I really wanted to appreciate this book because I enjoy stories of enemies-to-lovers and dark clouds turning into bright sun. To my surprise, I found myself rooting for the gloomy guy and disliking the "bright" one. It got old waiting for the protagonist to grow up and stop being like a brat. In my opinion, she developed slowly as a person. The book avoided the tired trope of enemies-to-lovers. Instead, it felt too rapid for the characters to start liking each other after they spent their first time alone together. In the beginning, I found it hard to care about what was happening and I really didn't like Brynn Cornell. I tried my hardest to avoid a DNF and finish the race. The second half of the book was much better, and I found myself caring about the characters and their little community.

Brief Synopsis:
Cornell is a news show anchor. She loses all credibility with a single false statement about her hometown. To salvage her image and keep her audience, she plans to film an apology video in the same place she fled 20 years ago. She meets Sebastian Sudworth, a gloomy former journalist who, for whatever reason, decided to leave his life behind in New York City and start over in Adelaide Springs, Colorado. He becomes Brynn's chauffeur despite his dislike of her. Brynn knows that if she wants to get her former position back, she has to win over the people of the town, especially Sebastian. The two of them could become inseparable if she can win his heart.

Because of NetGalley and Thomas Nelson-FICTION/Thomas Nelson, I was able to read and evaluate an advanced reader's copy of this book.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Liked it, fun while I was reading it

This contemporary romance tells the story of Brynn Cornell, cohost of the popular morning show Sunup. She's America's Ray of Sunshine—until she makes a huge on-air mistake exposing her snarky side causing it all to come crumbling down.

Now she’s back in her hometown of Adelaide Springs, Colorado, in a last-ditch attempt to convince viewers she’s not the mean girl they think she is where she meets Sebastian Sudworth who is assigned to chauffeur her around town. She's sure he can see right through her carefully cultivated, sunny persona. But is determined to do what it takes to maintain her image and save her career.

I had a hard time caring about anyone in the first half of the book. Brynn was pretty annoying and Sebastian was pretty off putting. Somehow, with all that, the second half was sweet and I found myself rooting for both of them in the end.

The narrator, Talon David, did a good job, I had no trouble understanding who was saying what, where, when, and with what expression/intension.

Thank you to Thomas Nelson, NetGalley, and author Bethany Turner for providing me with a digital ARC copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. Brynn and Sebastian Hate Each Other is out September 5, 2023.

Thanks to NetGalley and Thomas Nelson and Zondervan Audio for the chance to listen to this audiobook.

This is an enemies to lovers style book centring about Brynn and Sebastian.
Brynn is the sunny host of a national morning show who gets caught out saying unkind things about the town she grew up in. She doesn't really feel that way about the town or its people but thinks negatively to avoid feeling homesick.
Sebastian is a relative newcomer to the town who is escaping his past that was bad for his emotional and mental well-being. He loves the small town of Adelaide Springs and is not keen on Brynn after her comments.
They are stuck together when Brynn comes to town for career damage control. They begrudgingly get to know each other, and things go from there.

This was an easy story to listen to and follow. Though I do feel it would be even better if there was a male narrator as well. It would have added to the story as sometimes the change between characters didn't feel overly smooth - especially when narrating the older men. Overall though agreat story and narration.

🌟🌟🌟/ 5 🌟

The voice actors who worked on this audiobook were fantastic! They really tapped in to the emotions played out in this story.

However, the plot itself was very slow-going for me. I didn’t really get sucked into the mountainous small-town romance.

I also found the character a little hard to relate to. Brynn in particular was a hard sell for me.

Thank you to NetGalley and Thomas Nelson FICTION for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I absolutely loved this story. A fun enemies to lovers tale that was inspiring and swoon-worthy. Five stars for sure.

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for this ARC audiobook for an honest review.

This was a fun book with quirky, and endearing side characters! Though in the beginning, our heroine was hard to truly like. Thankfully, there is character growth, and our grumpy hero is really a cinnamon roll. Both of our main characters have a deeper backstory that gives you better insight into their character. I enjoyed the banter and the development between Brynn and Sebatian. I adored the full circle ending!

4 stars

Audiobook Review:
This was such a good story! I enjoyed it immensely. It is a slow burn, enemies to love story. Both the main characters had difficulties in their pasts that shaped their present lives and threw up walls to their futures. As they spent time together, against their will initially, they both had to process and open up. They also learned what they really wanted for themselves. The story was as much about their personal journeys as it was about the romance. Both Brynn and Sebastian had good and bad characteristics, but as we came to understand more and more about them and what shaped them, it was impossible not to cheer for them. There were also a lot of fun secondary characters and I’m excited to see more from them as i understand that there will be a second book. The ending was sweet and felt triumphant in a way. I loved the story.

