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In “Under One Roof,” Mara, an idealistic environmental scientist about to start her dream job at the Environmental Protection Agency, is grateful that her recently deceased mentor has left her a house so she can actually afford to live in Washington, DC. But there’s a catch: Helena has only left Mara halfthe house. Her co-owner, Liam, who already lives there, is Helena’s nephew. He’s a corporate lawyer, working for one of the big evil petroleum companies that represent everything Mara is trying to combat. How can they possibly become roommates without killing one another? h rating: 2 stars. Kennedy. I struggled with her a good bit. She was rude and bit€hy, and would flip a switch and go psycho sometimes. I could understand her past hurt and why she thought she had to do what she did, but I wouldn't want to be friends (or even associate) with her at all! The first was beautiful, but the second girl’s eyes were a little too wide for her face to put her in the same category." I also appreciated getting small glimpses into the world of women in STEM. Engineering and science-y things have never been my forte, so I enjoy reading about people, especially women, who excel in those fields. What I Loathed Lee Seung-rok (February 15, 2023). " '연애대전' 스턴트맨役 누군가 했더니…신예 탁이온" (in Korean). My Daily . Retrieved February 15, 2023.
Overall, Loathe to Love You was enjoyable and would recommend it fans of short and steamy rom-coms!
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The story has everything from hilarious little bits, to toe-curling scenes, moments of hate and moments of understanding alike. A little thing to dislike is the pacing in the very last 2 episodes BUT I entered watching this knowing the pacing might suffer due to the short length of the series and it'd be wise of everyone else to do so too. Because otherwise the show's storyline, plot points everything was on point.
In this review, I am going to delve into each of these novels one by one and express my thoughts on them. Novella #1 Under One RoofI also think she is a largely effective sex-scene writer; there is enough variety and diversity of experience in her works where things stay pretty interesting, and the scenes are usually pretty sincere in their awkwardness without taking away from the stuff we like about a good sex scene in a book. There are some similarities that might get a bit predictable (particularly in regards to the love interests'.... anatomies), but those are arguably all over the romance genre in general, so it feels unfair to fault Hazelwood for them when she is kind of going with what's expected of her. I mean, wouldn't it be a letdown otherwise? And I feel this year in 2023 I think we should strive for this sort of kdrama, one which emphasizes on the mutual respect required in a relationship. Because we have seen enough love, hate, hate-to-love, but all of that is useless when there is no respect in the foundation of the relationship.
Yes, Ali Hazelwood books have flaws, yes they’re very formulaic and repetitive, yes they’re utter fluffy nonsense. But they’re MY fluffy nonsense ❤️
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highlight of the entire experience: reading the boyfriend's point of view because dear gods if i had to listen to another chapter of tiny quirky disney-loving athletic girls miscommunicate with their huge boyfriends, i would have had a mental breakdown. When I see you're hurting. I want to wipe it away. When I see you doubting yourself, i want to give you the best damned pep talk in history. When you cry, I want to make you smile. When you laugh, I want to make you laugh harder. When you moan in my arms, I want to make you dissolve into a puddle. When you're insecure about how I feel about you, I want to replace that with a proclamation that I LOVE YOU so hard that I never want you to question us again." Here was the premise: Girl meets boy in some meet-cute way. Girl is quirky and is a Women-In-STEM. A minor inconvenience pops up and Girl hates Boy. Girl blames boy for everything and thinks Boy wants Girl dead. Turns out there was a huge misunderstanding and Boy was in love with Girl the WHOLE TIME. They have the best sex and THE END. On the downside, since I love Ali Hazelwood’s work, it would have been fantastic if each of the novellas were longer or perhaps even full-length novels—this is perhaps why the characters and plot weren’t as memorable as those in Hazelwood’s novels. Lastly, since I bought all three of the e-novellas separately before this compilation and being published in a print version, it would have been nice if there was more bonus content included in Loathe to Love You.
Brief Summary of the Storyline: This is Kennedy and Shay's story. They meet in class when they are assigned to be in a group together. It is hate at first sight for Kennedy, as she has promised herself no more drama and no more hot guys and Shay has that written all over him. The more they spend time together the more Kennedy realizes that there is more to Shay that she initially assumed. They start a f-buddy type relationship that turns into more and they fall in love. There is a good bit of drama and some sexy times...and a HFN ending. The story follows them for a tumultuous year filled with unlikely friendships, secret crushes, butterflies-in-your-belly romance shadowed by lies, jealousy, betrayal and danger as Kenz comes to terms with herself and breaks all her rules by falling in hate-love with every girl’s wet dream Shay Coleman.Hate to Love You rains with kisses...so many sweet and sexy kisses between a heroine who has lost faith in men and a hero who makes her believe again. These kisses said so much! I loved Kennedy and Shay together! Now I have to say... I really enjoyed reading "Hate to love you", but I am gonna be honest here and also say that, even though Kennedy and Shay were great, they were no Sam and Mason. The women in Hazelwood’s stories are independent and beyond brilliant. I’m not always a fan of the enemies-to-lovers trope, but Hazelwood is starting to convince me that maybe this trope isn’t as bad as I once thought. The problems between the characters in these short stories were believable, and once they had been resolved, there was no reason I could think of as to why the main characters should remain enemies. And the make-up scenes? Yeah. Very spicy. They alone make this book worth the read. The beginning had me hooked, I stayed up way to late reading it but when I finally got to the ending it was a little underwhelming. I feel like it was cut short and not what I had hoped. Tropes - forced proximity, roommates
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