Review Update

Guys!! On the 1st of September stop everything you are doing, go online to your favorite bookshop and get your hands on a copy of Scorpio Hates Virgo. You will not regret it I promise you that.

Anyta Sunday is back with her second novel in the Signs of love series. When I read Leo Loves Aries( the 1st book) I was taken back with how amazing it was. I don't read contemporary. It is not my thing but omg do I love this series. Scorpio Hates Virgo can be read as a stand alone but do be warned if you ever wanted to read Leo Loves Aries, our stars from book one - Theo & Jamie - do have a cameo in Scorpio Hates Virgo and in my opinion it's so much fun knowing who they are.

Now on to why I loved this so much. One answer( there is more than one but this is my favorite): Slow burn. Anyta Sunday is my go to author when I want to read good slow burn romances. Nobody does it quite like her. And by that I mean, wanting me to break my own no Insta - love rule very quickly because Tension.

The book is told from the POV of Percy. Percy has returned home to sell his aunts house in hopes of leaving the cup-de-sac behind him. But Percy has a problem and that problems comes in the form of Cal, his nemesis. And so the story begins.

I loved everything about this from the slow burn romance to the crazy, lovable neighbors. What I loved also was the romance didn't take over the whole plot. Percy is grieving and Cal is dealing with problems at home. Both are like anchors for each other and it was beautiful to see their friendship evolve before a relationship even gets hinted at. It's unique and different and miss Sunday always has a way to make me love it all. We see new faces and old faces and guys I now have high hopes of finding neighbors just like Percy's I'm on a mission. The cul-de-sac is just like one big happy family and I dare you not to love it.

Overall I would recommend this to people who like me love slow burn. If you are the type of person who doesn't, and wants Insta love you will be disappointed. But then again Percy could warm the coldest heart so give it a try. I adored it and I don't even like contemporary that's how good Anyta Sunday is.

Enjoyed this addition to the series. Loved both characters.

Absolutely gorgeous slow burn romance from Anyta Sunday, this one ramps up the UST between Cal and Percy until it has nowhere else to go but to explode in a volcanic exploration of love and desire.
Great secondary characters and setting bring this book to life with the sense of community which is waiting to embrace Percy after his aunt's death.
Lots of humour stops the slow burn from becoming a bit too much, although it skirts a fine line between taking too long and losing the reader's interest, but fortunately Sunday is a writer who knows when to pull people back with a touch of sexual contact.
I loved both Percy and Cal and the chapter intros, just like in book one, were hilarious and helped to tell the story without throwing in loads of exposition.

Felt for Percy from the first - he was struggling with his grief . Loved Cal and the gnome game and all the cul de sac characters.Possibly a little too slow a burn considering how long they had been neighbours and nemeses but it did not detract from the enjoyment of reading their story . Have to fall in love with cal for the care he gives to those he loves.

What a lovely little book! I'm a sucker for friends/enemies to lovers stories so this one was right up my alley. Both Percy and Cal are wonderful guys who (though they like to call themselves nemesis) never actually hated each other. I absolutely loved their chemistry that was there all along even if it took our guys some time to act on it. 
There are a lot of cute, funny and heartwarming scenes, thanks to the community they live in aka the cul-de-sac. I adored all the side characters and there were a million tiny things that made them more than just a way to fill up space. 

Scorpio Hates Virgo is a sweet slow burn romance with wonderful characters and lots of humor. I really hope there'll be more books in the Signs of Love series.

This second book in Anyta's 'Signs of Love' series is frenemies-to-lovers at its finest.

Percy is thoroughly convinced that everyone will leave him. Always. So not only is he afraid of his attraction to Callaghan because Cal is straight, but also because he fears putting himself out there (again), only to be rejected in the end.

Callaghan isn't afraid of his burgeoning attraction to his long-time nemesis, per se, he just needs more time to wrap his head around the attraction and see if it's something he truly wants to pursue.

When Percy's beloved aunt dies, he returns to sell her house and begin processing his grief. What he doesn't account for, though, is that his neighbors are conspiring against his plans for a hasty departure. Well, one neighbor in particular, mostly. His nemesis, Cal.

The snark and banter in this second book felt much more subtle than it did in Theo and Jamie's story. Also, this story is *much* more of a super-slow burn in the romance and steamy times department. I mean, the first kiss didn't even happen until nearly 70% in, so yeah. Slooooooooow burn.

