Review in a bullet-point format:

- Okay, wow, this was heaps of awful and terrible.
- Pet names that made me cringe so hard I'm fairly certain I started an earthquake somewhere (i.e. Dr. Asshole, Boyfrend, Sexy Pussy Fucker).
- Dialogue that was either ridiculously sappy monologues or laughably bad dirty talk.
- Unnecessary drama that was blown out of proportion for the sake of extending the plot
- Honestly, how in the world can anyone fall in love with someone who not only said that dating you is pitiful but also said:

"Yes! Especially compared to who I actually was dating! Not only was she beautiful and classy, but also extremely intelligent. How do you compare to that?"

- TL;DR: Gwen and Eli are both horrible, horrible people that bring out the toxic in each other.
- A TRANS CHARACTER'S SUICIDE WAS USED AS A MERE PLOT DEVICE!!! And being a transperson was likened to wanting to pursue a career in music. Oh my fucking god.
- At one point, Gwen literally told Eli that she does not want to share him with his daughter. How is that okay?
- Not much of a romance; this was very lust-driven and sex-centered.
- Plenty of badly written sex scenes.
- Ultimately unsatisfying, especially that god-awful epilogue.
- I won't ever recommend this literary garbage to anyone.

Content/Trigger warnings:
Infidelity and affair; suicide of a trans character; possible misgendering; transphobia; sex.

The Thing Between Eli and Gwen is a beautiful love story, of two broken souls piecing their life back together. It's unconventional, but it's real, the jabs they take at each other helps them move on and distracts them from their ex-shituations.

They love to hate each other, but they have one thing they have in common, their stronger hate for their exes. Sexual tension and sassy, assholic jabs are just the beginning of an all out love affair.

I so very much enjoyed this read, J.J. McAvoy has been a favorite of mine from the beginning, her writing is effortless as she sucks you into her world and invites you in to live each moment with her characters. She has the ability to deliver the seriousness of the situation, but lighten it up with a line or two, and it all just flows from page to page. This story is unique, which makes it memorable in my eyes, you have two strong leads who have been burned in ways no one should and the only one who can understand is each other... no matter how much they wish it not to be. Like magnets they are drawn together and like-so, me to the story. Loved this tale, that took me on a emotional roller coaster of a ride. Hope you give it a chance, especially my New Adult Romance friends!