A review by happi_mess
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

2.0

Hating someone feels disturbingly similar to being in love with them.

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Lucy and Josh are rivals ever since their companies merged. The competition only heightened when a new promotion came into view. If the other loses, they are going to resign. But then, Lucy starts to develop this sort of crush on Josh...

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Rating: ★★

I'm kind of sad that I didn't love this as much as the others did. But I guess I held on enough that I did not DNF this book.

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The things that I like

I think what is most commendable about this book is that nothing jumped out of the ordinary. It went as it should have. I could definitely see myself in Lucy's position in all fields. I felt the tension between the two of them.

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The things that I DID NOT like

First of all, this book is a tad bit boring. I came into this book with high hopes, hoping that I would see more of the rivalry but then I think it was a little underwhelming. The tension was there but it could've stretched more to the levels that you could pop it with a balloon.

The pace was pretty quick. I mean, we went from 0 to 100 in like a snap! There was not that much relationship building that lead to them liking to each other. Then BAM! we're at the ending! There was too much elements in this thing for a romance genre.

Sex. Sex. Sex. We get it, okay? You're hot for each other. There was too much evidence on the physical but not much on the emotional side. I wished that they could have touched each other on their hearts than their bodies. Besides, the sex scenes were not that great either...

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In sum:

I'd recommend this for the people who love romance. Maybe this was not just for me and a romance lover would have appreciated this better. For me, it was too much physical and less on the emotional.