This was such a fun book! These two are ridiculous, but I was laughing so much as I followed their antics. 
Perfect for fans of The Hating Game.

Naomi and Nicholas meet, fall in love, get engaged, move in together, and the wedding is a few short months away. Relax, friends - this all happens right off. Nicholas is a stuffy tool with a controlling mother, Naomi is a passive aggressive martyr, I can't stand either of em...OH! They're NOT insufferable - they don't love each other and neither wants to be the first to pull the plug! What are they gonna do? They start playing head games and practical jokes to try to get each other to cancel the wedding! From calling each other pet names they hate to acting completely ridiculous around friends and families, the antics Naomi and Nicholas do to chap each others' backsides are so funny I find myself laughing out loud. Annnnd now I'm snorting - whew! Which prank will be the last straw? Who will break first? Sarah Hogle has written a funny, sassy, well-crafted story of a couple trying to outwit, outplay, and outlast each other as the wedding they DON'T want gets closer and closer. Filled with smart sarcasm, cheeky banter, and a sex scene you can easily skip over without missing the story, You Deserve Each Other is a fun and unforgettable romp of a read!

This was everything I was looking for. There is such heavy angst and also incredibly sweet and fluffy moments that fed into my romance loving side. I love how the relationship was worked on. I found myself genuinely laughing out loud without even realizing it. This is a true enemies to lovers.

At first I was not completely convinced by this book, but the plot thickens really fast and the couple's love-hate relationship becomes addictive. I couldn't put it down once I understood why Naomi and Nicholas ended up being so bitter and cruel with each other.

This novel seems to be a romantic comedy and it is, I guess; you'll definitely laugh A LOT, but it also has a nostalgic touch to it that moves the reader. Not to mention that there a couple of heartbreaking scenes and dialogues that almost made me cry. So many repressed fears and emotions! I loved that, although I felt terribly sorry for the characters. 

This novel talks about how important communication and mutual effort are in a relationship. It talks about the different forms and expressions of love, and despite it is never mentioned in the novel, I do think the manner in which the characters' feelings are described suggest something far more complex than just a routine-tired couple. Maybe an underlying emotional crisis or depression. I don't know, but some parts were simply devastating. I liked this novel more than I expected, although the end was a little bit too cheesy for me, since I was used to a very cocky and sarcastic dynamic between the protagonists by then.  

Nicholas and Naomi are going to get married in a few months, they pretend in front of others that they are a happy couple, but silence suffocates them when they get home. She is fed up with him and especially with his mother, who not only controls every detail of her wedding but also the man who should be spoiling her. He takes refuge in a condescending and disinterested attitude to ignore the truth: that their wedding is a horrible mistake. And yet, no one is willing to cancel it. Well, in fact Naomi wants Nicholas to carry that burden. She is willing to be as annoying, childish, and selfish as necessary in order for him to dump her.

The book tells the story of Naomi and Nicholas relationship. They are both about to get married, but for some reasons, they feel pressured, and they reach a point where they cannot bear it anymore. Furthermore, living under the same house shouldn't be easy. Naomi always showed herself as an understanding and helpful girlfriend. Nicholas on the other hand as the reserved and unsympathetic boyfriend. Things change when the two realize that they don't want to be husband and wife, but neither wants to pay the hundreds of thousands that the wedding preparations cost. Therefore, the only solution is to sabotage their relationship, which doesn't exist.

I really liked the dynamics of the characters; it was the first time that I read a story with a love-have- ? pattern. At first, I didn't see the chemistry between them and that was because there was none. If it had been Naomi, I would've already given up. Honestly, I thought the plot would be different, that Naomi would leave Nicholas for another guy, but I was so surprised, the story was different and I realized it when I read the synopsis 😂.

I could identify myself with Naomi, especially in the work area, she doesn't have a stable job and I could feel her frustration completely because the idea of depending on your future husband, it isn’t ideal and competing with him because he earns more, worse. The poor thing also suffers from the passive-aggressive behavior of Nick's mother; the woman is unbearable, too manipulative. I liked Naomi as a character, of course, she isn't perfect, and she does everything possible to sabotage their relationship, but she shows her true colors and I love it when she and Nicholas become in the dynamic duo to defend themselves against comments and attitudes of other people.

