This was honestly just really poorly written. I hated the MFC. The pacing and writing of the plot was a mess.

Once I saw that Love to Hate You is an enemies to lovers with a twist on You've Got Mail, I knew I had to read this book. It did not disappoint! Fans of the movie, fans of the enemies to lovers trope will certainly enjoy this story! I highly recommend.

3.5 stars

I love a British MMC (Wes) 😭 this was a super cutesy read. I'm not big on the enemies to lovers trope, but this was done nicely. I love how the FMC (Summer) wore her heart on her sleeve. The MMC had a likable personality from the start. He was confident and just knew from the moment he saw Summer she would uncover all of his layers.

The story focuses on a independent bookshop owner summer who is at war with a new upcoming big brand bookstore owner Wes who can potentially put her out of business. The story focuses on the FMC navigating how to keep her shop open even if it involves a little sabotage. It doesn't help that her store is a romance only shop so right off the bat you see the FMC is a hopeless romantic who can't seem to catch a break in that department of her life. That is until forced proximity with MMC uncovers those layers he tried to hide beneath the suit and ties.

If the story was in actu dual POV I would have given 4 stars, Overall I enjoyed their love story and I enjoyed seeing them go from hating each other to loving each other 💕

Some quotables:

"If she weren't such a pain in his ass, he'd take the time to appreciate that ass."

"When you're tired of boys and ready for a man, just let me know."

Side note thank you for this arc.

This was a fun spin on the enemies to lovers trope (which is my fav). I did enjoy this book, but also felt some development was missing between the characters. It also seemed a bit repetitive at some points. Overall I did enjoy this book!

This book was just so cute and fun. I felt like I was watching a classic romcom! The setting of a bookstore initially drew me in but the funny, witty main characters made me stay. I think the writing of this book was also so refreshing and I couldn't stop giggling and kicking my feet the whole time. It's an easy, lighthearted book that I'd recommend to anyone who needs a fun read!

Books have always been my “happy place.” The genre that I can never get enough of is romance. Although my preferred genre is romantic suspense books, at my core I am still a fan of traditional romance. Although there are certain “tropes” that I enjoy more than others, one of my absolute favorites is “enemies to lovers.” Because of this, I was extremely excited to get a chance read this book.

I tend to be hesitant to read books from a new author, because it can sometimes take me a while to get used to their writing style. That was not the case with this book. This book hooked me from the very beginning. I also liked that I could see both of the main characters’ perspectives, and I wanted both of them to “win.”

Here lately, I really enjoy when the secondary characters made you care about them also. Not to be a spoiler, but the “main” secondary characters were not likable (at least not to me!)

Overall, I really did love this book, and I am glad that the characters got their HEA. I recommend this book, and I will definitely read more.

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

This was a super fun, easy going rom-com and I flew through it in a few hours! As a huge lover of rom-coms, I loved that it included to many references to the original rom-com elements and the main characters has great chemistry!

Overall, this was an entertaining romance. There were certain aspects of the story that I really enjoyed including all the "meet-cute" tropes mixed in. There were parts of the story, thought, really lacking some real chemistry where it could have been ramped up so much more. The very first "meet-cute" held so much promise but the back and forth mindset of the heroine started to grate. I could not find purchase in her actions which had me a bit disengaged. Conversely then the hero started to waffle and created the same reaction while reading. The parts where they really connected though were excellent and created witty banter and fun that I love to read in romances. The ending felt a bit rushed for me and I wish it could have been explored just a little more but overall Marina Adair created a good, entertaining romance novel.

Read this in a few hours. I really enjoyed the book, the pacing was good. I enjoyed the characters building up their relationship just getting to know each other, super cute. Wes was good cute mmc, had the fmc’s best interests at heart and just instantly protective and in love with her.
It was a super cute fluffy read

*Special thanks to NetGalley for providing me an ARC*

This was a very cute take on “You’ve Got Mail” with all of the classic rom com references and nods. Overall a very quick and entertaining read with interesting family dynamics and my favorite - the enemies to lovers trope! Catch this one when it comes out on March 4th!

If you love You've Got Mail, enemies to lovers tension, and sizzling banter, Love to Hate You by Marina Adair is just what youa re looking for. This book takes the classic indie bookstore vs. corporate giant rivalry and gives it a fresh, modern spin with all the charm, wit, and slow burn romance you could ask for.

