The Trouble with Hating You | 
pickLiya has a stormy relationship with her parents who spring a set-up on her at a family dinner. She runs from it only to find out the guy is Jay, the new lawyer at her work brought in to save the company. While their rocky start gradually turns into a comfortable friendship, Liya‘s past rears its ugly head and threatens to not only tear them apart, but oust her from the community all together.
pickCute #Romance
Both had a troubled past that had an influence on their current dating behaviour. But both characters grew and the HEA felt real rather than constructed.
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pickA number of good, recent contemporary romances seem to have protagonists dealing with past trauma. This is no exception. It's an enemy to lovers story featuring two Texans of Indian descent. Liya is really hard to like, but when you learn her backstory, you understand her much better. Trigger warning for past sexual assault.
Supporting characters are good, though I'd have loved to see them further fleshed out, and the hero is dreamy. 4❤️#romantsy
so-soCute! Reads like a rom com movie. She got on my nerves a bit with insisting on being “different” and looking for things that were wrong, but the moments they had their chemistry were definitely my favs.
pickThis book reminds me of one of my favorite movies ever, Monsoon Wedding. The picture top right is of the niece, Ria, who the night before the wedding reveals that one of the uncles, the rich one throwing his money around, had molested her when she was a girl. The father of the bride, a different uncle comes to take her home where the day of the wedding he tells the rich uncle to leave. He believed her. Such a powerful moment. In this book, 👇🏼
pickThis was my January #LMPBC, and overall I liked it (with an annoyance or two 😂). I won‘t say more here as I don‘t want to give anything away. 3.5/5 (rounded to 4)
Just mailed this out today @DanaManiac . Hopeful arrival 1/31. 😊🤞🤞
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It‘s here, Sarah…yay!
#LMPBC for January
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pickMy first book of 2022 was one I was supposed to read in December since it's an #LMPBC pick 😂 Don't want to say too much here for that reason. I did like this one, but found the MC a little difficult at times. Also there is a lot of marriage-bashing and I wasn't a fan. But on the whole, a good story and I was totally rooting for the main couple.
Hoping to mail this one today!! @robinb @DanaManiac @kimmypete1
I fell off the #WinterGames bandwagon a bit this past week as things got a lil crazy at work. I even forgot to post my Week 4 scores, so Week 5 is going to be huge!!! Hoping to wrap things up strong with #20in4 - I'm a bit burned out on the holiday flicks, so I'm focusing on finishing the tagged book for #LMPBC and I randomly started reading Deep Blue so I'm going to see if I can read the full four-book series this weekend!!
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"Approach and embrace the bitterness. Look it in the eye and give it all you have, your tears, your fears, your anger. Then release it like a breath you've held for too long. Remember the good things."
pickReally enjoyed this, though there were parts that were more serious than I expected. Can‘t wait to check out Preeti‘s book next year!
Another finished book for #NovelNovember @Andrew65
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I‘ll mail it off next week to whoever is next, forgot and need to look at email lol.
Started my #LMPBC read for November. This is my pick and I hope it turns out great!
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If it‘s alright with the group I‘d like to select The Trouble with Hating You! #LMPBC #GroupR @TheAromaofBooks @DanaManiac @robinb
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️This was interesting because 2 chapters in, I was ready to quit.But I had friends who encouraged me to stick with it&by the end, I couldn‘t put it down.I‘m impressed with the character development we get to see, especially Liya -&honestly found some of her issues relatable to how I felt about romance&marriage in my early 20s(happy to say a decade into marriage that I was wrong 😅). So some stuff to get past/get used to, but then it‘s good!
pick5/5 ⭐
I really enjoyed reading this book and learning about indian culture. It was a hard read at times for a particular reason.
I was expecting a fluffy romance but the story was so much more.
I liked all the characters. Liaya friendship with her friend was real. Jay and his family was very real. I absolutely loved reading about them.
I think everyone should read this book. It has an important message to deliver.
pickThis is labeled as a Romantic comedy. At first I thought I wouldn‘t like it because it was so misogynistic and had so much slut shaming. But I like that Liya and Jay got through it.
TW ⚠️ For sexual assault and having to deal with your attacker.
This is also a clean romance. There is a lot of sex talk and a lot of flirting, but no sex on the page. Honestly, I didn‘t even realize they had sex until the next chapter.
pickSajni Patel's The Trouble with Hating You, which I read as part of a buddy read, is an amazing contemporary romance that effectively represents a relationship between two people who are still recovering from trauma.⠀
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Liya Thakkar is a confident, Indian-American woman with a successful career, but she is plagued by difficulties in her relationship with her parents, who want her to be married. ⬇️
pickFelt very pride and prejudice but set now in a Hindu community in Texas. Misunderstanding and family pressure put a couple off to a rough start.
pickI enjoyed this one. It wasn‘t perfect, and sometimes the dialogue or scene was a little stilted, but it didn‘t change my feelings about the story overall.
Both MCs had tough pasts to work through and it made for some tough situations. Not so much a hate-to-love, more like a hate-to-one-sided-stubbornness-because-of-self-doubt-that-dragged-things-on-a-little-too-long.
I liked the ending. It was very fitting for the characters and not forced.
pick4.5/5
This is such a fantastic enemies to lovers romance. Liya and Jay get off on the wrong foot when she parents spring an introduction on her, and things only get worse when he shows up as the lawyer trying to save her company from lawsuits. The characters are wonderful, and I really enjoyed this read.
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panWhile I am admittedly a sucker for love/hate romances I am beginning to notice it‘s very hard to get it right in just the right way. This story started with some predictable banter, but cut to meant to be too quickly. There was a lot of push and pull, it just felt redundant. I also thought a book about an Indian romance would have some character to its story. There‘s notes of feminism as well. Unfortunately, both are underused, which is a shame.
pickLoved this so much! Such a great Enemies to Lovers.
https://lovelyaudiobooks.info/the-trouble-with-hating-you/
so-so⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
The premise was good, but left a bit to be desired. Spoilers in comments.
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25/36
so-soI spent the entire book vacillating between loving & hating this book! She was ridiculously annoying by making sweeping statements against guys & marriage, but I could also understand why she did. But still so annoying that she painted all guys with the same paintbrush. I am really glad that he persevered though, because he definitely deserves to be happy. Also guessing the next book is going to be about the bestie that likes the non-Indian guy.
