This was an enjoyable enemies-to-lovers romance. While I enjoyed the flirting and the relationships between all of Summer's family members, the romance did feel a bit rushed and slightly unrealistic. However, if you're a fan of leads who actually like each other behind the "hatred" and silly competitions that force them o get to know each other better, then this will be for you!

I enjoyed this cute and touching enemies/rivals to lovers, forced proximity romance by a new to me author.
The plot is well written and full of emotion, fun and steam. The main characters are endearing. Summer is a romantic, kindhearted people-pleaser and Wes a tough businessman who secretly longs for love and belonging, even if he doesn't seem to believe in it. I loved the witty banter, battles of wills, the crackling tension and chemistry between them, how their relationship developed and how protective and empathetic they were for each other. I couldn't stand Summer's sister and Wes' brother for a long time, but all's well that ends well.

Introspective bookshop owner Summer Russo is a romantic at heart who dreams of the perfect meet-cute and great love, but she's used to being overshadowed by her outgoing, vivacious and perfect twin sister Autumn who has all the men at her feet. Summer’s world is turned upside down when a large bookshop chain plans to open a new branch opposite her shop and she gets into a fierce battle with the handsome owner Wes Kingston.
Wes grew up the bastard of a rich entrepreneur who was abandoned and rejected by his father, but after his father's death he suddenly becomes the CEO of the company and the terms of the will stipulate that Wes and his reckless younger half-brother Randy must expand the company within a year or lose their shares.
When Autumn turns up at the traditional family holiday with her new boyfriend and his brother, Summer can't believe her eyes. Not only does her sister unexpectedly abandon her, she now has to spend a week in close quarters with her nemesis Wes…

If you like hate-love relationships, romantic heroines, reformed billionaires, verbal sparring, pranks and spice, you are sure to enjoy this book!

I received a free ARC of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own and left voluntarily.

A romcom full of meet-cutes, crazy family, twin bond, grumpy hero and sweet heroine, and hate to love all bundle in books. Summer’s dream of making her family Romance Bookstore stay afloat is threatened by big corporate store and his arrogant owner Wes. But the more they interest and fight the more they connect in a deep level. Can they find their HEA or will reality break them apart? Sweet, funny and spicy read. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC copy. This is honest review

Summer Russo can't stand the new tenant next door, who seems to be set on destroying her beloved bookstore. He's a Goliath of a competitor, and the minute his store opens, hers will be doomed. He's just so British... and arrogant... and way too handsome...

Weston Kingston inherited his father's company and he has a very specific set of instructions to adhere to if he wants to keep it. So unfortunately, he can't be the good guy when it comes to the little bookstore next door... no matter how much he enjoys arguing with its owner...

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Love to Hate You was an entertaining and sexy, enemies to lovers, romance read! Summer and Wes are doomed to be enemies forever when it comes to their competing bookstores... that is, until Wes shows up to her annual family vacation...

Summer loves her simple life, her bookstore that has been in the family forever, and her identical twin, Autumn. But when said sister shows up dating her enemies brother, her relaxing family vacation is ruined with an unwelcome visitor who seems dead set to ruin her last piece of sanity...

Wes was a pragmatic man, who was tasked with expanding his family company... or else. And while he cares little about the business for himself, he needs to succeed for the sake of his brother's future as well. But when Wes and Summer learn that their siblings are dating, their bookstore rivalry is about to really get personal...

I really enjoyed this book and the combative relationship between Summer and Wes. They were both loyal and admirable characters, and I wish I could say the same about their families! Summer deserved much better from her sister, and every scene she had with her just broke my heart. I loved that she found someone like Wes who was on her side, when no one else seemed to be... enemy or not.

I received a complimentary copy of this book for my honest and unbiased review.

Thank you to NetGalley and 8th Note Press for providing the ARC.

This book was a fun, quick read that I enjoyed a lot. The real shining note here is the banter between Summer and Wes and it really sells the enemies-to-lovers story this book is. It is top tier, and for someone who's love language is absolutely roasting people, I love it when the banter really comes across well.

What didn't quite work was the transition for these two characters from enemies to lovers. It felt a little rocky and not entirely fleshed out. I wanted to see more of them getting to know that the other wasn't a lost cause before they decided that they would end up together. It made the romance part of it a bit stilted and not as engrossing as I wanted it to be.

The most infuriating part of this book was Summer's family and how they treated her, but especially her sister. It was like watching the sister dynamic from 27 Dresses, where you have one who is a perpetual doormat and the other one takes full advantage of that, knowing that her sister is a complete pushover. It was incredibly frustrating to read and made even more so when there wasn't really a satisfying blow up or really Summer's sister or family acknowledging that they were treating her poorly.

Overall, it was a good book that had a lot of really great high points.

