Bria Lou Reviews

  I said this when I reviewed the film version of this book, but I started this book, put it away (for reasons I'll mention later in the post), watched and loved the film, and ended up finishing the book in two days. So I've had a lot of thoughts about this book! Lucy and Josh hate each other. When they both decide to go for the same promotion at work, the competition reaches boiling point. But as the game starts to have real-life consequences, Lucy and Josh discover that sometimes, hate feels a lot like love. So, when I started reading this book, I really didn't like it.  My notes at that time include the characters feeling juvenile, childish and unlikeable. I put it down with no real intention to finish it, and didn't even think about it again until over a year later, when I watched the film and finally decided to finish it. The chemistry between the characters wasn't great at the beginning, but after a while, it really begins to show. There were times when it was...

This is a weird one for me. I told myself I wasn't going to watch the film until I finished reading the book, but the beginning of the book put me off the film. So it took me a year to see the film, and at the time of watching the film, I had completely given up on the book. So you could say my expectations weren't high. Lucy (Lucy Hale) and Josh (Austin Stowell) hate each other. When they both decide to go for the same promotion at work, they make a deal - whoever doesn't get the promotion must resign. But as the competition reaches boiling point, Lucy and Josh discover that sometimes, hate feels a lot like love. I was really surprised by how much I liked this film. The characters and actors have genuine chemistry, which makes them compelling to watch. I only really enjoy the 'enemies-to-lovers' trope if the 'enemies' part is done well; if the characters are truly enemies. For this film, it worked quite well. The characters definitely genuinely hated each o...