Summer Russo is everything you want in a romance FMC—passionate, determined, and fiercely protective of her beloved bookstore. Her belief in true love is heartwarming, and watching her go toe to toe with Wes Kingston, the broody, grumpy CEO trying to take her down, was chef’s kiss perfection. Their rivalry is deliciously tense, packed with smart comebacks and undeniable chemistry that practically sparks off the page.

And then the forced proximity twist? Brilliant. When Summer and Kingston are unexpectedly thrown together on vacation, the lines between enemies and something way more intimate start to blur in the best way. Their push and pull dynamic is filled with hilarious antics, emotional depth, and some seriously swoony moments that make this book impossible to put down.

Marina Adair’s writing is sharp, heartfelt, and full of hilarious moments. She masterfully balances tension and tenderness, making you fall just as hard for the romance as you do for the small town charm and family dynamics woven into the story.

A witty, steamy, and utterly addictive rom com that will leave you grinning. If you love a grumpy/sunshine dynamic, bookish romance, and a modern You've Got Mail vibe, Love to Hate You is for you!

Thank you to NetGalley, Marina Adair, and 8th Note Press for the eARC of this book.

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Summer es dueña de una librería que está pasando por una crisis y, por si fuera poco, el exitoso CEO Wes abrirá una nueva librería cruzando la calle y no le importa si eso hace que su negocio quiebre. Cada vez que se encuentran, terminan peleando. Está tan estresada que no puede esperar para pasar el fin de semana familiar y olvidar todo, pero se lleva una sorpresa poco agradable cuando Wes es invitado, ya que es el hermanastro del novio de Autumn (la gemela de Paige) y deberán pasar varios días juntos.



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Disfruté la lectura. Al principio, me desagradó Wes, pero conforme avanzaba la historia, demostró que era una buena persona y que no era el despiadado que le gustaba interpretar. Cuando empezó a nacer algo entre él y Paige, mostró su lado sensible y romántico.

Algo que me faltó fue que Paige enfrentara a su hermana, porque todo el libro se la pasan peleando por tonterías, pero nunca por lo que realmente debía.

Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

first of all i want to thank the publisher and the author.

I really enjoyed this book and the enemies to lovers, what draw me to the book was the fact that the fmc Summer owns a romance bookstore (who wouldnt wanna own one, its my dream) and the mmc Wes is the owner of a big chain bookstore. Summer goes on vacation to spend time with her family and when her twin sister Autumn shows up with her new boyfriend, guess who is there? Wes. During the vacation they learn stuff about each other and maybe they dont hate each other as much as they thought. This book was so fun to read and it made me feel things, i was so giddy when they were butting heads, but also i really related to Summer and her feelings. The playful rivalry and gradual shift in their relationship keep the pages turning and made me finish this book in 2 days. This was my first time reading a book by Marina Adair, and i can say it wont be my last, really like the writing style and how easy it was for me to read it. But also i loved the story and the characters.

I wanted to fall in love with Love to Hate You, but I ended up with mixed feelings. Summer, the main character, had the potential to be a charming, relatable heroine, but her constant people-pleasing, martyr complex made her hard to connect with. The way she shifted between wanting to please everyone and then lashing out with aggressive, often contradictory behavior was off-putting, and it left me struggling to pinpoint her personality.

On the other hand, I enjoyed Wes, despite him being full of red flags and caught up in miscommunication, much like Summer. The mixed signals and back-and-forth made for a frustrating dynamic at times, especially when he would complain about Summer doing the exact same thing he was guilty of. That said, their slow-burn romance did have its moments, and I was happy they reached a happy ending.

I think the book could have benefited from some tighter editing. The dialogue during the spice scenes felt cringe-worthy to me, and while I was hoping for a more rewarding slow/medium burn relationship, it didn't quite hit the mark. The overuse of meta references to stay relevant was a bit too much for my taste and, at times, felt like an eye-roll moment.

If you're a fan of enemies-to-lovers and miscommunication tropes, this may be right up your alley, but I can’t fully recommend it to others. Still, I did manage to finish it, so it wasn’t all bad.

