Katherine Center has become one of my favorite authors and is an automatic read for me.


This book was especially enjoyable as we followed the main female character, Katie, as she takes on a challenging work assignment in order to prevent losing her job.

She's also dealing with previous heartbreak. And a lack of confidence in her body. As cute as this romance was, I do think the bigger story was Katie learning to love herself and learn to not be a love hater.

I do recommend this book for anyone who loves rom coms and women's fiction.

thank you to the publisher and net galley for the arc.

You can always count on Katherine Center to deliver a heartfelt romance filled with humour and an emotional undertone that pulls on your heartstrings.

What to expect:
- worplace-ish: video producer and the man she's profiling
- hate to love (hence the title!)
- banter that will have you laughing out loud!
- slow burn, closed-door romance
- FMC's realistic struggle with body image and self-doubt
- fun side characters, including a cutie pooch!

I look forward to seeing what Katherine Center writes as I am often entertained and usually really appreciate the FMC in the novels. While I wasn't as enamored with the FMC as some of the past ones, the love interest and side characters made up for it. I absolutely would LOVE more of the older women community in Key West and their stories as they all seemed SUPER interesting and I love their found family. This one was good, but not great. I still will absolutely devour any novel written by Center and am already looking forward to her next one (probably a backlist as I don't know if I can wait for her next new release!)

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

Mrs Katherine could publish her grocery list and I would read it, no questions asked! What an absolute treat this book was. I have to admit a little different from her other love stories. I loved the way she carefully portrait body image and self love and at the same time weaving relatable love story. Having lived in Miami it was a huge plus to have this set in the Keys which contributed to loving way more the story. As amazing as always!

I generally enjoy Katherine Center’s books but I found these characters so incredibly irritating. I totally get body image issues caused by trauma but I felt it was almost taken to a weird extreme. I honestly didn’t finish this one, as I was so annoyed and I didn’t want to ruin myself for Center’s future books.

Kathrine Center did it again!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟
I wanted MORE Hutch and Katie and was so sad when the book ended!! Loved Auntie Rue and The Gals!! I highly enjoyed the body positivity representation! I loved how she took us on this journey of self discovery with Katie on learning to love herself! Andd she got the hot guy at the end too! I kid you not, I got butterflies as I was reading this and loved every minute of it!
Also, I need to see this promo video! 😂
Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for this ARC

OH MY GOODNESS, one of my new favorite books! "The Love Haters" by Katherine Center was wonderful, fun, and hilarious. I loved the characters and storyline, was delightful and feel good the whole read through. Thank you for that! Thank you NetGalley, the author and publisher. All opinions are my own.

This is probably the 4th or 5th book that I have read by Katherine Center and I think she just keeps getting better and better. I adored this book!

I absolutely adore Katherine Center, and all of her books are always a balm to my soul. The Love Haters was cute, but does not hold a torch to her previous novels. Unfortunately I didn’t like the body dysmorphia angle, I felt as if Katie was so self deprecating and it made it hard to connect with her. Hutch, his beloved aunt, and his silly Great Dane really made the story what it was.

love love love katherine center! she has not missed a bit and i finished this book in one sitting! thank you so much netgalley for the chance to read this book in advance!

The Love Haters was the perfect book to kick off the summer!!! First, I will read anything by Katherine Center - I have yet to meet a book of hers I didn't fall in love with. And trust me when I say I fell in love with this book. You have an awesome scene for a beach read - Key West! You have the hunky heroic male character who doesn't realize how awesome he is, so it makes you fall even more in love with him. You have Katie, who is struggling to move on in her life, save her job and learning to love herself all at the same time. You have all of the ancillary characters that you want to be your new best friends. Oh, and there is the most adorable dog ever George Bailey!! Put it all in a mixing bowl and out pops the perfect summer beach love story! This book has all the feels!! Make sure you add this book to your summer reading list!!

My thanks to Katherine Center, St. Martin's Press and Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I’m a Katherine Center completist. I have adored her since “How to Walk Away” and every book has been nearly 5 stars for me. I have also had the privilege to meet her multiple times and she is ridiculous, unequivocally lovely and kind.
That’s why I hate to share…I didn’t like this book very much. The characters were likable enough; Katherine Center’s kind, easy voice comes through in every character she writes. I wanted good things for them. I just didn’t find them believable as people. I don’t mind to suspend disbelief for a love story; I crave it. But the world she created in this one – down to the situations the characters found themselves in – just didn’t feel like it could exist anywhere.
I’ll keep reading and loving her books, but I would love to see her veer back to the more realistic spaces she explored in her earlier works.

I absolutely loved every aspect of this book. Katie was one of my favorite characters that I have read; she was relatable, witty, and endearing. Hutch was complicated yet lovable. The minor characters (Cole, Rue, Sullivan, The Gals) added so much to the storyline and I enjoyed their presence just as much as the main characters. Once I thought the plot was over, another event happened that was thrilling and suspenseful. Even though the novel as a predictable rom com path, Katie changed so much as a character on her own, regardless of the love story, that it made the story so much more impactful. The Love Haters was a quick, humorous novel that is a PERFECT summertime read.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an ARC of Katherine Center’s Love Haters. The book offers a fun premise with Center’s signature charm and humor, but it didn’t quite land as powerfully for me as some of her earlier work. I found it entertaining and easy to read, but it wasn’t the most memorable.

I still enjoy her novels, for sure. My favorite remains her 2018 novel, How To Walk Away.

Cute romance, but didn't like as much as her others - just didn't feel there was as much depth there to the main character. Overall, I did enjoy this tale of a videographer who must overcome her fears to save her job and maybe even meet the man of her dreams when she agrees to make recruitment video for the Coast Guard. Good read for the summer!

This was a wonderful story about accepting and learning to love every part of yourself and seeing yourself through the lens of those who care about you. Katie, once the fiance of a famous pop (or was it rock, not really important), forgets that the Internet can be debilitating when catty women can hide behind keyboards. She takes everything to heart and spirals until Beanie (her cousin) steps in. Here she is a year or so later, and while her professional life seems to be going okay, she is still afraid of being seen. Enter a project that she is absolutely not qualified for but she's going to do it anyway. she learns to grow and to accept the color in herself. I really enjoyed the story and George Bailey lol.

If Katherine Center writes something I am jumping all over it. It follows Katie Vaughn who has been burned in the past by love and is subsequently bleeding into her career. She has the choice of getting laid off as a video producer or take a gig that would change the trajectory of her career by profiling a coast guard rescue swimmer in Key West. Some key points, loved how Center continues to intermingle human emotions in a way that sways the heart, though I did find that the FMC was very self deprecating to the point of ad nauseum.

This was a perfect summer read. It was the perfect combination of cozy, heartwarming and atmospheric Florida vacation vibes with fun angst, romance, and a deeper if undercurrent of self-love and acceptance. I loved the balance of emotional and flirty beats throughout the story, including some fun adventure-y stakes at the end! Totally recommend for a summer read and one of my favorite Katherine Center books yet!

Is KC using a ghost writer or something? I swear I haven't been wow'd by her since The Bodyguard and it's killing me! The writing feels flimsy almost and I don't want it to because I've always loved her. Sigh.

Really enjoyed this book, but I wish there had been a TW about the disordered eating discussed within it.