emilyrbishop 's review for:

The Love Haters by Katherine Center

4.5

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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Yes! This was a sweet romance. A true love story but more between the FMC and herself. I loved ALL the characters, which is very rare for me. The coast guard element was cool. Those people are badass. I really loved how she wrote the FMCs body image issues. Any woman can relate, and the writing was just really well done. Hit that balance of sad but hopeful. Also had a little action/suspense at the end which I didn’t expect and loved. I also LOVED the authors note at the end. The way she thinks about the power of stories really came through. The book was good but in the end, the author left me feeling hopeful and proud to read romance

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder