Love Between Enemies

Throughout their school days Gordon and Zoey have competed academically for top spot. The rivalry has been distant but friendly. However, in their final year at high school, they both have the opportunity to go after a full ride scholarship to their first choice college, Stanford and following a conversation and some misunderstanding, Gordon believes that with the Handler family's ability to finance Zoey's college education, the scholarship is his.

Zoey has spent years listening to others berate her efforts, claiming that her father's money has been able to pave the way for Zoey's success. The result being that Zoey is determined to show everyone that she can be awarded a full ride on merit.

When Zoey is awarded the scholarship on graduation day, Gordon in his grief of an opportunity and possible college education lost, humiliates Zoey in front of the whole graduating class and their families.

In a bid for revenge, Zoey sets up a plan to get her own back. However, Gordon feels so badly he arranges to apologise. Zoey enlists the help of some friends to help her pull off her plan.

The time that Gordon and Zoey spend together that night changes their relationship and they truly get to know one another. Before long Zoey is regretting her plan for revenge but is unable to call a halt to proceedings.

When everything comes to a head, Zoey makes sure that Gordon, and a lot of others, know what her feelings are in regards to their new found relationship.

Love between Enemies is a sweet yet profound story of hopes, dreams, sacrifice and ultimately love.

A definite winner from Mollie Lee!

Zoey and Gordon were two characters that I was rooting for from the very beginning. Always competing against each other in school, they still seemed to keep a distant friendship in tact. When Gordon gets some earth shattering news right before graduation, he believes that everything will still work out because he well win a scholarship. He knows he will win because Zoey didn't put her hat in the ring. When he finds out that she won the scholarship, he gets revenge by making it seem like she only got that, along with valedictorian, because of her last name. He immediately feels guilty, but will she let him apologize? If he does, will she accept it and move on?
Zoey is hurt because she always believed they made each other better, and now he has ruined everything. She devises a revenge plan of her own. She knows it is fool proof and she will get everything she wants. Out from under her family's name, the internship/scholarship, and revenge.
The whole book takes place over one night, but it feels like longer because of all the twists and turns. Throughout the night, they get to know each other better than ever before and a true friendship starts to grow. She has always kind of liked him, because she thought he saw her for who she was, not her last name. He also liked her, and was upset when he thought she intentionally lied to him about the internship/scholarship. Just when you think that they will realize they want to be more than friends, he realizes she was planning revenge and it all goes up in smoke.
Will Gordon be able to stop total ruination of his life, or will it be too late? Will Zoey be able to stop the revenge plan in time? When Zoey makes the ultimate grand gesture (I really liked that it was her and nut him), will he be able to forgive her or will it be a little too little to late?
Everything about this book was great. The characters were believable and well developed. The reasons why each character did what they did are compelling and true to high school ages children. I can't wait to read more.
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest, voluntary review.

This one is about frenemies which is one of my favorite stories. Zoey and Gordon both have the drive to be the best and have been pitted against each other since grade school. Each have challenges in their life but neither of them realize what the other is going through. The story was different in the way they get to know each other. Even though they both make mistakes, some bigger than others, they work to be the best for themselves and each other. I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Oh YES!! Another cracker from Molly E Lee!!

Love Between Enemies is the second book in the series of Grad Night books. The main characters (Zoey and Gordon), feature in the first book – Love in the Friend Zone – but they can both be read as standalones.

What I especially liked about Love Between Enemies, was that the events that take place happen at the exact same time as the events in book one, just from Zoey and Gordon's perspectives. Very clever!!

Zoey Handler and Gordon Meyers have been rivals, competing for one thing or another, since kindergarten. Now they've hit senior year the stakes are much higher – a full scholarship and summer internship are up for grabs – and the likelihood is, out of everyone who’s applied, they're the two that will be shortlisted. It also turns out that one of them in particular (as an act of revenge), will do anything they can to be the successful candidate!

I found Love Between Enemies a little slow going at first (only because I was impatient and wanted to know the outcome asap, lol), but I loved it, and I’m looking forward to reading Lennon and Jade’s story in the final book of this series.

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

I think I loved this even more than Love In The Friend Zone! Zoey and Gordon have been competing against each other for everything for as long as they can both remember, and everything comes to a head the day of high school graduation. They connect at the Grad Night party, Gordon looking to apologize, and Zoey intent on getting revenge. What follows is an awesome night of them getting to know each other better and realizing that the rival they thought they knew has lots more beneath the surface. This book kept me very interested the whole way through, because there are multiple circumstances you want to see get resolved. I found it to have a very satisfying ending, and I am looking forward to the next book.

Enemies to lovers are some of my favorite troupes and Molly E Lee nailed it I feel. It was fun and quirky but also reflective as well as to why these two did what they did to each other. I love how these two characters evolve through the story as well. With the overlapping from the previous book, you do get to see what happens with them as well. Overall, I really enjoyed this quick witted book with a lot of angst and banter!