So while I truly love both Percy and Cal, this more subdued romance left me missing a bit of the quick one-two verbal jabs that were so prevalent in the interactions that we saw between Theo and Jamie as their relationship developed.

One of my favorite aspects of this book is when it finally clicks with Percy that you can move on and recover from loss without necessarily leaving your old life behind entirely, as he'd initially thought he'd need to do. That sometimes the best way to get past your grief is to embrace those around you that you love, and love you in return -- if you'll only open up your heart and let them.

I'd rate this one at a solid 4.25 stars and highly recommend it to any fans of the first book, "Leo Loves Aries."

Anyta Sunday has a way with words. I haven't read a thing by this author that wasn't amazing.

Scorpio Hates Virgo is a Nemesis (not so much) to lovers romance. It has all the feels, too. I definitely cried. This was a slow burn, and it had heat and sparks and even some flames. But most of all it had heart. Not just between the two main characters either. The heart of the community that pull together, that seems like a great place to live. I also love how you can kind of check in with other characters in the series. It's a standalone though. Both Percy and Cal were sweet and endearing characters with witty banter. I only wish there was a bit more resolution with Percy's cousin near the end, but other than that, I absolutely loved it.
I received an arc of this.

I've read first book in this series, Leo Loves Aries, in March after Amazon recommended it to me and I really enjoyed it, it was exactly what I wanted, a cutesy, new adult m/m romance. And when I saw that the second book was available for request on Netgally I decided to pick it up.
You don't need to read the first book to read this one, it has completly different main characters and stories. The only connection between the books is that Percy's other neighbour is the mother of Theo, the main character of Leo Loves Aries. But despite not being necessary to read the first one, I think yoou will enjoy this one more if you do since the characters from the first one appear eventually.
I've loved the dialogue in this. I have also loved the character interactions but especially Percy's and Cal's interactions. Talking about Cal, something that I was surprised to see but that I loved so much is that he is both demisexual and pansexual, making this book even more diverse. I've read a very little amount of books that feature characters of one of this sexualites so that is so refreshing to see.
I didn't have a lot of problems in this one, I just felt that the ending was a little bit too rushed, the relashionship and a few plot lines were just resolved too quickly. The relashionship was so cute and the book just left me so happy, and it was a really quick read. I definitely want to read more of Anyta Sunday's books.

Another good story from [author:Anyta Sunday|5155341], with enough angst and sex to keep you happy.

Percy and Cal where great foes and friends and well drawn characters, who drew you into the story from the start.

Two minor negatives:
1) I didn't get the Sherlock Gnomes game to start with
2) Cal's mum and sister would have benefited by having their characters defined a bit more.

Overall I'm really looking forward to reading the next instalment in this series.

Surrounded by a delightful cast of secondary characters cheering them on, Percy and Cal discover that sometimes love is right before us if only we're willing to see.

Scorpio Hates Virgo is a beautifully written slow-burn romance that I simply could not put down before I had finished reading it from cover to cover. It drew me in and kept me there unlike anything I've read recently.

It gave me the happy feels and made me smile like a lunatic because these guys were simply adorable. Their banter didn't make me laugh out loud, but it made me smile this slightly crazy happy smile. I also really, really liked the other, less important characters who were there for our heroes Percy and Cal. Cal's sister Ellie, for example, was a stroke of genius from Sunday's part, in my opinion.

The writing style seemed slightly different from Sunday's usual style and it took me a couple of chapters of getting used to, but in the end I loved the way it made me root for Percy and Cal. I loved how obvious their attraction to one another was, but I loved it even more that Sunday made them take their time and allowed the reader a chance to get a glimpse into these guys' lives and also understand what they saw in each other.

I only wish that the story had been longer and that there had been something from Cal's POV as well. Maybe an epilogue or something would've made the story even more perfect.

What a treat! I wasn't entirely sure how I felt about the dictionary entry at the start, and to be honest, those never really did it for me, but other than that small detail, I loved this book. It was funny, there was clever word play, and the growing awareness between Perseus and Callahan that they couldn't consider themselves nemeses anymore had me rooting so hard for them.

This is also very much a story about grief and loss and a community, an extended family actually, coming together to help the healing process. The Sherlock Gnomes game was a ton of fun and gave great insights into all the secondary characters. I'd love to read more in this world, so I'll definitely be going back to read Theo's story.

