BOOK REVIEW: You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle / enemies to lovers to the extreme

You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle

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I pushed this one off for a long time, and I don’t really know why. But I finally got the audiobook from the library, and thought why not, and I’m glad I read it because it’s a very different take on my favorite enemies to lovers trope.

Naomi Westfield has the perfect fiancé: Nicholas Rose holds doors open for her, remembers her restaurant orders, and comes from the kind of upstanding society family any bride would love to be a part of. They never fight. They’re preparing for their lavish wedding that’s three months away. And she is miserably and utterly sick of him.

Naomi wants out, but there’s a catch: whoever ends the engagement will have to foot the nonrefundable wedding bill. When Naomi discovers that Nicholas, too, has been feigning contentment, the two of them go head-to-head in a battle of pranks, sabotage, and all-out emotional warfare.

But with the countdown looming to the wedding that may or may not come to pass, Naomi finds her resolve slipping. Because now that they have nothing to lose, they’re finally being themselves–and having fun with the last person they expect: each other.

You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle

MY THOUGHTS

This was an interesting read. I didn’t enjoy all of it, not everything the characters said or did synced with me, but I liked that the book was different from all the other enemies to lover romances.

HATE/LOVE relationship

I love the enemies to lovers trope, and I felt that this book took the trope to another level, with its hate/love vibe. The couple hated and loved each other, pushed buttons, exasperated and annoyed each other, sometimes to the extreme. BUT it worked for them. They were both doing it, both enjoying it at times, and both experienced a childish glee when maddening the other. In other words they truly DESERVED EACH OTHER!

Their CONNECTION

I thought it was interesting how well Naomi and Nicholas actually knew each other, even though they both thought the other didn’t know them at all. That speaks for them. I also loved that the couple was already in an established relationship, there aren’t that many romance books that follow couples already in a relationship. Which made the entire situation different.

MISCOMMUNICATION

Without a doubt the story was built on miscommunication, not talking to each other, assuming, pushing away, ignoring each other’s feelings. Because when it came to it, there was a reason whey they were together, they just forgot about it with all the drama they were creating.

Overall the book was an interesting take on the enemies to lover romance trope. Sometimes I wondered why they were together in the first place, but in the end, they truly loved each other.

I’m honest, there were times when I didn’t like either of them, especially Naomi. But they matched, they belonged together, because Nicholas could be as bad as Naomi.

So, after all this, I’m glad I read the book. It’s not a favorite of mine, but I applaud the author for going a different route. We need more books like this.

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You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle