Review: Enemies

Enemies by Tijan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Note: An ARC was provided generously in exchange for an honest review.

Ah Tijan stories...welcome back y'all. Missed you all so dearly.

Finally recently, I've loved a Tijan work. I am all eager to tell you about it.

So let's go.

The cover - Pretty hot, hot, hot! Swoon-worthy cover, even though I can't see the face but damn it, still so gooood. Gahhh. Hence the stars.

The summary - "Stone Reeves was my neighbor, and I've hated him since sixth grade.

Gorgeous and charismatic, he became the town's football god, while I became the town's invisible girl.
He went to a Division 1 school for football, while my father was fired by his father.
His team won the National Championship, while my mother died the same day.

He was a first round pick for the NFL ...
... while I made the worst decision of my life.

Now I'm in Texas trying to pick up the pieces of my life.
But, Stone is here.
Stone is everywhere.

It doesn't matter that disaster has struck my life again.
It doesn't matter that he's the one trying to console me.
It doesn't matter that he's the nation's newest football obsession.

Because for me, he always has been and always will be my enemy."

So cliched, but still so darn loveable. Gah, I love them always, what can I say? My teenage self will always love them. And it's ridiculous but true. Hence the stars.

The characters - Dusty (love the name..) is a smart, hardworking, and independant woman overall in this novel. But it doesn't mean she doesn't have her fragile moments. Which, all in all, make her relatable and special to all of us, she's the example of what we've all, at one time, experienced or lived through. Love her. As for Stone, he's the misunderstood, rich but still caring badboy royalty of football, her childhood friend too. And he's back in town. But what looks beautiful from the outside may not always be what it is from the inside. Sure, he looks beautiful, rich and an arrogant bastard. But he was always more than that. That's what made their dynamic so interesting. And loved.

As for the friends, they're friends of convenience. That's what other reviewers said as well, alongside me. They only become friends or help poor Dusty when Stone is involved or shows up. Other than that, they're all horrible and remakes of classic Mean Girls. That's it. Siobhan, Trent, Joe, C (forgot her full name..), Jake, and Colby they're all actual friends, even though they barely get any screen time, which I object over. Really I do. But still it kept my interest so good then.

The romance - Shows up at around 45% but it's not even on their actual liking towards each other. So more of a slowburn, but a very steamy slowburn, but the confession at the end...that really sold me towards this novel. Gah, it was adorable as fuck...hence the stars.

The problems - Well the main problems are overcome much quicker but with their attraction it's more of a main problem later on which was very..me likey. Yeah. But they overcame their problems real quick and without too much fuss, I think. SO not bad problem solving, although sometimes the drama could be shortened a little.

Overall, a great, and brilliant novel written. I look forward to more Tijan novels and give this one a high recommend.

PS: The letters, and epilogues you will definitely enjoy, they will definitely sweeten the pot more.

So yup. An awesome novel.

Until the next read,

TMR

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