Thank you to NetGalley and Anyta Sunday for the opportunity to read this title in exchange for a fair and honest review.

I am not even exaggerating when I say Scorpio Hates Virgo was my most anticipated m/m novel of 2017. The very second after I finished reading Leo Loves Aries, the first book in Anyta Sunday’s Signs of Love series, I was already on Goodreads trying to find out as my info as I possibly could on the sequel. And when I finally got my hands on a copy?? I guess you can say a few screams of excitement were involved.

Scorpio Hates Virgo has quite a deceiving title; this is not a book about hate – it’s a slow-burn romance between semi-nemeses who are only nemeses because they’re both too stubborn to admit the burning sexual tension between them that expresses itself in sarcasm and banter.

Percy is the Scorpio and has not had a good few months: his boyfriend broke up with him for someone else because he wasn’t “family material,” his beloved aunt – who took him in when his parents disowned him for being gay – has died, his cousin hates him because their aunt left Percy her run-down house, and now he is trying to sell said house because there are too many memories for him. But despite the sadness permeating his life, Percy is an amusing protagonist, and incredibly funny – but most importantly, sympathetic too: his entire life, the people he has loved have left him, so he has resounded himself to keeping people at a distance for his own safety. Returning to the cul-de-sac is hard for him, made doubly so by the appearance of his nemesis, Cal, who just will not leave him alone.

Aside from the fact that Cal is a grammarian – which is reason enough to love him – he is also one of my favourite Anyta Sunday characters so far. And why? Because he wears dinosaur t-shirts, he left his Masters in order to care for his family, he is super sarcastic, and he’s demipansexual. He spends a majority of the novel trying to support Percy as much as possible, and coming to understand his own feelings and sexuality.

Unlike a certain Leo from Leo Loves Aries, Percy and Cal aren’t oblivious to the blossoming romance developing between them – they have always known it was there, simmering beneath the surface of their banter, but have been too afraid to bring it to the light. Especially Percy who has had far too many heartaches and is terrified of falling for a what he believes is a straight man.

What tides the reader over is the incredibly prolonged slow-burn romance that, not even exaggerating here, takes up 90% of the novel. But I love slow-burns – the slower the better in my opinion – and was blushing at all the flirting, rapid-fire wordplay, lingering looks, “innocent” touches, massages … it was too much.

I burst out laughing when Crystal, Theo and Leone’s mother, is revealed as one of Percy and Cal’s neighbours, and then squealed in excitement when Theo and Jaime make a brief cameo. It’s so heartening to see them together and even more in love than they were in Leo Loves Aries. Oh! And MINOR SPOILER: we also got acknowledgment that Theo is bi, which was the only issue I had with Leo Loves Aries, so thank you Anyta! (Please give us more short stories about Theo and Jaime, Anyta!!!)

Scorpio Hates Virgo is not the book I thought it would be, and that is most certainly a good thing. I expected a lot of hate and angst, and instead the book was tender and soft and super nerdy, with dinosaurs and dictionaries and two headstrong, lonely men. I was in my element.

Please read this adorable novel, and follow my lead in endlessly badger the author into continuing the series. It has everything we could ever want in a Romance: humour, mischievous, longing, sarcasm, whimsy … I can’t get enough. Sunday has outdone herself once again!

Percy, short for Perseus, and Cal, short for Callagan, have been “enemies” since the day they met years ago. Except there’s more to the story, and its possible that they may have just been bickering to hide how much they like each other. Its honestly adorable. Percy is facing some hard times, his beloved aunt has died and now he has to move back home to prepare to sell her house. His neighbors don’t want him to move though, and led by Cal, they try to convince Percy to stay. Its heartwarming to see him realize that he hasn’t lost everything because he still has people that love him.

Cal also has been going through a hard time: his dad left, he broke up with his longtime girlfriend, and he had to leave his master’s program. In spite of all of that, Percy is a shining light in his life that brings him joy. When they continue to bicker despite their growing attraction, you can’t help but wonder when they’ll just give up and kiss already and when they do its so satisfying. The slow burn also makes sense beyond their initial “enemy” status because Cal is demisexual. He needed all that time spent bickering to develop a physical attraction to Percy along with his romantic attraction. And let’s just say that physical attraction he develops is hawt.

