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A review by pageswithpayten
Two Houses by Suleena Bibra
3.0
QOTD: What’s your favorite enemies to lovers novel?
My A: The Hating Game or The Simple Wild!! I loved both and I plan on doing re-reads of both!
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Enemies to lovers is arguably one of the most common themes in romance novels, yet it feels like it’s done well only half of the time. There were moments I really liked this book, and moments I was dying to just stop reading. One of my personal pet peeves is that an author gets repetitive. When the characters supposedly hate each other while their inner dialogue is all about how badly they want to jump each other’s bones and you have to hear about it every chapter, it gets old fast. BUT! I really enjoyed the banter between these two and Priya’s family was so loveable and Priya’s fun personality was easy to like and read! Gavin and Priya had obvious chemistry and there was more than one moment that left me swooning! All in all a good book, but not the best which makes it worth the read!
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BLURB:
If there’s one thing Priya Gupta wants, it’s to land the collection of the year for her family’s NYC auction house, gaining the approval of her father in the process. Running an extremely close second? For a very small sinkhole to open up under the feet of Gavin Carlyle, her childhood rival turned auction-house competitor, so she never has to see his smug, irritatingly handsome face again. Neither of those options seem likely, especially since Gavin is dead set on winning the same collection—and his pockets are as deep as his family's extensive art world connections. Plus, he has charm to spare. Though Priya would walk over hot coals before ever admitting that. When they are both invited to a posh country estate to spend the week wooing the prospective client, their longtime rivalry creates sparks, all right, just not the kind either Priya or Gavin ever expected.
My A: The Hating Game or The Simple Wild!! I loved both and I plan on doing re-reads of both!
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Enemies to lovers is arguably one of the most common themes in romance novels, yet it feels like it’s done well only half of the time. There were moments I really liked this book, and moments I was dying to just stop reading. One of my personal pet peeves is that an author gets repetitive. When the characters supposedly hate each other while their inner dialogue is all about how badly they want to jump each other’s bones and you have to hear about it every chapter, it gets old fast. BUT! I really enjoyed the banter between these two and Priya’s family was so loveable and Priya’s fun personality was easy to like and read! Gavin and Priya had obvious chemistry and there was more than one moment that left me swooning! All in all a good book, but not the best which makes it worth the read!
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BLURB:
If there’s one thing Priya Gupta wants, it’s to land the collection of the year for her family’s NYC auction house, gaining the approval of her father in the process. Running an extremely close second? For a very small sinkhole to open up under the feet of Gavin Carlyle, her childhood rival turned auction-house competitor, so she never has to see his smug, irritatingly handsome face again. Neither of those options seem likely, especially since Gavin is dead set on winning the same collection—and his pockets are as deep as his family's extensive art world connections. Plus, he has charm to spare. Though Priya would walk over hot coals before ever admitting that. When they are both invited to a posh country estate to spend the week wooing the prospective client, their longtime rivalry creates sparks, all right, just not the kind either Priya or Gavin ever expected.