Speaking of Nick, I would've liked to read his point of view since the book is only told by Naomi. At first, I couldn’t stand him, I didn't know what were his intentions regarding the relationship, whether to save it or not. However, I realized that his attitude towards Naomi was because of her attitude, he's also guilty of not being attentive, but that completely changes when he shows his true self. And, what about his relationship with his mother? Well, since it's only Naomi's point of view, she tells us that he's the good son, who wants to always please his mother and that makes her take advantage of him. Then we find out what's the truth and you feel sorry for the boy since he really is a golden boy.

Something I didn't like was the long chapters and the story gets stuck in the middle of the book, I was already tired of witnessing all the jokes and discussions, I felt that we weren't moving forward. And for me, the ending was uncompleted. Where's Nick's mother's reaction when she finds out what the couple did?

It was a light read, I needed it, and I was able to fully enjoy it, I will definitely read another book of the author. Thank you to PRH International for the free e-book.

OMG this book was everything! I am absolutely blown away that this is a debut! It was fantastic, like so good that when I finished it, I started reading it again! I’m kicking myself for not reading this sooner. I’ll admit the blurb was confusing and when I started reading, I was trying to figure out what was happening. The story starts out really slow and honestly, I almost DNF this book, but I pushed further and I’m so happy I did! Everything changed after those first couple chapters. You finally know what’s going on, and there were so many funny moments, and amazing chemistry between two excellent characters.

Naomi and Nicholas have been dating for almost two years, and are engaged to be married in 3 months. Everything has changed in their relationship since they got engaged, and they don’t know how they got here or what to do about it. They have both hit the end of their ropes, and have decided to get the other one to break up with them, so they don’t have to pay for the wedding. They begin pulling pranks on each other, which were so darn hilarious. I was literally cackling to the point that my husband thought something was wrong with me! There are some really horrible characters in their family and workplaces that added to the story quite well. All of a sudden they are both fighting against the same people and beginning to fall back in love with each other. Both characters were so easy to love and you can understand how things went so wrong between them. It had a lot of great messages about relationships. I enjoyed this so much. It will most likely be in my top books for the year. If you didn’t already guess, I would highly recommend this one, and I am so excited to see what this author puts out next!

* ARC provided by NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!

As a thank, you to Netgalley and the publisher ( G.P. Putnam's Sons) for an advanced readers copy of Sarah Hogle’s debut novel “ You Deserve Each Other”. The novel had been introduced as a lover to enemies to lovers romantic comedy and after reading this I can certainly agree that it lived up to its expectation. The novel follows Naomi Westfield and Nicholas Rose as they navigate their first year as a newly engaged couple.  What I enjoyed from this novel was the interesting look at the couple's interpersonal dynamic and exploration of what makes them a couple and why. As Naomi and Nicholas communicate to those around them but each other makes for an interesting romantic comedy bringing to life the notion of second chances and love within an established relationship. I found this refreshing as most romantic novels center around a newly established relationship. The writing was straightforward and held my attention. I heard its audiobook and read-a-long on my kindle. Overall I enjoyed this novel and give it a strong 4 out of 5 stars on Goodreads.

Naomie and Nicholas drove me absolutely crazy for the first half of this book. But every time I put the book down to do real life things, I kept thinking about the two of them and when they would figure their stuff out. I loved following along watching them re-fall in love with each other. The story kept me very engaged, laughing at the ridiculous pranks the two played, and rooting for them to find their happily ever after. This was a fun quick read that was lighthearted and entertaining. 4 stars!

I am a huge fan of romance and was so looking forward to this book. Unfortunately it was a miss for me. I felt it read more like a YA book. For me, the chemistry between the MC’s was not interesting. 

I will not be sharing my opinion in a review outside of NetGalley.

For a debut novel, this is was a good read!  I got hooked easily and I kept wanting to finish it.  Naomi is an interesting character.  I saw a lot of my husband in Nicholas as Nicholas bows down to his mother for everything..  My MIL is the same way with my husband.  I cheered when they finally told her a few words then did a big event on their own (don't want to spoil it).

Hands down, the best novel I have read all year and to then find out it was a debut release of the author, Sarah Hogle, holy shit! She needs to come out with another release and ASAP! Her work is an instant re-read and I simply can’t get enough.
 
