Book Review: The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

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Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman hate each other. Not dislike. Not begrudingly tolerate. Hate. And they have no problems displaying their feelings through a series of ritualistic passive-aggressive maneuvers as they sit across from each other, executive assistants to co-CEOs of a publishing company. Lucy can't understand Joshua's joyless, uptight, meticulous approach to his job. Joshua is clearly baffled by Lucy's overly bright clothes, quirkiness, and Pollyanna attitude. Now that they're up for the same promotion, their battle of wills has come to a head and Lucy refuses to back down when their latest game could cost her her dream job... But the tension between Lucy and Joshua has also reached its boiling point, and Lucy is discovering that maybe she doesn't hate Joshua. And maybe he doesn't hate her either. Or maybe this is just another game. ~~~~ I have had this book a while but I am not a fan of enemies to lovers, so I put off reading this. And why, do you ask, did I bother reading it at all? This story was heavily hyped on social media as being a great story. The Hating Game did not disappoint. I was not enjoying the first half of the book with all the hating vibes going on between Lucy and Joshua. But once they started to admit their feelings for one another to themselves, and eventually to each other, it was a very enjoyable story. I am not one to stop reading a book if I'm not enjoying it. I had to see what all the hype was about. And being the genre it is, romantic comedy, I knew where the story would end up. The writing is brilliant, the humour fun. Sally Thorne is a great storyteller. I just had to deduct a star for my dislike of the hate. It took me too long to get into liking this book but in the end I was happy with the story when the ice began to thaw.