The Hating Game

I've had this book for a very long time and it has great reviews but I was always apprehensive about it. And now I know I was right.

Hate to love is an interesting trope and I have enjoyed reading it in a lot of New Adult novels, but not this one. Spending the whole book in the head of Lucy didn't help either. She spends most of the time either thinking about how much she hates Josh, how she can one up him or how unfairly attractive he is – it just gets too exhausting after a point. Josh is an asshole in the beginning but he does show a softer side of him sometimes and I liked him a little towards the end.

The pacing was quite slow here and there is not much of a plot except waiting the whole book for Lucy to realize Josh loves her and she loves him back. There are also hardly any developed side characters and it gets a little repetitive to just read her internal monologue and her conversations with Josh throughout the book.

That doesn't mean this book isn't entertaining. The writing style was unique and very very metaphorical, which made me laugh quite a few times. The dialogue is quite flirty and the banter was a lot of fun to read. Overall, it was just an okay book for me which didn't give me any flutters like my other favorite romance novels.