Now why should you read this? Well… “You Deserve Each Other” was an instant page turner and this hilarious lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers trope was everything I hoped for and more. I loved the dynamic between Nick and Naomi, and their sabotaging schemes to stop the wedding from happening. It had loud out moments, monster-in-laws, and tender moments you wouldn’t expect. What I like the most about this debut novel was the already established relationship between the characters. If you haven’t read the blurb, they’re engaged and during the course of their relationship misunderstandings and resentment pushed them apart. The fake personas they created of themselves are dropped and as the wedding wars rages on, they learn to re-love again and to grow as a couple.
 
Honestly, If I could give this more than 5 stars I would. This was absolutely perfect and I seriously can’t wait to see what else this author has in store for us in the future.

I did not expect to love this book as much as I did, but it was such a fun and light read, I absolutely devoured it!
The constant jabs and pranks between the main characters were my favourite part, and I laughed out loud a couple of times (which rarely happens when I read a book).
Around the middle there was a moment when I greatly disliked Naomi and her negative spiral, but when I look back in hindsight, it wasn't that big an issue to lower the rating of this book.
I can highly recommend this book if you're looking for a light, fun, quirky read!

This was super cute! It was definitely something light and fun that I needed to read at this time. I absolutely loved these characters and their relationships formed together. Even if you aren't a fan of romance, I highly recommend reading it!

A little slow but picked up the romance threads in the middle and HOOKED ME! Loved this one for book clubs - there will be a lot to talk about

This book killed me. I almost DNF'd it in the first couple of chapters because both romantic leads are kind of unlikable... But they're unlikable because they're both miserable, and Nicholas VERY QUICKLY won my whole heart and Naomi followed. It does definitely require some suspension of disbelief because the situation is so bonkers.

This is an enemies to lovers romance and also a second chance as Nicholas and Naomi each relearn who the other truly is. Their relationship DEFINITELY gets worse before it gets better, but some of the insecurity and raw openness just... gutted me. As someone who has also struggled with a fear of abandonment and this driving need to pretend to be perfect so someone will love me only to then be resentful because the person they love isn't really ME, I identified with Naomi in a way that was... really uncomfortable, actually. I do wish we'd gotten to read from Nicholas's POV, though I feel like his feelings do come through very clearly to the reader later in the book.

This was an amazing book and I immediately went to go add more by Sarah Hogle to my TBR only to find that THIS IS HER DEBUT NOVEL?!?! Holy Hannah, I think we can expect some great things from Sarah Hogle - I know I'll definitely be reading more!

I adored this book. It's like enemies-to-lovers within an engagement-in-trouble. When we meet the characters, they're on their first date. Fast forward about two years and they're engaged and miserable. Unlike a lot of these books (To Have and to Hoax), You Deserve Each Other is told entirely from one POV, which makes us really dislike Nicholas at first. Eventually, we realize that he's been trying to get Naomi to cancel the engagement as well... or to make her angry enough that she'll finally start paying attention to him again. He rightfully calls her out for dissociating and instead of being an ally against his horrible parents, she's just checked out. In her POV, we see that she's felt he isn't being an ally, never standing up for her as his mother steamrolls her attempts at planning any part of their wedding.


Readers who have a low tolerance for sabotage and pranking will not enjoy this book, but readers who can get behind Naomi as she acts like the worst version of herself in an attempt to get Nicholas to dump her will be thoroughly amused and then charmed as the two find their way back to each other--stronger than before.

P.S.: Naomi didn't go to college and the fact that Nicholas is a dentist has caused some class/education rifts between Naomi's friends and Nicholas. I liked the way Hogle handled that.


Content Warnings: body-shaming (including that MiL has wedding dress sized down w/o bride's consent), horrible parents


Suzanne received a digital copy of this book for review but purchased it on audio.

I loved this enemy to lovers book. It’s about an engaged couple who are trying to get the other one to call off the wedding. It was so cute and well done. I adored this book.

