Title: Hate to Love You
Author: Elise Alden
Source: Received through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review
Synopsis:
Despite my slutty reputation, I was technically a virgin at eighteen. But it turns out all those sex-ed teachers aren’t just trying to scare you. The faint positive on a budget pregnancy test sent me spinning, moments before meeting my sister’s snooty new fiancé.
Shaking hands with upper-crusty James was like downing a triple shot of vodka. Dizzy with desire, confused by my body’s reaction, and shocked by the possessiveness flashing in his eyes, I deceived him that night and told the world at their wedding reception.
The truth?
I slept with my sister’s fiancé. Hot and sweaty, all night long in a room so dark he couldn’t tell I wasn’t her.
The lie?
Said fiancé is the father of my child. The one I signed over my rights to just before he was born.
That was seven years ago.
It’s time to come clean.
Review:
Hate to Love You is a New Adult romance
by Elise Alden. The storyline is a little on the crazy side. The main
character is Paisley – an 18 year old young woman. She is a
troubled girl who makes awful decisions. She's just a teenager, but
she is already a druggie and an alcoholic. At the beginning of the
book, she finds out that she's pregnant – though technically a
virgin. Shortly after taking a pregnancy test, she meets her sister
Caroline's fiance and is instantly attracted to him.
In her sister's dark bedroom, Paisley
tricks James into thinking that she is Caroline. They have a steamy
night full of amazing sex. These are actually some of the best sex
scenes I've read – too bad James thought he was making love to
someone else... James doesn't actually find out that Paisley was the
one he made love to – until his wedding reception. A drunken
Paisley gets on the microphone, in an angry rage to get back at her
b*tch of a sister, and announces to everyone – in great detail –
that she and James had sex. Then she lies and tells everyone that she
is pregnant with his baby.
Paisley was a hard character to like in
the first half of the book. She did have a bad home life though, and
her sister and parents treated her horribly. However, Paisley ends up
redeeming herself. The second half of the book switches to present
day (the first half of the book happened 7 years prior). For 7 years
Paisley pays for her actions by not being able to see her son. She
hasn't seen James or any of her family during this time. She winds up
back in James' life when she takes a job at his office, and he isn't
too happy about it.
Paisley has changed a lot, but she is
still crude and rough around the edges. Her and James couldn't be
more different. James is a bossy, snobbish, British lawyer – but he
was still attracted to Paisley. Their differences made their
relationship that much more interesting. Amidst all the complicated
drama that goes on in this book, there is still a good love story
there. There is a lot that needs to be forgiven and it takes time for
wounds to heal. I wish Paisley and James would have had more together
time in this book.
The really weird thing that I just have
to mention, is the fact that Paisley and James can read minds –
including each others. So, they can have conversations with each
other through their minds. Nobody else has this ability (besides the
little boy), and this isn't explained at all in the book. For the
most part though, this is a pretty good book – it just has some
unrealistic areas in the plot. I think I'm going to rate this book a
3/5. There were parts that I didn't like, or understand, but there
were parts that I enjoyed as well.
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