This book was an experience. I read like 17% and wasn't feeling the characters so I set it aside for a few weeks and came back to it. Then I read it in a couple of days, and when I only had 10% to go I was eager for the kids to go to bed so I could finish it. The connection is a bit abrasive and more lust than like connection, but the relationship does develop on the page and I bought in. I will say that Summer should not be 24, if he's in his early 30s I think that would have been a considerable age gap to address and also I just feel like where she is at in her life and her demeanor in the book like give the girl a few more years, every time it would mention her age it bugged me, IDK. But this was generally really sweet with mid spice. I ended up liking it the second try. Thank you 8th Note Press for providing this book for review consideration via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

1⭐️ Thank you to NetGalley and 8th Note Press for an advanced copy of Love To Hate You.

Summer runs a small charming bookstore and one day Wes comes to town to open a big box bookstore.

This is supposed to be enemies to lovers but it was so cringey and cheesy. I could not stand the characters in this book. This was not for me.

Summer Russo loves all things romance. She believes in destiny, true love, and chocolate cake. She owns a bookshop named All Things Cupid and believes that her perfect meet-cute is right around the corner. With so much of her life focused on romance, she’s a bit discouraged that she hasn’t had her own happily ever after. Enter Wes Kingston, a handsome Brit who is building a mega bookstore across the street. They are opposites in many ways, not just in the way a bookstore should be run. When a huge coincidence occurs, they are forced to spend time together at her family’s vacation home. As her friend Cleo says, “Life isn’t a Nora Ephron movie. It’s loud and messy with lots of twists and unexpected turns.” Those unexpected turns take them from opposites who attract to having much more in common than they ever dreamed.

I love it when a hopeless romantic finally gets her happy ending! I loved seeing their relationship change and unfold as they spent more time together. Wes shows such depth in the way that he seems to intuitively understand and appreciate Summer. There is much more to him than meets the eye, and she gradually uncovers it all. She determines to be bold and be the heroine of her own story – and what a romantic story it is. It is filled with great banter, interesting characters, and just the right amounts of tension and steam. All this and wonderful nods to the incredible Nora Ephron too!

This book cute and a bit spicy (personal opinion). its an easy read and I assume cozy.
with the trope enemy to lovers & romcom you can enjoy this book all the way till the end, its an easy read but a bit difficult for me to focus because its in 3rd pov.
Overall I enjoy and I love it.

This is a cheesy romance story in book form. There is definitely heavy inspiration from the 90s romcom You’ve Got Mail alongside some crashing family vacations, forced proximity, and twin sisters dating brothers (take that as you will). It has great elements of cutesy elements of meet cutes and meet uglies juxtaposes with a good mix of heavy conversations about familial relationship struggles.

My biggest complaint is the whiplash of emotions. Maybe it’s due to the story being told in third person, but often times the story jumps from sharing Wes’ emotions and thoughts to Summer’s. Not only do the character trains switch, but how each character feels jumps—which this is a great representation is the thin line between love and hate, it was difficult to fully comprehend. Ultimately, I would recommend this to anyone looking for a short and fun read.

I have not read a Marina Adair book in a minute and enjoyed every moment of my return back. This is a super cute book about Summer, a down-on-her-luck bookshop owner, and Wes, the bookstore king who is opening up his newest location next door. This had all the feelings of You've Got Mail with a completely different result and setting. Summer is all too glad to head to the beach for a week away from the stress of the impending competition from Wes's store. She is then devastated to find her twin, Autumn, has come with her new boyfriend and his brother, Wes. These two just cannot get away from each other.

This was a fun enemies to lovers and a delightful ending. I adored Wes. He was the perfect blend of strong and sweet. I love that he championed Summer while also staying true to his work. The banter between these two made me laugh so many times. The setting at the beach with a small-town feel was perfection. The ups and downs of vacationing with family, complete with the crazy aunt, were spot-on. I smiled throughout my reading of this one. I just love the fun, lighthearted feel that Adair brings to her characters. This was a solid romance with a great ending!

This book was an easy summery read. Unfortunately I struggled to connect with the characters. Autumn was just awful (the write does a great job at making this known) but I felt like it was overpowering at times and it left me with a bad taste.

Summer's relationship with Wes could have been a bit more romantic. I think it went from enemies to lust too quickly and their thought felt contradictory to their actions most of the time. The setting at the beach house was nice, personally I don't enjoy reads where there at too many coincidences but it was okay overall.

2.5/5 Stars

Thank you to NetGalley, Marina Adair and 8th Note Press for the ARC!

I liked the premise of this book which is why I requested it. Book giant comes in and threatens to wipe out little bookshop. Who doesn’t love “You’ve Got Mail”? This should have been a winner.
But, I kinda wish I had added this to my DNF pile, sadly. The writing wasn’t great and there were some serious cringe worthy moments. The characters felt very 2 dimensional because they were all placed into very basic binaries. The twins were opposites of each other. The FMC and MMC were opposites. He was good at running a multi-million dollar business and sex and otherwise couldn’t handle emotional relationships. Can we please do better by characters in books? Can they be more than two things? This is so overdone with male characters, especially.
Anyway, rant over. I’ll give it 2.5 stars, but I’m rounding it down to 2.

