Tag: Meghan Quinn

This Chick Read: How My Neighbor Stole Christmas by Meghan Quinn

Storee Taylor never thought she’d go back to the small town where she spent Christmas’s with her great-aunt, but after she falls and breaks her hip, she packs her bags and heads back to the town where Christmas never sleeps. Seriously, the town is Christmas themed 365 days of the year. Her aunt Cindy was determined to win the Christmas Kringle contest this year and if she can’t do it then she can make Storee enter the contest and run. Cole Black and Storee were friends when they were kids but then Storee disappears for 10 years on the night his parents died and Cole has never forgiven her for leaving in his time of need. When he finds out that Storee has entered the Christmas Kringle contest he decides to also compete and out Kringle Storee.

When I read the synopsis I thought that this sounded kind of cute and the cover was charming. I’m also a fan of Meghan Quinn’s rom-com stories, so color me surprised when I found myself seriously disliking this story. I’m used to reading Christmas stories out of season so I don’t think it was the holiday cheer in October. It just felt like the story was forced, the enemies to lovers plot (normally my favorite romance trope) overdone, and the kooky town characters that I usually find charming were just kind of annoying. Bah humbug, right?!!! I hate to hate on an author I normally like a lot, but this book was just not for me.

Now, I don’t want to go into any detail because I know those serious Meghan Quinn fans aren’t going to care what this one book reviewer thinks and can only say, please read it for yourself and discover if you agree or disagree. For me, it was just overdone. ❤️❤️

I received a copy of this book through NetGalley for an honest review and it was honest.

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This Chick Read: The Way I Hate Him by Meghan Quinn

Hayes Farrow, my brother’s arch nemesis, is back in town. When I decide to leave a box of his belongings (stolen by my ex) on his doorstep, I don’t plan to stick around very long. Until I’m caught by the man himself and blackmailed into working for him as his assistant. Did he offer me the job just to bug my brother? Probably, but I don’t have anything else to do and I need the money. What I don’t count on is the fact that he’s actually a nice guy, and very good looking.

A simple plot of a conflict caused by a misunderstanding, add in the big brother’s ex best friend AND rock star romance trope and that simple plot goes slightly off the rails. I’m kind of used to that from a Meghan Quinn novel. Hattie is anything but a normal romantic lead. Her sister just died, her brother and other sister are shutting her out of their grief, and her boyfriend dumps her. So it’s not really surprising that she turns to the one person who isn’t currently ignoring her. What is surprising is that he turns out to not be the horrible person her brother has told her he was, he’s actually pretty decent. She is pretty awesome as well so the outcome was destined to happen.

Would you go after your much beloved older brother’s old best friend who is not his enemy and not expect any fallout? Of course not, and there is a lot of conflict over those actions. There is also comforting, companionship, friendship, and the big L- lust. OK, yeah, love, but you get a lot of the other stuff first. Like a lot, a lot and also very explicit. So beware if that’s not your thing!

The Way I Hate Him had a LOT going on, at times a bit too much, but I liked Hattie and Hayes. They were a surprising couple who looked like they weren’t a fit who actually fit really well. That was nice, but I would’ve liked a bit more story because it seems like if you have all of these things going on in your life, like Hattie did, that we’d feel those things along with her, and there was a little bit of that but for me, not enough. I could’ve traded in a few of those sizzle scenes for some more heart and story. This one’s trending on Amazon right now so it could be I’m the only one who feels like this, so you’ve got to read it to form your own opinion! ❤️❤️❤️

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The Way I Hate Him

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