A review by beckyyreadss
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I have been seeing this all over the book community and my best friends kindly got me this for my birthday and I decided it was finally time to read this. I enjoyed this book; I was just hoping for more and waiting for more.
 
This book is based around Lucy Hutton, she is the baker of cakes, she is an outstanding assistant and professional nice girl. She is waging war. She's got the whole office on her side – except for tall, dark and charmless Joshua Templeman he’s been nothing but hostile since the moment they met and now it feels like nothing matters as much as taking him down. They are tapped together under the fluorescent lights, they become obsessed with this addictive rivalry. There's the Staring Games, The Mirror Games, the HR Games. Lucy can’t let Joshua beat her at anything, especially when there is a huge promotion up for grabs. She is going to destroy the man she can’t seem to get out of her office, the man she hates, the man who’s taking up far too much space in her head. If Lucy wins, she’ll be Joshua’s boss. If she loses, she’ll resign. The race is on – but the real games have only just begun. 

I liked this book. I think Lucy was hilarious and her smurf addiction was so funny even if it was only touched on for a moment. I was expecting this book to be more of a slow-burn, like one touch and they were nearly combusting and it wasn’t really like that. It was like they kissed, they realized their feelings, they both get jealous, they both kick off and then smut end of. I wanted more of the office tension, I wanted Josh to stay on the job and to hear who actually got the interview. I would have loved to see them make out in the office after everyone expected they loved each other. I thought the story like was a great idea, I just wanted more of the slowburn, enemies-to-lovers trope. I think what would have elevated it would have been Josh’s point of view throughout the whole book and maybe started it when the merger happened. The timeline kept jumping and it wasn’t clear at times. 

Overall it was a good book, I was just wanting more and was expecting more. 
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