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A review by kayetaz
Like You Hate Me by Bethany Winters
5.0
5 ⭐️
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️.5/5
Format: ebook
“‘Do you really expect me to forget what you did?’
‘I don’t want you to forget,’ he whispers, holding my gaze as he blinks the fresh tears from his eyes. ‘I just want you to love me anyway.’”
This was a book I wasn’t really sure if I was even going to like until about the 40-ish percent range. It was a rough, heavy read. Very high-angst, and just so many negative vibes. This is a book where when they said hate fucking, they meant hate fucking. Yikes.
Nate was a really difficult character to like. He treated Xavi like shit, and while I understood somewhat why he felt that way, he did seem to take it too far on many occasions. I found Xavi extremely lovable. He was just a sad, broken boy who let Nate hurt him because he felt he deserved it. And then the ghost of Katy lingered in everything they did.
The progression from hate to love was very slow, but I definitely noticed it happening overtime. Nate would do little things here and there that showed he didn’t hate Xavi as much as he let on, and the moments grew the further along we got. I actually enjoyed the slow burn, and I felt it was more authentic to the enemies to lovers trope that way. The push and pull was overwhelming. The spice was also out of this world. There wasn’t a lot of foreplay or dirty talk, but the depravity and debauchery were right up my alley. Nate and Xavi are freaks in bed.
I also initially found both Carter and Frankie insufferable but as the book went on I actually came to really like both of them. Carter is still an asshole, but I’ve come to accept that’s just who he is, and he started to become almost endearing to me. I kind of hope he gets his own book in the future, I would definitely read it.
The plot line was also super interesting and I was excited to get to where we learned what happened that led to the events in the prologue. I just wish we got a little more information on what happened to Katy and what the photos from Devin were about, but otherwise I was addicted to this story.
Updated 8/19/24: SO EXCITED THERE WILL BE MORE BOOKS IN THIS SERIES! The author said there will be a Carter book in the future, which is all I want in the world.
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️.5/5
Format: ebook
“‘Do you really expect me to forget what you did?’
‘I don’t want you to forget,’ he whispers, holding my gaze as he blinks the fresh tears from his eyes. ‘I just want you to love me anyway.’”
This was a book I wasn’t really sure if I was even going to like until about the 40-ish percent range. It was a rough, heavy read. Very high-angst, and just so many negative vibes. This is a book where when they said hate fucking, they meant hate fucking. Yikes.
Nate was a really difficult character to like. He treated Xavi like shit, and while I understood somewhat why he felt that way, he did seem to take it too far on many occasions. I found Xavi extremely lovable. He was just a sad, broken boy who let Nate hurt him because he felt he deserved it. And then the ghost of Katy lingered in everything they did.
The progression from hate to love was very slow, but I definitely noticed it happening overtime. Nate would do little things here and there that showed he didn’t hate Xavi as much as he let on, and the moments grew the further along we got. I actually enjoyed the slow burn, and I felt it was more authentic to the enemies to lovers trope that way. The push and pull was overwhelming. The spice was also out of this world. There wasn’t a lot of foreplay or dirty talk, but the depravity and debauchery were right up my alley. Nate and Xavi are freaks in bed.
I also initially found both Carter and Frankie insufferable but as the book went on I actually came to really like both of them. Carter is still an asshole, but I’ve come to accept that’s just who he is, and he started to become almost endearing to me. I kind of hope he gets his own book in the future, I would definitely read it.
The plot line was also super interesting and I was excited to get to where we learned what happened that led to the events in the prologue. I just wish we got a little more information on what happened to Katy and what the photos from Devin were about, but otherwise I was addicted to this story.
Updated 8/19/24: SO EXCITED THERE WILL BE MORE BOOKS IN THIS SERIES! The author said there will be a Carter book in the future, which is all I want in the world.