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Hate Notes by Penelope Ward, Vi Keeland

8 reviews

siobhankeira's review

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75


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allingoodtime's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Although I loved this story, both the main characters had secrets that were kept for too long for my taste. Reed’s secret is big, but not anything that has to do with Charlotte. It’s a secret because he is not comfortable letting others in on it, not because he’s being devious. Charlotte’s secret has to do with Reed it seemed to me that it wasn’t as big of a deal as she was making it out to be IF she had told him from the beginning. It was the keeping of the information that made it seem deceitful.

The couple have amazing chemistry and it hurt my heart every time Reed would push Charlotte away. It was obvious he had his reasons, but it was still hurtful. (Another thing that annoys me. The secret isn’t known by the reader although it’s in the character’s POV. That’s weird to me.) Both Charlotte and Reed have demons they have to slay in order to be in a healthy relationship, so maybe it’s good those walls went up in the beginning.

While the beginning of this book is silly (in a good way) and witty, things take a turn about the same time Reed finally gives in to his feelings for Charlotte. Things get heavy and a bit traumatic. Charlotte is going through a very confusing and sad time and Reed steps up. He may say they can’t be together, but his actions speak much louder than those words. He is such a steadying presence for her as well as being intuitive of what she will need while she goes through this.

This book really is great, even with the problems I had with it. Those aren’t things that bother everyone though. And they obviously didn’t bother me enough to override my interest in the story since I kept reading. Plus, it has a wonderful epilogue. 

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bookworm159's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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100_pages_hr's review against another edition

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medium-paced

3.75


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book_worm_mama_bear's review against another edition

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

This book was a solid 3.5 so not bad but not great either. I would give it 2.5 maybe a 3 in spice. You do get some hot spice but this is a slow burn and that spice doesn't come in until towards the end. It is hot but not kinky or long scenes. The plot in its self was pretty good. The twist and turns made me give this book the three stars. I really like the office romance with her boss and the fact it was grumpy sunshine was nice also. It was more her chasing him and him being the more insecure one. I did enjoy this book but I don't feel like it will stand out when looking back.

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zayyssa's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

It was good, more than what I expected. I loved the MCs and definitely felt the sexual tension but the chemistry was not enough for me?? But overall, the plot, the characters, the storyline was good.

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whatjasread's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

• didn’t expect to love this so much, shocked I already have a 5 star read in the bag this year
• I adore Reed Eastwood so much, such a massive softie when it comes to our sunshine Charlotte but a grump with everyone else
• fulfilling a bucket list with the love interest has become a new favourite trope
• also adored Charlotte, she was super fun and clumsy but also a great companion for Reed
• loved that it had some great banter but also some wonderful serious moments, think the disability and medical topics were handled really well
• great tension, it’s not too high on the smut scale but I did appreciate that there was a solid build up in their relationship and some good depth and it wasn’t just smut for the sake of it
• I do wish they’d utilised her surname (darling) as a nickname more throughout the book, I’m a sucker for a sweet nickname
• I kinda wish we had a book following Max, I would love to see him settle down especially following his advice-giving conversation with Reed towards the end of the book

TWs: Cheating (before book), workplace sexual harassment, alcoholism, child abandonment, adoption, minor medical emergency, hospitalisation, multiple sclerosis, ableism, anxiety, PTSD, Crohn’s disease, death of mother (in book), depression

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iamsammie27's review

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emotional lighthearted sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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