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tessanne's review against another edition
4.0
Great debut! I thought the book started okay but got much stronger as it went. I adored the friend groups of both MCs. And the parental relationships were really well done.
I thought starting the book with sex really detracted from what should have been amazing chemistry—we didn’t get the build up of tension these two deserved (and us too!). Also, the beginning was way too much telling and not enough showing, so that felt like a slow start to me. There were other parts like this as well, so maybe some pacing issues.
But overall a solid 3.75 stars, rounded to 4, obviously.
I thought starting the book with sex really detracted from what should have been amazing chemistry—we didn’t get the build up of tension these two deserved (and us too!). Also, the beginning was way too much telling and not enough showing, so that felt like a slow start to me. There were other parts like this as well, so maybe some pacing issues.
But overall a solid 3.75 stars, rounded to 4, obviously.
leahmink's review against another edition
3.0
Plot was VERY repetitive at times and kind of felt like the beginning was slow.
Also didn’t like Victoria’s character.
But i liked Owens and it was a good idea for a story.
Also didn’t like Victoria’s character.
But i liked Owens and it was a good idea for a story.
victoiredt's review against another edition
3.0
I really liked this book. At first I was afraid because it starts with the main characters being in bed together and I usually don't like that. But in the end I think it was the perfect start to this book. My only problem is that the "I was so so poor and you're so so rich you don't understand what it's like for the rest of us" well it got old real fast. A majority of the problems the couple faced was about money and I got tired of it.
btpbookclub's review against another edition
4.0
This was a buddy read with Mel from Melanie’s Reads. Very much a yo-yo book and what the title says. Plenty of back and forth between this pair. Secrets unveiled. Will they end up with a happy ever after or both broken hearted? A fabulous enemy’s to lovers story. Easy reading. This story does include alot of sex scenes too if that’s your kind of thing.
I don’t read much chick-lit/romance these days but I really enjoyed this one. A well deserved four stars from me.
I don’t read much chick-lit/romance these days but I really enjoyed this one. A well deserved four stars from me.
maymay0316's review against another edition
1.0
It's a no from me. I just have a hard time getting into a romance book where I don't feel attached to the main characters.
I didn't love how Victoria and her mom went so far as to change their last name and while I appreciated her making a group of online friends and eventually letting more of herself show, it came a little too late. This lady liked to go on twitter and pick random fights and this is not something I could relate to. Her walls were built up so high and for so long in the book that I wasn't invested.
Owen was more likable for me but still kinda meh. The story fell pretty flat. I thought this would have everything I loved but I was disappointed. The idea was good but execution fell flat.
I didn't love how Victoria and her mom went so far as to change their last name and while I appreciated her making a group of online friends and eventually letting more of herself show, it came a little too late. This lady liked to go on twitter and pick random fights and this is not something I could relate to. Her walls were built up so high and for so long in the book that I wasn't invested.
Owen was more likable for me but still kinda meh. The story fell pretty flat. I thought this would have everything I loved but I was disappointed. The idea was good but execution fell flat.
totallybookeduk's review against another edition
4.0
With student loans coming out of her ears, Victoria took the higher paying in-house counsel route in her law career. Whilst working for the largest food retailer might not be saving the world it is at least providing her enough to pay her bills and send money to her mom each month. It does mean that she comes across her arch-nemesis Own more and more often as he fights for the employees suing the retailer. Their hatred in the courtroom overflowing outside, but there is a fine line between love and hate.
Victoria loves a good debate, which is a good thing when you’re a lawyer. Taking to Twitter she tweets with a range of different people. Finding herself a ‘girl gang’ who regularly have her corner as well as Luke who after tweeting for a while now, often slide into each other’s DMs. Preferring the anonymity of it all Victoria (aka Nora) doesn’t wish to meet Luke (aka Owen) or share names etc. They chat about anything and everything becoming a welcome distraction in both their lives.
As they find each other drawn together in real life despite not realising who they are online they navigate an ‘I should hate you but I want you’ relationship. However, with Victoria guarded about letting people into her life and Owen a rich boy who doesn’t understand her issues they crash and burn. Nora reaches out to Luke to meet – but what happens when Luke (Owen) realises it is Victoria (Nora) he has been tweeting all this time?
A modern-day, social media take on the classic You’ve Got Mail. It was lovely to see the conversations and relationships they each had with their own circle of friends alongside their own interactions.
Victoria loves a good debate, which is a good thing when you’re a lawyer. Taking to Twitter she tweets with a range of different people. Finding herself a ‘girl gang’ who regularly have her corner as well as Luke who after tweeting for a while now, often slide into each other’s DMs. Preferring the anonymity of it all Victoria (aka Nora) doesn’t wish to meet Luke (aka Owen) or share names etc. They chat about anything and everything becoming a welcome distraction in both their lives.
As they find each other drawn together in real life despite not realising who they are online they navigate an ‘I should hate you but I want you’ relationship. However, with Victoria guarded about letting people into her life and Owen a rich boy who doesn’t understand her issues they crash and burn. Nora reaches out to Luke to meet – but what happens when Luke (Owen) realises it is Victoria (Nora) he has been tweeting all this time?
A modern-day, social media take on the classic You’ve Got Mail. It was lovely to see the conversations and relationships they each had with their own circle of friends alongside their own interactions.
bandherbooks's review against another edition
5.0
They detest each other in court but in their DMs they share their hearts...without knowing who each other really are.
Two rival lawyers who truly detest each other as they duke it out in court also turn out to have wild chemistry in the bed after a kiss turns into more. But Owen Pohl feels a bit torn as he explores his feelings for rival Victoria while also unpacking his heart to his Twitter friend Nora...
This was so sexy and charming. Caveat, this was written by my IRL friend from high school so I'm clearly biased, but I laughed and loved this "You've Got Mail" style epistolary romance.
wonderful nerdy jokes, heart, and steamy! Perfect combo.
Thank you for the review copy from my friend, and I cannot wait to get my paperback soon!
Two rival lawyers who truly detest each other as they duke it out in court also turn out to have wild chemistry in the bed after a kiss turns into more. But Owen Pohl feels a bit torn as he explores his feelings for rival Victoria while also unpacking his heart to his Twitter friend Nora...
This was so sexy and charming. Caveat, this was written by my IRL friend from high school so I'm clearly biased, but I laughed and loved this "You've Got Mail" style epistolary romance.
wonderful nerdy jokes, heart, and steamy! Perfect combo.
Thank you for the review copy from my friend, and I cannot wait to get my paperback soon!
samjunipero's review against another edition
4.0
I wasn't about to pass up reading a You've Got Mail inspired romance with lawyers and this didn't disappoint. It was very cute and very steamy! I'm not crazy about the miscommunication trope so parts of this did annoy me because I wanted Victoria and Owen to just talk to each other.
I read this in one sitting so it pulled me in. I really enjoy the way Elizabeth Davis writes.
I read this in one sitting so it pulled me in. I really enjoy the way Elizabeth Davis writes.
criminalgrace's review against another edition
4.0
This funny, sweet, and mildly angsty You’ve Got Mail style romance was just what I needed after reading darker fantasy series. The main characters are revealed to be opposing lawyers stumbling into hate sex and also anonymous Twitter friends within the first chapter. The rest of the book is about the gradual development of their IRL relationship, the tension of loving their virtual BFFs at the same time, and how those worlds converge and realign. I loved these characters and how their two relationships with each other let us see them as complex and dynamic characters right from the get go. The pacing was fantastic, with time skipping along between interactions and the developments spread throughout the story so that there was no wallowing to fill time or frantic rush of action to create conflict. It really was a bit like reading an old RomCom movie.