All of Ms. Sunday’s romances are so sweet and this one is no exception. The horoscope aspect is not as pronounced in this one when compared to the first in the series but still has a role to play. I can’t wait to see if there is going to be more in the series, I for one, am ready for 4 more. So if you’re in the mood for a sweet HEA, then look no further.

A great frenemies to lovers story.

I find Anyta Sunday's writing quite delicious. Her humor is witty, snarky, funny and inventive; I love it! Scorpio Hates Virgo is the second book in the Signs of Love series but it can also be read as a standalone. Book one, Aries Love Scorpio, is fantastic, too so I highly recommend it as well.

Percy Freedman has come to sell his beloved Aunt's home, which he inherited when she died. All of the neighbors on the cul-de-sac think he should keep the house and live in it; even his nemesis, Callaghan Glover.

Percy has a certificate in Massage Therapy and gives great massages. Callaghan (Cal) is a student of paleontology; he's obsessed with dinosaurs. The book is liberally sprinkled with references to dinosaurs and I have to inject something personal here. The day after I finished reading this book I went on a mystery bus trip – destination unknown – we ended up at Dinosaur World. I had the best time looking at all of the replicas of various dinosaurs and remembering the various passages in the book that talked about them. This made what could have otherwise been a somewhat boring trip (I'm not crazy about dinosaurs) very interesting.

Anyta Sunday is fantastic at writing slow-burn romance. The "dance" that Percy and Cal do throughout this story, and the snarky comments they make to each other, kept me fully engaged from start to finish. Things are also made interesting by the fact that Percy thinks that Cal is straight. The book made me laugh and cry, and at times I wanted to knock some sense into Percy and Cal.

I love how the beginning of each chapter is preceded by a little teaser, for example:

percalinary
noun / per . cal . i . nary

Definition of PERCALINARY
: a reference containing words and their definitions and usage according to Percy Freedman and Callaghan Glover
: a reference explaining the implied meanings of words as used by Percy Freedman and Callaghan Glover

Example of PERCALINARY in a sentence
My first time watching Percy and Cal interact required frequent recourse to a percalinary to understand what the hell type of flirting these two were up to.

I loved this story and I hope there will be more books in the Signs of Love series.


An advanced copy of this book was provided to me but my review was voluntary and not influenced by the author.

***Reviewed for Xtreme-Delusions dot com***

I received this ARC for an honest review.

Can I say swoon?! I loved it! Again, Anyta Sunday put out a slow burn, tantalizing romance. I will say that I wish the "hate" between the two main characters was actually there. Mostly it was never an enemy's to lovers trope, more like an "I don't want to like you so I am going to tease you" trope.

I loved the mystery theme to the whole book. It kept me guessing and wondering along with our protagonist. Also, the author does a great job of giving the characters the correct astrology characteristics.

Overall, five stars!

I absolutely LOVED this book!! This series is so much fun!!! This book had the perfect amount of steam, and banter and angst. I am loving this author!

4.5 stars
Percy and Cal
Oke I have to confess....i love and hate slow burns from this author....
Love it because it's so beautiful, emotional and intense and hate it because it's so beautiful, emotional and intense and I can't handle the pace

A lovely story take place at the cul-de-sac.
There are families who are close and care for each other. Also Percy's aunt where he grew up....now she past away..
Percy is back...not for long, he want to sell the house....
There are neighbors who don't agree with this decision...they'll do everything to keep Percy at their cul-de-sac....especially.....Callaghan Glover

Looking outside his window he can see Cal's house. They behave like they don't like each other much....they call each other names....
Nemesis is a word you'll read a lot and oh my goodness it has the opposite meaning....

"You can lose yourself in a sea of words. You can find yourself in it too."

It's all written in the stars...

Written with humor and deep ernst, it will make you laugh and cry.
Always emotional with a longing and yearning it made my heart squeeze....
I was moved.....it was hard for me because the pace was killing...necessary but killing.
If you know this author already you will love this story. If you don't I want to recommend this one because it has so much to offer....emotions, laughter and cry...<3

Kindly received an ARC from the author's PR and Netgalley Thank you both !

Book#1 in this series „Leo Loves Aries“ was my first Anyta Sunday experience back in march and since then I‘ve already read several more of her wonderful stories. I‘m still so happy I‘ve found her.

