pagingserenity
Written on Apr 22, 2020
All's fair in love and war.
The first standalone romance by New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Christina Lauren (Beautiful Bastard) is a sexy, compulsively readable romance that dives headlong into the thrill and doubt of modern love.
Despite a meet-awkward at a mutual friend's party, Carter and Evie immediately hit it off. Even the realization that they're both high-powered agents at competing firms in Hollywood isn't enough to smother the flames.
But when their two agencies merge-causing the pair to vie for the same position-all bets are off. What could have been a beautiful, blossoming romance turns into an all-out war of sabotage. Carter and Evie are both thirty-something professionals-so why can't they act like it?
When push comes to shove and love fights with hate, will these two ever get their fairy tale Hollywood ending?
'A smart, sexy romance for readers who thrive on girl power.' Kirkus Reviews
- ISBN10 0349417512
- ISBN13 9780349417516
- Publish Date 6 June 2017
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 April 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
- Imprint Piatkus Books
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 368
- Language English
Reviews
Linda
Written on May 18, 2019
Dating You / Hating You was a good story, but I felt like something was missing in a way. I enjoyed Carter and Evie, but it sure did take them a long time to figure things out! Both when it came to office politics and their personal lives...
Hillary
Written on May 13, 2019
Ok Ready??
This is my very first Christina Lauren book at the ripe old age of 38.
Yeah, I know, what a tragedy. A huge part of me wants to blame my college English professor who told me I was "too smart" to read chick-lit. At the time I LOVED everything chick lit. One day I was reading a chick lit book before class where I would be forced to pick apart F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. F. Scott Fitzgerald needed some heavy duty meds if you want my humble opinion. But I digress.
After the professor had it drilled into my chick lit brain, it would be two decades before I picked up another novel such as romance and chick lit. And what was that book called?
Dating you/Hating you!
I have seen soo many people in the book blogosphere raving about Christina Lauren, and after I saw that Scribd has what looked to me all her books, I downloaded Dating you/Hating You as that was a stand alone
, I had not taken the time to see what the books were all about, but I am all for taking chances so onto my phone it went as it was an audiobook. I have to admit that I was wary as I have only recently started liking romance book of any kind.
How I came to love the romance genre
It seemed as if Christina Lauren book had nothing but praise heaped on them and that posed another problem. What if the book was was way overhyped, and everyone was engaging in groupthink? Being the newbie who has only in the last year and a half were able to understand human speech I decided to go with the audiobook as the novelty of being able actually to understand human speech has yet to wear off. I downloaded it onto my phone, and I was hooked!
I could relate to Evie so hard. She was awkward in high school and had extensive knowledge about movies and what makes them tick..most of the time. Ok Ok her boss Brad is fond of pointing out the one film that flopped instead of all the money and clients that Evie has brought in.
This book also sheds light on what modern feminism is. Evie wants to be able to keep her job, but her boss is forever looking for ways to have a good reason not to renew EVIE contract. There was no outward sign that Brad has done anything illegal... yet... I thought he glossed over the whole feminism thread. It would have beefed up the story if Evie ever actually DID something that would have made Brad even meaner. LOL
There were parts of the book that I thought NOW we will read about the actual feminist men during the '60s but nope the overall tone ket it lights and airy making this a PERFECT beach read. Unless you are like yours truly and you bring a book by Tomas and spend the whole summer attempting to make sense of the tome.
I loved this book. And now I have a new favorite author, so it is a win-win.This review was originally posted on Adventures in Never Never Land
jamiereadthis
Written on Dec 12, 2018
ross91
Written on Oct 7, 2017
Leah
Written on Sep 23, 2017
It actually takes a while to get to the competing hi-jinks in Dating You/Hating You, but it did make me chuckle when Evie and Carter got down and dirty with each other (and not in *that* way), I particularly liked Carter being decaffeinated without knowing it and Evie ending up with fake tanned hands because of her hand lotion obsession. I just love the concept of love/hate relationships because done right they can be so satisfying and I loved Evie and Carter separately and together. This is very much a quick and easy read – told from both Evie and Carter’s perspectives and the pages really do just fly past with so much ease. It was so hard trying to root for them both, when we knew one could lose their job, but they were both so dang personable and lovely.
I really, really enjoyed Dating You/Hating You. I loved the romance, the hi-jinks, the characters, I loved Evie and Carter. I loved the writing style – I can see why so many people rave about Christina Lauren and their writing because they write so, so well. Dual authors fascinate me because it’s like who wrote what?!?! How did they write it?! Stick it together, etc??? And the best authors just make you forget it’s written by two people and I was just pulled into the story wholly and completely. I can’t wait to dive into Christina Lauren’s back catalogue because I really loved Dating You/Hating You.
Kait ✨
Written on Jun 6, 2017
It makes an interesting follow-up to [b:The Hating Game|25883848|The Hating Game|Sally Thorne|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1467138679s/25883848.jpg|45762345]. To be honest I loved The Hating Game more because I felt the chemistry and the characters were more fleshed out there, but I will admit that The Hating Game doesn’t quite allow Lucy the independence and agency that Evie has in Dating You / Hating You.