I requested this from NetGalley because… books about books are my fav romance books.

Love to Hate You by Marina Adair was an ok read. I liked the character dynamics especially the MMC’s character development. However, the plot didn't blow me away, it was predictable. Overall, a decent “hallmark romcom.

All thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

Such a fun twist on “You’ve Got Mail” I loved how the two MCs were complete opposites and shop rivals to begin with, however over the course of the novel we learn they actually have a lot of similarities. Once they finally come together they put their differences aside they learn they quite similar and it’s worth giving it a chance. The banter was 🤌🏼✨funny and flirtatious. Summer Russo is the perfect epitome of a hopeless romantic and rightfully so. She dreams of true love and is not afraid to wear he heart of her sleeve making her very lovable and relatable. Then we have Wes Kingston who is a total strait-laced suit type who doesn’t do serious relationships. He closes his heart to save himself from pain only to open up to Summer in the end. Overall it was a great fast-paced romance that I would read again. 🩵
🩵Sunny x Stormy MCs
📖 Indie Bookstore owner x Bookstore CEO
🩵 Hopeless romantic x pessimist
📖 Opposites attract
🩵 Forced Proximity

Rating: ★★★★☆

Love to Hate You by Marina Adair is a delightful enemies-to-lovers romance that offers a fresh twist on the classic You’ve Got Mail narrative.

Set against the charming backdrop of Mystic, Connecticut, the story follows Summer Russo, a passionate indie bookstore owner, and Wes Kingston, a pragmatic CEO of a big-box bookstore chain. Their initial rivalry over competing businesses evolves into a compelling romantic journey filled with witty banter, emotional depth, and undeniable chemistry. 

Adair masterfully crafts characters who are both relatable and endearing. Summer’s unwavering belief in true love and her determination to save her bookstore are inspiring, while Wes’s transformation from a solitary businessman to someone open to love adds a satisfying depth to his character.
The interplay between their contrasting personalities creates a dynamic and engaging narrative.  

The novel also delves into complex family dynamics, particularly between Summer and her twin sister, adding layers to the storyline. Adair’s writing is both heartfelt and humorous, making for an enjoyable read that balances romance with personal growth.

Thank you to NetGalley, Marina Adair, and Zando/8th Note Press for the opportunity to read this ARC. Love to Hate You is a charming and emotionally resonant novel that will appeal to fans of contemporary romance

Thank you 8th Note Press for the ARC.

A quick entertaining romance. I enjoyed the main couple and the banter and hate to love was a fun ride but also wasn’t anything that would stick with me for a long time. I wish they would’ve taken more time to work out their issues while in a relationship rather than 80% of the book being a build up to them getting together. I think if they would’ve spent more time as a couple in the book we would’ve got to see them work through more personal issues with each other that went deeper because they are romantically involved.

My main issue though was with Autumn and Randy, but mainly Autumn. She was just insufferable. So incredibly selfish and Summer deserved so much better than the apology she got. Autumn just continuously took advantage of Summer’s kindness and only thought of herself and it was so frustrating. The entire Randy and Autumn relationship in general was irritating me because it just seemed so immature and neither of them were being logical. It really took me out of the story and made it hard for me to feel for them.

I also found the smut to be quite cringey and the language used, like comparing it to an F1 race, took me out of the scene because it was just odd.

Summer and Wes’ banter really carried the story for me and I think Wes overall was super sweet and him and Summer were a very good match. Seeing how he fixed his mistakes and talked through his insecurities was really nice to see.

Overall it was a fun read but nothing super memorable.

Love to Hate You had an interesting premise of an indie romance bookstore owner going up against corporate millionaire and somehow finding ground to fall in love. I was so here for all of that.

I think if you’re looking for that quintessential hallmark movie feeling that has a certain level of absurdity, that takes on the 90’s + 00’s romance cliches, with a fair bit of spice and tension, you’ll really love this. It’s a silly, fun time and would make a great audiobook for in the car or even a fun movie.

Unfortunately for me, I found it a tad juvenile and really lacked the heart and depth I enjoy from characters

“Love to Hate You” delivers a fiery enemies-to-lovers romance with just the right amount of angst and banter. The chemistry between the characters is undeniable, and the slow-burn tension keeps you turning pages. Perfect for fans of steamy, trope-heavy love stories that don’t hold back on emotional depth. A fun, satisfying read that proves hate really can turn into something much hotter.

An enemies to lovers romance, the story of Wes and Summer. Set around rival book stores, with you've got mail gives a fun read, told from both points of view.