I love her slow burn romance with every book more. And even though „Scorpio Hates Virgo“ is written in 3rd person, like Theo and Jamie‘s story, and I usually prefer 1st person, I instantly connected with Percy and Cal. Percy‘s grieve and Cal‘s family situation touched me and their banter made me giggle.

„Callaghan.“ Percy said and plastered on a bored smile. „Perseus.“ „Didn‘t you waltz over just in time?“ „That‘s me. All hero-complex.“

This was an emotional read
with heart fluttering ♡
a little tearing up ♡
and laughing out loud moments ♡

I must confess, I didn‘t quite „get“ the enemy-deal in the beginning but I enjoyed it nevertheless, Percy and Cal have great chemistry and and the way Anyta Sunday showed and told their nemesis-connection made my heart beat faster with guessing and hoping.

I LOVED the definitions at the beginning of the chapters, I probably highlighted almost every one ♡
I LOVED the gnoming, Cal‘s wonderful family and just the whole cul-de-sac-gang.

Just 4,5 stars LOVED it

Percy and Cal (sweet patient Cal <3 ) stole my heart and I didn‘t want this book to end and I hope we‘ll get more of them or this series in the future.

This is everything to love about this slow burn, snarky story that is as much about family and community as it is about attraction between two boys who mistake their sarcastic banter as rivalry instead of the flirtation it is.

Everyone else around them knows the truth, but it takes a while for the stars to align and for Cal and Percy to risk their hearts and take a chance on forever. I sound like it's sappy and sweet, but nothing could be further from the truth.

It's a smouldering build up of frustration and flight. Percy wants to run. Cal doesn't understand why. Percy wants Cal to be a bit crooked (instead of straight), and Cal, well Cal has put everything on hold for his family, so he's wary of commitment. It's gloriously complicated, with anonymous online chatter, a collection of nosy neighbours, and a broken cousin (his story next? Or am I way off target there?)

This author is an auto-buy for me, so thank you and Netgalley for approving a copy in advance. It's out now, and it comes highly recommended from me. Loved it.

Percy and Cal were EVERYTHING. Between the witty banter and sexual tension so thick you could cut it with a knife, a passionate love story unfolded. Scorpio Hates Virgo is a slow burn and has a HEA that was well earned. I couldn't get enough of Cal and Percy! This is the second book in the series but can be read as a standalone, though I think you should also read "Leo Loves Aries".

Although Scorpio Hates Virgo is the second book in the Signs of Love Series it can easily be read as a stand alone book.

Scorpio Loves Virgo was a sweet, charming and VERY slow burn romance with quirky, fun characters and lots of fun banter.

Percy and Cal are both unique and likable characters who you can help but love and root for. This book is a very slow burn with the characters not even sharing their first kiss until around the 70% part but the lead-up to getting there is lots of fun and worth it. I have to admit I don't usually like that slow of a burn but I enjoyed these characters and watching them slowly find their way to each other and flirt with each other. s

Percy is back at his aunt's house after she dies to get the house ready to sale. It's his inheritance but he just doesn't think he can live their without her. Percy was kicked out of his house for being gay and went to live with his Aunt Abby. Not only has Percy recently lost his aunt but his boyfriend of several years also just broke up with him. However, the neighborhood is very close and they are constantly reaching out to try to help him and get him to stay and no one more than Callaghan (Cal).

Cal dropped out of college when his dad left his mom, 2 younger sisters and oh yeah his mom is pregnant as well. So now he's home trying to keep his family running smoothly and reaching out to Percy at the same time. Percy keeps insisting that he wants to move and dragging Cal along to look at a new place to live. But as the two spend more time together their walls are starting to drop.

Not only does Percy grow closer to Cal but he is also very close to Cal's family and spends a lot of time with them. I really loved Cal's family and as secondary characters they added a lot to the story. I particularly loved Percy's relationship with Cal's sister. The neighbors were wonderful and lots of fun and it would be amazing to live in a neighborhood like that.

I really liked Cal and the fact that he didn't worry much about his attraction to Percy he just needed some time to think it through and make some decisions about whether he wanted to pursue it or not. Percy was a bit messed up with his worry that everyone leaves him but I enjoyed the growth and his realization at the end. There was even a sweet twist in the middle of the book that had me going back and re-reading a few parts of the story.

Overall, I really enjoyed this fun, quirky and romantic book.