How is it possible that in a city as big as New York, you keep bumping into the person you hate most? Amalia and Ryan met at Yale where they were both law students, but they never got along, especially after Ryan rejected Amalia and took her place as editor of the university’s newspaper. After graduation, they went their separate ways, but ten years later they meet again in a New York court where Amalia is a defence lawyer and Ryan is the new assistant district attorney. The tension between them causes quite a scene. They can’t seem to be able to avoid each other, especially after a judge forces them to do community service together for their bad behaviour in court. As they spend their Saturdays cleaning parks, Amalia and Ryan realise that maybe it’s not hate that they feel for one another.
Ryan’s dislike of Amalia’s wealth is quite irrational and becomes tiring throughout the novel. Despite this, the characters are in general likeable and entertaining and, along with witty dialogues and the bright lights of the Big Apple, create an amusing romantic novel.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for sending me a free copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

The book is about Amalia, who is a successful defence lawyer and on one of her cases, she's shocked to see Ryan, the new Assistant District Attorney who she knew back in Yale Law School and they have a mutual dislike for each another.

While bickering on opposing sides in court, the judge takes them to one side and orders them to complete a spate of community service together, much to their disgust and that’s when the story really begins……..

If you enjoy chicklit then it’s an easy read, ideal for sitting in the garden or on a beach. I’d rate it 3.5 stars out of 5.

I did not find this to be an engaging story at all. In fact I found it silly.

And Ms Premoli strikes again! After the fabulous 'You drive me crazy' I wasn't sure if she could top that one... but she comes very close to writing relatable characters and hilarious ensuing situations!
Ryan and Amalia are gorgous characters and their banter was cute, witty and swoony(?).
I loved it... Kudos! Looking forward to the next brilliant one! (No pressure of course) ;)

I received this e-book for free to read and review before it was published. The title of this e-book is Until Love Do Us Part by author Anna Premoli. As you can guess by the title this is a romance novel. But it turns out to be much more then that. It has yes romance but also some comedy and drama as well. You can't help love Amalia strong will and determination and Ryan and all his typical being a male. I do love the first part of the plot line with the older ladies. I wish they would have been in the story-line but understand why they aren't. This story isn't about them but about Amalia and Ryan. I really do like where the author came up with the inspiration to use the background of these two being lawyers. And I like the the dedication that the author gave to her mother. You think you know how this story is going to end but it actually surprises you and in the end you think the author ended it just right. This book is a must read for anybody, It would make a great beach read or anywhere.

I really liked how passionate Amalia is about her profession. She's also quite stubborn, she knows what she wants and she goes for it.

Ryan was sometimes confusing, one minute he wants to be with Amalia and the next he's staying away from her, I also had a problem with Ryan's view that everyone who comes from wealth must be a spoiled jerk, when Amalia obviously doesn't fit that image.

Other than that, the book was enjoyable and entertaining. I'm rating it 3.25/5 stars.

This was fun sort of Tracy-Hepburn contemporary romance. Amalia is a very successful, feisty defense lawyer in New York City. She’s shocked to confront Ryan O’Moore, the new deputy district attorney, on one of her cases. The two had known each other at Yale Law School and she’d been very attracted to him, but he had shut down quite rudely.

When the two start sniping at each other in court, the judge orders them to 50 hours of community service that they must perform together. You know what’s going to happen as they spend more time together.

From the alternating POVs, we find out that Ryan has always been attracted to Amalia. He’s put off that she comes from such a wealthy background and makes several derisive comments about how easy it is for the rich to get away with things.

The dialogue between Amalia and Ryan is fun. It gets a bit slapstick as Amalia has trouble getting to work on time or dealing with some of the messes involved with their community service.

What I found objectionable was how Ryan, supposedly a brilliant lawyer, took out his anti-rich animosity against Amalia’s client in what seemed a very unprofessional manner. Add in his self-assurance that anyone who came from wealth must be a spoiled jerk even when there is no evidence that Amalia fits that stereotype.

If you can overlook that, you’ll enjoy the romance and witty dialogue.

I was given a free ARC of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

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This is a great book to read if you're looking for a romantic comedy that will make you laught and swoon. It's the kind of "light" read I enjoy and the fact it's about lawyers (I'm a Law student) was an added bonus.

I definitely recommend it for fans if chick-lit and romantic comedies!

Three stars.

Amalia Berger is the daughter of a wealthy Jewish couple, supposedly living a privileged life she has actually grown up without any parental supervision as her parents care more for themselves and their social lives than for their daughter. If it weren't for her grandmother she would feel totally alone.

Amalia is a defence lawyer in New York. She is having a bad day which gets even worse when she discovers that the Assistant District Attorney has resigned under a cloud and the new ADA is none other than Ryan O'Moore.

Ryan comes from a large, poor, New York, Irish family. He and Amalia were at Yale Law School together and he resented her for being rich and privileged whilst he had to work two jobs to make ends meet and still left school with a mountain of debt. He feels a great deal of satisfaction that he denied Amalia the opportunity to be the editor of the Yale Law Journal. When Ryan comes up against Amalia in his first case since moving back to New York he decides not to honour the deal which Amalia had worked out with the previous ADA, for no other reason than it is Amalia on the other side. The judge becomes so exasperated by Amalia and Ryan's arguing that he sentences them both to community service.

This was an amusing story in which two lawyers who dislike each other are forced to spend every Saturday together doing a variety of tasks thought up by a vindictive judge. What let it down for me was that Ryan was just generally a self-important know-it-all with a chip on his shoulder the size of a house. I couldn't see any real reason why he was so mean to Amalia at college and why he felt compelled to continue all these years later. Amalia came across as a bit hesitant, and not very bright: every time they had to do community service she was dressed wrongly and totally inept, surely she must have some abilities other than being a lawyer.

I also thought that some of the ways in which Anna Premoli described the various nationalities and ethnic origins of people felt vaguely racist and/or lazily stereotypical, why couldn't the Irish family have been the rich, cold one and the Jewish family the poor but happy one?

Anna Premoli says that she was prompted to write this novel by her love of the TV series The Good Wife, this seemed more like the legal antics of Boston Legal, without the funnies. it's a pity because I really enjoyed [book:You Drive Me Crazy|33024062], although in retrospect that too seemed to play on racial stereotypes.

If you can suspend disbelief about the operation of the US legal system (or maybe its true, I don't know) then this is a fun read.