If  You Deserve Each Other isn't on your radar, put it on your radar. This was such a great book, and a debut at that! This novel follows an engaged couple who really can't stand each other and are trying to find a way to get the other to cancel the wedding so they aren't the one to do it.
I loved this book so much, I even stayed up until 4:30 am to finish it! I haven't done that in so long, but it was totally worth it for this book. This book had me laughing and crying, and I couldn't put it down because I needed to know what was going to happen.
"I've been one half of a whole for nearly two years and lately, I don't know if I'd even count as a half."
This is a true enemies to lovers story. Naomi and Nicholas seem to have the perfect life and the perfect relationship, but actually they're struggling, they don't talk much anymore, and there are so many negative emotions towards each other. The characters don't just dislike each other, they can't stand each other and say some hurtful things to one another. This novel is them really thinking about their relationship and beginning to make changes to have the relationship they had when they first started dating. I was so sad at the beginning of the book, Naomi and Nicholas can't stand each other and Naomi is so miserable, it was tangible.
I'd seen a lot of comparisons to The Hating Game going in, and I was a little worried becuase The Hating Game is one of my favorite books. I'll definitely say that they writing is reminiscent of The Hating Game, they have similar banter a similar writing style which I love.
"I'm in his office, where he doesn't like me being because he needs privacy for Calls With Mother. The two of them should run a motel together."
This book was tough to read at times. We really get to see how Naomi feels about her relationship and everything else going on in her life, and it's hard. She's miserable and angry and helpless and it was so easy to feel that while reading. I teared up a few times when Naomi reminisces on how their relationship was in the beginning to how it is at the start of the book and how much she wants to get out of it. Even though this book was difficult to read at times, it was still really, really funny.
Overall I really loved this book and cannot wait to read more from Sarah Hogle!
If you've read the book, let me know what you thought of it!

This book sounded really interesting when I read the blurb: A couple that is going to get married in three months notice that they do not love each other anymore, but both don't want to break off the wedding so they do not have to bear the costs. So they try to make the other miserable by pranking each other and arguing with each other, only to find out another side of each other. Kind of. But yeah, I mean I have never really read something like that so SIGN ME UP!

I have to say, and I am so incredibly happy that I can say this: I liked the main character! I find it so sad that I dislike most female characters in this genre, and therefore still try again to find a book to prove me wrong. It just cannot be that they are all the same?? And luckily I found this book! I found it so entertaining to read it, I was always looking forward to it and read it quite quickly.

Oh but how I loved the characters, and how they developed. And HOW THEY DEVELOPED! I really liked Naomi from the beginning, and despised Nicholas. But after about a third of the book I adoooored Nicholas. So charming, ohmygod!! Sometimes when they argued I got suuuper mad because they never really talked about what was bothering them. They just talked but never really said what they were actually thinking, I just wanted to sit them both down and scream JUST TALK ABOUT HOW YOU REALLY FEEL to them. Yeah, this book drove me crazy. But I enjoyed it. Oh, I enjoyed it so much! I loved seeing their relationship transition from love to hate to love, that was just so beautiful to read! I liked every single bit of this book, and missed my bus stop once because I was so concentrated on this book, that I was not paying any attention to my surroundings anymore. Oops?

Also, now I want to have a cute boyfriend and get married and plan the whole thing, reading about their relationship gave me weird feelings to my stomach, lol I think I've fallen in love with Nicholas a bit myself. But I mean, after his development WHO COULD NOT??? I want to live in a house in nature away from civilization and just dream away with a cute and witty boyfriend.

I could swoon about this book for hours, so to spare you all of that I'm going to cut it a little shorter: This book is a incredibly cute and romantic book, which is also incredibly funny as well! At some of the conversations and passive aggressive comments said I just had to laugh out loud or smile, this book really had me in a good mood when I was reading it. Add some cute characters and an adorable love story and you have this book: A big pleasure to read and just wonderful. If you love funny romance novels which are not cheesy (or not that I thought so) and just cute as hell, I'd yell at you to pick up this book immediately. It's wonderful, it's hilarious, and just worth your time. Enjoy it!!!!

Plot: When I first added this book to my TBR list, I thought it sounded fun, and that I would like it. I did not expect how much I would love it! The plot was so fun, and it took several turns I wasn't expecting. I laughed so much while reading this book, and it reminded me of Sophie Kinsella's style of humor! (Which is one of the highest compliments I can give a book.) There were also plenty of heartfelt and swoony moments, too!

Characters: Naomi was a great main character! And while I didn't like Nicholas much at the beginning, (I don't think this is a spoiler to write this, because the summary basically says this.) I grew to quite like him by the end. His parents were awful, but the interactions they had with them were hilarious!

The Cover: It's cute! It's not how I pictured the characters while reading, but that might just be me.

Overall: I really, really loved this book and I will eagerly anticipate whatever this author writes next!