This book was released on with total page 288 pages. Read my posts to learn more about me, but mostly to hear my thoughts about romance novels new and old.Book Synopsis I Hate You More by : Lucy Gilmoreĭownload or read book I Hate You More written by Lucy Gilmore and published by Sourcebooks, Inc. My #1 romance novel of all time forever and ever amen is “Dreaming of You” by Queen Lisa Kleypas. I take grave exception to people calling romance novels “smut” or “trash”. I probably read 5-7 romance novels a week. My “real” job involves a grab bag of communications and community relations for a large nonprofit in the DC area. Hi Romance Peeps! My name is Teresa and I am a self-proclaimed romance aficionado with a BA in English and PR. **I received a free copy of this book in order to provide an honest review** I mean, who doesn’t love an uptight hero who has to unbend for a chaotic heroine? Catnip! Highly recommend. Overall, I really enjoyed this book! It made me smile, laugh, and feel all the feels. The only reason I took off a half star was the book seemed to falter a little 2/3 of the way through, dragging just a touch, but it quickly found its footing again, and I adored the happily ever after. I loved rooting for Ruby and Spencer (and Wheezy the disaster dog). With a quirky, loving cast of characters, a hilariously stubborn dog, and some steamy romance sprinkled in, this book was refreshing, engaging, and I found myself laughing at many of the antics our hero and heroine found themselves in. I was absolutely expecting the conflict to end a certain way with both tropes, and I was absolutely wrong about both – and that made the book even more fun to read!

Both tropes resolved in unexpected ways that made me glad I decided to take a chance on this book. This book featured two tropes I usually dislike in romance: deception and twins flirting with the same person.

She is the perfect foil for our starchy perfectionist hero, Spencer.

She’s hard-working, a little too competitive, and cares a whole lot about the people she works for. But somehow, Gilmore pulls off an extremely likable and imperfect heroine in Ruby. When heroines are so incredibly beautiful, people stop in their tracks to stare the battle for me to like them is uphill. While on the surface, I HATE YOU MORE is just another rom-com-y adversary to lovers romance, this book seriously delivers on humor and depth. Let me preface this review by saying I am a dog lover, and I’m incredibly close with my grandmother, who lives in senior housing, so, in many ways, it felt like Lucy Gilmore wrote this book just for me! It’s a surprising contemporary romance with a former pageant queen heroine turned senior citizen nurse’s assistant and an uptight veterinarian hero.

I hate you more by lucy gilmore