I generally prefer dual narrators, but a good single narrator can make me forget all about that. That was the case with this audiobook. The narrator is excellent. She conveys the story and emotions well with good inflection and a consistent volume level. Her voices for other characters, especially Sebastian, were very good. I’m even going to look for other books narrated by her. Honestly, probably one of my favourite single narrators I’ve heard.

There is content about trauma from past genocide and atrocities, as well as parental neglect and emotional mistreatment, and marital breakdown. This is a closed door story with no harsh language.

Thank you to NetGalley, the author, audiobook producer, and the publisher for a complimentary copy of the book. This review was written and shared voluntarily, and all thoughts and opinions are my own.

Thank you NetGalley for this review copy!

Great enemies-to-lovers story that had everything I needed! Even more enjoyable with a hot tea and mountain view :)

This was a super unique enemies to lovers. I haven’t read a book with a plot similar to this before so I really enjoyed it. I didn’t feel as much chemistry though! I think because it was such a quick read. Definitely worth the read though and the ending was adorable

Brynn and Sebastian Hate Each Ohter has an enormous potential. When I read the summary, I was already happy for a grumpy-sunshite-hate-to-love romance, but I got a bit disappointed to be honnest. I didn't really got attached to the characters. I liked Brynn a bit more than Sebastian though. Actually, Sebastian felt a bit empty, I couldn't really catch his personnality, how he felt about anything. I don't know, I don't think the book is bad, actually I think it's pretty good, like you will probably spend a nice time, but it juste didn't click with me.

Thank you NetGalley for the advanced audiobook. Brynn and Sebastian Hate Each Other by Bethany Turner is a typical romance. Boy meets girl. Boy hates girl. Boy falls head over heels for girl but will he be willing to risk himself for her? I found this story to not really go anywhere. We all know that celebrities have a persona that they want to uphold. So the fact that Brynn acted like an superficial adult didn’t seem so out of the ordinary. The plot also was nothing out of the ordinary. Growing up in a small town, she wanted nothing but to get out without giving a second thought to those she would hurt in the process. I did, however, really enjoy the narrator Talon David. The expression she added to the characters made them more believable. I was really able to understand how Sebastian felt whenever he spoke of his past. Overall, not bad but not something I would listen to again.

Brynn is so annoying! I dislike her most of the time but Sebastian is amazing, which made the book enjoyable. I love the banter between them. I also love that Brynn realized how arrogant she is and was grounded with all that happened to her.

Thanks once again!

Brynn is a sunny TV host. Sebastion is a grumpy ex-journalist. After Brynn makes a mistake on air, bashing her hometown, she needs to go back home and do damage control. Sebastian, one of the town's spoke persons, is expected to drive her around town while she films her way through saving her career.

While I get the whole point of Brynn faking her sunny persona for viewers and career advancement, as well as giving a whole new twist to the sunshine archetype, I just really didn't like her. At no point in the story did I find myself rooting for her. I resonated with Sebastion so much more. Loved him and how he's grown in the town.

I reviewed the audiobook, and I can only give credit to the wonderful narration by Talon. The way she brought these characters and the entire story to live with nothing but her voice is something I truly admire.

My biggest ick with this story was the fact that the chapters with Sebastian's POV were written in the third person while Brynn's were written in the first person. I get how this might make it clear whose POV it is, but it really threw me off.

I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Brynn Cornell is the it girl of morning television and her job is to make everyone love her. When one day she was talking to her cohost thinking the cameras were off and she was caught trash talking her home down and everyone saw it. Now her good likeable character was ruined and she has to do major damage control to get things back on track. She comes up with the idea to go to her home town and show if the town can forgive her and it was a mistake she's a good person. The thing is she hasn't been back since she left at 18 and hasn't looked back or stayed in touch with anyone.

So to think she will be welcome back with open arms is a joke.

Sebastian Sudworth has been living in this town for the last few years and he loves the simple of the town and is protected of the people and the town. He used to be a big time reporter and one accident made him leave it all behind. They get stuck together and she has no idea who he once once. Can she turn the town and him around that she's a good person?

Listen it wasn't until close to the end I came a little bit around to her. She was very unlikeable as a reader and a brat and honestly I wasn't rooting for her. This was the main thing about the book that turned me off to it. Cause all she cared about was herself and didn't care for her old friends the town she grew up or the people in it. I'm still not convinced she's a good person. She sucks

The town loved them and Sebastian also loved! It would of been a better book with a different lead

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an Audio ARC in exchange for an honest review.

thank you to netgalley for the advanced reading copy. I really enjoyed this and will be getting copies for my shop.

