"The hating game" by Sally Thorne: Review

“Books were, and always would be, something a little magic and something to respect.”

Whenever I want to take a break from all the heavy books I usually tend to read, I switch back to Romance. You can say it’s my comfort genre that will help me get through a reading slump for example, calm me when I have a rough day… July was a rough month, so I decided to read every romance I wanted to, and the Hating game was on the top of my TBR list since I’ve heard and read so many good reviews about it.

Lucy Hutton is a woman full of ambitious. She’s being loved in Bexley and Gamin by everyone, except her co-worker Joshua Templeman. The thing is: they hate each other. They share the same office, work many hours together, and mostly try to win in their never-ending games: the staring game, the mirror game, the HR game …

A new huge promotion is on the table, and the potential candidates are non-other than Lucy and Joshua. If Lucy wins, she will be Joshua’s boss. If she loses, she will resign. But after a shaking kiss they shared in the elevator, she starts to wonder if he finds her attractive and is willing to start a relationship with her, or it’s just another game he’s playing.

This book is ridiculously good, easy to read, and will scotch you to your seat. This is one of the most entertaining enemies to lovers’ trope I’ve read in so long. It is told in one POV: Lucy’s, and to be honest I’m not a big fan of singular POV, but being trapped in Lucy’s mind just made me enjoy this read more. She narrated the story perfectly, and she’s a wonderful character. And don’t get me started on Joshua! The perfect boyfriend! He was cruel to Lucy at the beginning, but it’s all a part of the hating game :p

The teasing between the two main characters at the beginning of the story was so good, and the games they played was so lovable, enjoyable and funny. Their romance was so slow paced that it makes me eager to get to the part when they’ll be together. As the story progressed, I had a great time seeing the two main characters hating each other less, and starting loving each other.

If you’re looking for a great “enemies to lovers” story, I highly recommend this one. And it’s going to be adapted as a movie, starting apparently Lucy Hale as Lucy Hutton.