Review: Dating You / Hating You

Dating You / Hating You by Christina Lauren
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Well. I'm kinda tongue-twisted on what I should say to describe this wonderful creation and not spoil it at the same time.

But I gotta start somewhere.

So here we go...

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Cover: Simple but cute enough. It's just so straightforward about the story overall. Besides the guy in the cover is cute. So, I'll give one rating here.

The backstory: Well the backstory is pretty interesting. Girl meets guy at a friend's party. They both hit it off and even start planning their wedding vows (kidding somewhat).

But then the plot twist shows up when they are each other's rivals after a merge.

God it makes everything so darn more interesting. No CEO crap, no secretary, just two employees simply acting like two grown adults who like and hate each other. So definitely points to that.

The romance: Well it's more of a slow burn in the beginning but then the tension increases, and it's almost got me hooting and rooting for them hard! Especially the dialogues, and the alone moments they rarely got, just made me swoon so hard.

The personalities, the characters themselves: Well Evie's personality is definitely something of a controlled, cool and calm working woman even though she's been undermined a lot by her boss and colleagues. But she's still chill, fun, and hardworking, a likeable personality. As for Carter, a witty, cocky, underestimated, but hardworking as well guy. He's been definitely been dealt a lot of bad cards courtesy to his family and job. But otherwise a joy to read about. They're both tons of fun to read about, relatable, and aspirational.

The ending and other ends tied in: Well the ending is obviously a happy one, but with their issues and own differences worked out. The side characters are absolutely wonderful. Michael Christopher with Steph and their children are so cute, sigh..would love a story on them. Daryl and Eric please, a story, I love them so much...? Amelia is funny as well, I hope she finds her soulmate, she deserves it.

So I loved EVERYTHING about this novel. And I crave more Christina Lauren, sigh, so damn badly.

Damn them for becoming an addiction.

But you get the point.

Until the next read,

-J.B

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