Thank you to NetGalley for the chance to read this ARC before its release!

This was such an entertaining read! I tend to inhale any book that has enemies-to-lovers, and this was no exception.

Every single scene between Summer and Wes had me kicking my feet. They were so cute. Between the banter, their chemistry, and their feud/silly pranks, there really wasn’t a dull moment!

This is a modern take on You've Got Mail, and in an era of copy-paste retellings, this was quite refreshing. It's unique in its own right and is entirely unputdownable. :)

There were a few formatting issues (Extra spaces in the text. A few jumps in dialogue.) All very minor mistakes that will most likely be fixed before it is released.

I'm willing to bet that this will be a hit for all you Swifties out there! I know how fun it is when your fav artists are mentioned. I'm not a huge fan myself, but I liked how it played a part in this story.

*ARC provided by the publisher*

3.5 stars

I'm forever stuck on 'You've Got Mail' even though it's not too overtly accepted these days to catfish a woman and then lead her on in a way that most people back then sort of let slide just because it's a rom-com.

'Love To Hate You' hence, was one that I couldn't resist requesting for given it's similarity to the movie that I suspect will always remain one of my favourites. But it's just a surface similarity to the movie really; bookstore rivalry and a burgeoning chemistry between enemies aside, there's a bit more heart and family heartbreak involved here more than a single woman's romantic ideals that lie more in the clouds than in concrete reality.

It's a breezy read to go through nonetheless. Witty banter and smart-alecky, sassy voices that dominate both Summer Russo's and Wes Kingston's alternating POVs do make the pages go by fast. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that it's a forced family gathering (and forced proximity) involving Summer's twin and Wes's younger brother) that make both Summer and Wes re-evaluate their opinions of each other, lending 'Love to hate you' quite a bit more backbone than 'You've Got Mail'.

But as much as I loved Summer's big heart, her people-pleasing ways and her insistence on grabbing the good bits out of every situation, I hated her meddling family members and her twin sister who took every advantage of Summer because she could...and Summer's attempt at further enabling that sort of atrocious behaviour. That she put everyone else and their feelings first made me feel for her...for that alone I was glad for the HEA she really deserved.

That said, it's all still a little tropey however; it's as though Summer - her name says it all - is the archetype of the romance-loving female who ends up with the rich man who finds it hard to commit, and is on the run from anything resembling a relationship after being stung by other women and some daddy or mummy issue. I wished this had taken a different turn instead, but well...it is after all, a story that colours within the same lines.

The tension and banter in this book was to die for and I ate every second of it up. The relationship dynamic is full of push and pull moments and a rivals to lovers trope that I personally love in a romance.

Modern day you’ve got mail.
Summer is the owner of a romance book store. The store has been in her family for years. Wes is a big boss at a big time bookstore. They hate each other and the story shows how they battle each other showing their hate.
It’s flirting really…
Summer goes on vacation, when her twin sister Autumn shows up with Randy her new boyfriend and Wes younger brother, and…. Of course Wes.
Summer and Wes get grouped together for some vacation games and start to learn they had the other pegged wrong.

This is a fun short read heart for if your looking to break up the heavier reading with something lighter!

The story was cute and entertaining. I couldn't put it down. The romance and chemistry were incredible, and the banter was phenomenal. I really loved the main characters of the story and the rivals to lovers trope. I loved the pacing also, as it never dragged. I smiled a lot whilst reading because of how cute the main character was.

I think the banter was the best part of the book. The flirting was dynamite.

It was light and easy to read and would be a great book in between heavier series.

There were some editing and formatting issues I would hope to be cleared up by release. I also had a hard time with some of the references to people and movies; they were so old I had a hard time remembering a clear picture of what those things meant. I was a kid in the 90s, so a lot of the references I knew about, but I had no idea what they "looked" like. Maybe adding a little more context clues to what we were picturing would have helped. There were also jumps in dialog that made no sense and some other errors in the writing. But all of these were minor things, and most should be fixed by release.

The only other comments I have would be it's a bit predictable, which isn't necessarily a bad thing for romance, and it doesn't go too deep. They do have some emotional growth, but it fell slightly flat in this area.

I'd recommend to anyone looking for a quick romance with an easy story and some spice. It'll definitely give you some laughs and make you giddy.