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366 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 13, 2020
Enemies to lovers romance, safe and when it comes to relationship development of the MCs, that's the proper way to do it! I enjoyed the angst from the start and the surprise for both of them, when they find out mutual attraction. From enemies to enemies with chemistry, to friends, and finally to lovers 😊
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Spoilers ahead
WHAT I LIKED
- The sexual behaviour between MCs was intiated from both Hero and sometimes heroine. So no "rape-like situations" initiated by Hero
- Hero was celibate for fairly long time before the heroine, unfortunately heroine is not aware of it until the end (more in WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE)
- Hero character went through and amazing development. From this preppy Ivy League asshole, he became someone who cares about more important things in life
- The swimming background . Hero is not some typical jock (like football player whether US or European), but a swimmer as well as the heroine
- The Ivy League background,"pedigree" as they call in the book , where almost every single student (including Hero in the beginning) looks at other "normal" kids with disdain
-The OW drama. Hero was "dating" a girl (who was more likely chasing the Hero for any kind of attention he was willing to give) up until 75% of the book. Reader knows that he wasn't sleeping with the GF, but the heroine doesn't know that for sure...
-Yes, so now let's have a look at the heroine! She doesn't really mind that she's sleeping with a guy, who has a girlfriend. Sometimes she wonders if he sleeps with both, but it doesn't bother her that much to even be jealous for a minute. It didn't make her character the best IMO
-And lastly the huge and very unnecessary drama in the end! She steps into a situation, where it seems like Hero betrayed her. She doesn't let him explain whatsoever, and even after weeks pass and she eventually finds out and realizes he may not be the bad guy here, she doesn't come to him. Full of hope, I expected she would, but no she makes him come to her and grovel. It was all unnecessary and almost ugly....
Just a side note- what's with those crazy names?! What happened to Hunter / Piper / Jackson/ Harper, etc.? I get that Dave, Johnny, Kate aren't popular in the US in the 21 ct, but names like Heston, Hamilton, Reagan, Micha??
So overall, it was good, I did enjoy it and may come back to it sometime in the future, but it wasn't the greatest for the reasons above. I'm moving to the last book in the series, I'm curious about the ultimate bad guy from this book 😀