔧 grumpy former television journalists working as small town mechanics ⚓️ perfect on the surface but actually flawed heroines 🎥 abundant pop culture reference 😈 insta hate to love 🗞️ lots of national news figure name dropping

Brynn has left her small hometown 20 years ago and never looked back. Now she is co-host on a nationwide morning show and by mistake bitches about said hometown on the air. In order to keep her job she returns to Adelaide and hopes when the people there will forgive her the rest of America will follow. Of course she didn't think that she would have to deal with Sebastian who came to town after she left and instantly dislikes her.

As much as I wanted to like the story and the characters I just didn't. Brynn was as selfish, self-absorbed and unlikable as they come. Sebastian was not as bad but still not really relatable. And the whole story was just implausible: she comes back after having insulted basically everybody at home and she doesn't even say sorry but anyway everybody just forgives her after seing her in person? Also how she and Sebastian turn from hate to attracting within one conversation? Just sooo unbelievable! I really had to force myself to keep reading but the book just wasn't for me.