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I wasn't sure how the author was going to resolve the relationship between Peyton and Jared. They seemed way to hateful to be anything more. But clearly they walked that fine line between love and hate. The story worked for them.
Peyton and Jared had a week long "fling" at the end of the London Olympics before everything between them blew up. Four years later, they both claim to hate the other and do everything in their power to antagonize the other. But when they're forced to spend three months touring across the US after the Rio games, they discover what they thought was hate was thinly veiled love for one another.
Carrie Aarons had her work cut out for her with the couple. They were so horrible to one another I wasn't sure there was any way for them to have a believable relationship. But she made it work for them. Made the reader believe that underneath the ugly words were two people that had an issue with expressing themselves and learning how to compromise. It took a bit, but they figured out how to first get along and then work their way back to their relationship.
I liked how the author made Peyton a slightly broken girl hiding behind her sexuality and sass. And when her layers were peeled back we found a girl who was craving the love and protection of Jared. She may have run from him and made his life hell, but she wanted him and you wanted her to figure out how to have him.
Carrie Aaron is one of my new "go to" authors. She creates such interesting characters and makes it very hard to put the book down.
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- 5 November, 2016: Reviewed