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I Hate You I Love You edition by Elizabeth Hayley Contemporary Romance eBooks

This book had my emotions all over the place in the best way possible! Elizabeth Hayley hit it out of the park. Only frustrating part was the leading lady didn’t get any until almost 3/4 of the way through, but it was well worth it!


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I Hate You I Love You edition by Elizabeth Hayley Contemporary Romance eBooks Reviews

Haters to lovers; enemies to friends; colleagues to life-time partners. I love stories that embrace these tropes. I HATE YOU I LOVE YOU encompasses them all.

When college professors Naomi Pride and Sebastian Blake find out they are both up for a prestigious university award, these rivals go into hyperdrive trying to one-up the other to ensure they are each the winner. Both are deserving and both know it. And both think the other…isn’t.

From her very first day on the job, when Sebastian embarrassed her publically, Naomi has considered him the enemy. It takes us a while to understand why Sebastian thinks of Naomi the same way….or does he?

Through a series of events where they are forced into one another’s company, forced to work together, and even forced to rely on one another, these two start to understand their motivations and reactions of the other. It doesn’t stop their mutual snarkiness and annoyance for standing in the forefront, but it does begin to allow them to each realize just how much they actually like the other.

I liked Naomi, I really did. Her girlfriends…not so much. She didn’t seem to really belong to their clique, personality-wise. And while Sebastian is a loner, the one true friend he has was a goodie and was able to call him on the carpet about his bulls**t easily and with love lacing the words.

Both of their pasts involved trauma and when they both learn that they are more alike than either of them ever considered, the story turns to a true romance.

I really liked this book. I could have done without the girlfriends and a couple of the self-serving sex scenes ( Naomi’s) but overall it was an enjoyable book about 2 fractured people who, despite not looking for it, find love.

Thanks to Netgally and Loveswept for an arc of this book in exchange for an honest opinion. My opinion is that if you like snarky, fractured characters who discover more about themselves through finding love, this is a book for you!
Ever read a book and think “Wow, I am going to like this” but reading the blurb? That’s what I thought when I first read the blurb for I Hate You, I Love You. I had this book built up in my mind. I started thinking to myself “Wouldn’t it be cool if this book was like 10 Things I Hate About You“. So, yeah, I was pumped up for this book. It was a disappointment when I started reading this book and realized that it was not what I thought it was going to be.

The first half of the book was a huge disappointment. I thought Naomi and Sebastian’s rivalry was immature. While Sebastian did start it (he could have handled Naomi’s gift a bit better), Naomi didn’t let it go. Instead of being the bigger person, she started acting childishly. Misplacing mail and messing stuff up on his desk? Really? I thought that she was an adult, not a vengeful teenager. What got me was that she thought she was justified in doing what she did. Sebastian was just as bad. The only thing was that he was verbal with his childishness. I kept shaking my head while reading those scenes. I said to myself during one scene “Are you freaking kidding me???” Then to have them competing against each other for a prize? Like my 12-year-old, my eye rolls were constant.

The second half of the book was a bit better but still. Naomi and Sebastian still were taking pot shots at each other. But it was alright because they were dating. Uggggh. Then that whole debacle in front of the Personnel Committee. They both should have been fired for acting the way that they did.

There was zero chemistry between Naomi and Sebastian. Zero. So when they started having sex, it didn’t jive for me. Don’t get me wrong, the sex scenes were hot but I couldn’t get past Naomi and Sebastian’s dislike of one another. I guess I should have looked past it because you can love someone you hated but I couldn’t.

I didn’t like Naomi. She rubbed me the wrong way. While I felt bad for what happened when she was in college, she should have told Sebastian what she was going to do with the money up front. It would have saved her a lot of heartache down the road. I wish more attention had been put on her teaching. I thought what she taught was interesting. Once her and Sebastian were an item, I did think that she had a dry and sarcastic sense of humor. I wish that I could have liked her more.

I felt awful for Sebastian. I could never imagine something like that happening to me. No wonder he was so grouchy. But, I do wish that his past had been explained earlier in the book. Instead of being dragged out the way it was. I also liked that he didn’t stoop down to Naomi’s level when she was being petty. I did like his zingers but I felt that he crossed a line a couple of times with what he said to Naomi. I felt that his issues with what she was going to do with the prize money should have been addressed before they went before the Personnel Committee. But, I did like that he was able to accept that he was wrong. And that he tried to make it up to Naomi. What he did at the end of the book made me cry.

The end of the book was the best part of the book. The author was able to end it on an HEA. As much as I disliked Naomi, I felt that she needed to be supported by her decision. I also felt the Sebastian needed to have a happy ending too. I do wish that there was an epilogue. I would have loved to see them in a year or two from the ending.

**I chose to leave this review after reading an advance reader copy**
This book had my emotions all over the place in the best way possible! Elizabeth Hayley hit it out of the park. Only frustrating part was the leading lady didn’t get any until almost 3/4 of the way through, but it was well worth it!