Twenty years ago, Brynn ran as fast as she could from her hometown of Adelaide Springs, Colorado, and is now the NYC-based co-host of the country's top morning TV news program. Six years ago, Sebastian took refuge in Adelaide Springs after disappearing overnight from his life as an award-winning war correspondent.

When Brynn torpedos her career and Adelaide Springs on national television, she must head back on a PR tour to save her job. Sebastian doesn't take kindly to Brynn's shallow and condescending attitude but has drawn the short straw to be her tour guide around town. What starts as a very antagonistic relationship softens as Brynn and Sebastian discover the truth behind their protective barriers and begin to share their vulnerabilities in the quirky little town of Adelaide Springs.

This closed-door, enemies-to-lovers romance starts out pretty cringy. Brynn isn't that character who is endearing to the reader and is misunderstood by the other characters. She is genuinely unlikable at the onset of the book. As Sebastian begins to see her in a new light, so does the reader. I liked that this was a love story between 2 adults who were funny and goofy but also adults who could be introspective and vulnerable. Thank you to @NetGalley for the opportunity to review the delightful audiobook. The story was great, and the narrators' performances truly enhanced the book.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

This story started off with me disliking Brynn a lot, but as the story progressed she grew on me and began to understand her more. In the end she became a likable character and I was happy for her to get a good ending. This grumpy meets sunshine trope was well done in this book along with the small town aspect of the story.

This was cute! I kind of felt like the title didn’t play into the story as much as I wanted it to though. I was expecting Brynn to go back to her hometown, and Sebastian having an incident in some long history with her as the reason they hated each other. The story was enjoyable though, and I liked how much the characters grew from the beginning. Brynn came off as very selfish, and Sebastian was almost too grumpy. It definitely had some key moments that turned the tables for both characters, and made the story that much more enjoyable.

Thank you to NetGalley and Thomas Nelson for the audio ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Brynn Cornel is a NYC reporter, 'wasting' her time 'on the couch' for a nationwide morning show. The PR team has written her bio claiming she's a ray of sunshine, and her co-host finally gets to her -- she snarkily admits she's from a 'small, backward town in the small town of Adelaide Springs, CO', where people weren't all that. Unfortunately, she's still on air. So now she's got to go and apologize to the people of her hometown, a group of people she hasn't seen or even talked to since leaving 20 years ago. Somehow she has to convince the nation she's really NOT a mean girl or as snarky as she unfortunately sounded.

Then there's Sebastian Sudworth, who was a superstar reporter with a reputation for being in the center of the action around the world, who won many major awards and accolades — until something snapped inside him and he vanished from the scene under mysterious circumstances. Turns out Sebastian sought refuge in tiny Adelaide Springs, trying to blend in as a regular, scruffy citizen of the town. When he's assigned to chauffeur Brynn around town, Brynn decides she'll just have to charm him the same way she's charmed all her viewers. But they since theyautomatically hate one another, it's a few very uncomfortable and funny days -- until they realize that they really like one another!

It's a fun,light-hearted story , where going home is just what the doctor ordered. And the narrator was perfect!

"Brynn and Sebastian hate each other," by Bethany Turner was an entertaining and enjoyable story that hooked me as soon as I started listening to it. Brynn is an anchor for one of the top morning news programs in NYC, but during what she thinks is an ad break, she says some pretty terrible stuff over the air about her very small town back in Colorado, she also insults her audience's intelligence. The only thing Brynn can do to fix the big guffaw is to go back home to the small town and apologize and make things right with them (oh, and videotape it for the NYC morning show).
Sebastian is a man of many talents; he has found this tiny town in Colorado when he needed it most. His profession has put him in precarious positions before but right now the only precarious position he has found himself in is being the chauffeur and tour director of newly back to town Brynn. He and Brynn spar constantly, she makes him crazy, but somehow, he can't stop thinking of her! Throw in some old timer locals, long lost friends, and a camera man who is crazy for green chiles and this book is the treat you are looking for.
As much as I enjoyed this book, I like many others found Brynn impossibly hard to like. I know that Miss Turner wrote her this way on purpose, but even when I was supposed to like her, I still couldn't stand her. I also wasn't that fond of Sebastian to be completely honest. I also thought the friendships that Brynn had in her hometown were odd and the explanation of characters who were no longer in town was just added confusion. The timeline seemed off regarding how long she was there and sledding down a mountain?!? Wow, that is so unsafe! I felt like there should be some kind of warning on the outside of the book about that one. I think if you don't think too much or get too bogged down in reality, you should absolutely give this book a go. Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an advanced readers copy for providing my unbiased review. 3 stars