A review by cupidslibrary
The Way I Hate Him by Meghan Quinn

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

I really enjoyed this as a small town romance girlie. I think Meghan Quinn has a witty, funny, cozy way she writes her characters and her setting. I could just picture almond bay in my head, and I wanted to be transported there so many times! With any small town romance, it’s important to have well rounded main characters, as well as supporting side characters that really make it feel like a town you could touch, it’s that tangible. I think I could’ve used a few more, but I adored how out there Ethel was, and I loved Haye’s gran. Both Hattie and Hayes were multi faceted characters, with their own struggles and dilemmas, that ultimately worked themselves out after finding each other. They made each other better, and I like that despite the age gap, rockstar x fan, grumpy x sunshine tropes, they both didn’t just feel like flat caricatures of these things. My only gripe was the ending was rushed and sort of smashed into the book in the last 85-90 percent, which is sort of silly considering the book was 500 pages…truthfully we didn’t need like 3 chapters of them over the clothes rubbing against each other…lol. But all in all, if was a good read, and I will be coming back for the second book! 
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