Love Me or Hate Me by Stephanie Alves

Good evening book readers, I hope you had a good week so far.

We continue with March's team: upcoming authors: Stephanie Alves and her debut novel Love Me of Hate Me. What a cute cover 💕!

Try making yourself cozy under a blanket with some tea and enjoy this review.

After being startled from my sleep in the dead of the night, I'm hit with unexpected news – my best friend reveals that Gabriel, her older brother and someone who has made my life a living nightmare for ten years, is moving in with us. It hits me that the one person I dislike the most is about to become my new housemate for the foreseeable future, and I’ll have to see him every day despite actively trying to avoid him my whole life.

Living with Gabriel means dealing with his arrogant personality, constant arguments, and a history that dates back to our teenage years. What makes it even more complicated? In the midst of this shared living space, a surprising connection begins to unfold, reigniting memories of a teenage crush that I thought I had left behind.

This is a 3 stars.

Why?

First of all this book was a short one with approximately 290 pages. We followed two characters that are hating each other until they start falling in love with each other.

Despite the story being a good story and not having a third break-up arc. It is still something we see often. The brother's best friend, enemies-to-lovers trope. Which kind of made it difficult for me to enjoy this book as much as I would love to.

Additionally, there were some typo errors which made it sometimes difficult to continue, as I myself am a perfectionist when it comes to reading. I want things to go smoothly.

In any case, I would still recommend this book to lovers of enemies-to-lovers and brother's best friend.

Love,

Manon