A review by kyeruhh
To Love and to Loathe by Martha Waters

  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

This was fine - I didn’t love the characters but didn’t hate them either, the plot was cute but nothing overly fun, and the writing was fine if not a bit too modern for the setting. However,
Diana outing Helen not once but TWICE to four different people really rubbed me the wrong way. Diana even notes before she tells her friends that she shouldn’t say anything but it was important to explain how she figured out she loved Jeremy, except it wasn’t?? She could’ve made something up as to why Helen didn’t want to marry or just omitted her involvement in Diana’s realization altogether. She had no way of knowing anyone wouldn’t negatively react so in telling her friends, and Jeremy, who already knew but she had no way of knowing that, she endangered the woman.
I understand that this is a book and it’s not that deep, but Diana’s response in that situation really wasn’t handled with care by the author. The book likely would have been a 3 stars otherwise. 
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