Dating You / Hating You

Guys, I freaking loved this book. Carter and Evie were flipping amazing. They had me literally laughing out loud. There were Harry Potter references, y'all. If ever there was a Kim book, this is it.This book was just flat-out fun and I was a little surprised, if I'm being totally honest. I've been a big fan of Christina Lauren's books for awhile now, but I don't think "fun" is a word I've ever used to describe one of them until now. That's not to say that they haven't had their funny moments, but I've always felt like the emphasis was more on the dirty and even the angst at times in their other books. (Which is so not a complaint. I love all of those things.) Don't get me wrong, this one had it's dirty moments and a few feels, but the overall vibe was light and fun. I seriously loved Evie. She was ridiculously relatable. (And I mean that in a good way.) We might have different jobs and live on different coasts, but I found myself nodding along and seeing a lot of my experiences in what she was going through. At 33, she's a little older than most of the heroines I read about — or the single ones anyhow — and I loved that. More of this, please, authors. I adored Carter, too. He was totally swoony. Did I mention he is a Harry Potter nerd? (As is Evie.) These are my people and I absolutely loved reading along as they got to know each other, then got pitted against each other at work and became "enemies," all while fighting their insane chemistry. Dating You / Hating You was smart, funny and sexy. Both Evie and Carter were wonderful characters who I found it easy to root for — even when it made it tough because they were on opposite sides. I love a good workplace dynamic in romance books, so this one worked for me all the more. From their intense chemistry during their meet cute to the pranks they pulled on each other in the name of office warfare, I just really enjoyed this book. It definitely goes on the "to be re-read" pile.

A lot of this book was great and fun but the pranks wars were really out of control and I wanted to smack both of the main characters

I'm a fan of these authors and have enjoyed a lot of their work. This time was a bit of a chore and at times I almost gave up. Actually I came really close to a DNF. I'd been wanting to read it since it came out so I was determined to finish. This one had a really different feel to it from others of theirs and I didn't really enjoy it. Maybe because there's just nothing that compelling about two flirting co-workers vying for the same job? I don't know, but The Hating Game by Sally Thorne did it much better I thought, and with way more humor. Of course, that's just my opinion.In the later part of the book, the story got a lot better. The will we or won't we pull between the two main characters gets resolved and lots of other major things get done as well. I quite enjoyed this part of the book. One of the best parts involved a curious dog and something he ate. I laughed out loud in the middle of the night during that scene. It's just too bad it took so long to get to the good parts.The books written by this pair since this book have all been wonderful, so for me this was just an anomaly which I guess is bound to happen when you read so many by the same authors. I do highly recommend anything else by these authors, I just can't recommend this one.

Carter and Evie are young, promising agents in LA who are married to their job with little time to play. When they’re set up by mutual friends at a costume party, they both feel that instant spark of attraction. The spark of attraction is almost immediately extinguished when it comes out that their respective companies are merging and only one agent will continue to have the job that they both do. What started as a budding romance turns into a bitter rivalry. Will these two lovebirds make it work or will they have to give up on what could have been the romance of a lifetime? I loved this book. The romance was hot, the pranks were hilarious and the commentary about sexism in the workplace was seriously so gratifying to read about. It was gratifying because I watched Carter start to actually get what it’s like to be a woman in business. I’m not just talking about show business in LA either but business in pretty much any field. Men will always play the game to the benefit of their gender and can we just stop doing that please?? Anyways! I thought the supporting cast were pretty adorable on their own (I straight loved Stephanie and Michael Christopher) and I think this one would be a super cute rom-com.

Dating You Hating You is Christina Lauren's first standalone romance novel, which is hard to believe as I've devoured all of their deliciously steamy musings and hadn't been cognizant of that. I usually prefer series, as you get that extra security that your new book boyfriend is still around even after you've finished, but don't worry, DYHY does not disappoint!Carter and Evie have the perfect meet-cute and despite being in the same highly competitive industry of Hollywood agents, their chemistry is off the charts from the start. With the complications of friends, family and an age difference all manages to go well until their respective companies merge and they find themselves in direct competition with each other to keep their job. What happens next is pure genius and hilarity all wrapped up together.This story is a fresh, modern take on the enemies to lovers arc, and it's strikingly relevant. Like always, Christina Lauren's signature witty banter and ridiculously funny (yet real) situations complement the sexual tension and budding relationship between Carter and Evie beautifully. The characters are immensely likable and admirable, immersing you immediately in their world.This is my favourite book of 2017, a must read!

Well when I started to read this book I was not expecting what I was reading and nearly put it down not bothering to read it. I can now say how really happy I am that I kept on reading. C Lauren really knows how to tell a story. I can really say the book grabbed me and I couldn’t put the book down. Thank you very much for a another great book.

C'est la première fois que je n'arrive pas à terminer un roman de Christina Lauren ! Pourtant je suis une grande fan, mais celui-ci est simplement insupportable.Le seul point positif, c'est que c'est toujours aussi bien écrit, mais l'histoire est imbuvable.Deux agents artistiques se battent pour conserver leur poste. Déjà, qui a envie de lire un livre dans lequel les héros sont stressés à l'idée de se retrouver au chômage, vivent une vie merdique en bossant comme des fous pour gagner à peine de quoi payer leur loyer et en se faisant humilier régulièrement par leur hiérarchie ? Pas très glamour comme décors.Les personnages ne relèvent pas le niveau. Outre le fait qu'ils sont assez misérables, à lécher les bottes de leur patron pour conserver un job dans lequel on les traite plus bas que terre, mais ils ne sont pas crédibles. C'est comme si les auteurs avaient voulu courir deux lièvres à la fois. Ce sont des requins dans le travail, mais des bisounours dans la vie, ce sont tous les deux des bombes sexuelles, mais ils sont célibataires et ils agissent comme s'ils étaient les gamins boutonneux avec les doubles foyers au fond de la classe, ce sont des célibataires endurcis, mais au premier coup d’œil ils pensent mariage et bébés...Pour moi, le seul intérêt de ce livre est qu'il montre bien comment le capitalisme ultra libéral a transformé le "rêve américain" en cauchemar, et le fait que les auteurs et éditeurs du roman aient songé une seule seconde que ce thème pouvait être "romantique" laisse à penser que les Etats-Unis, et nous avec, sommes dans un sacrée pétrin !

This is a nice funny office romance. Evie and Carter are invited to some mutual friends' Halloween party as the only singles there. They immediately connect and feel attracted to each other, but destiny has some other ideas for them. A few days later, both their agencies merge into one without previous warning, and suddenly they find themselves fighting for the same job.It's really interesting watching them try to put together their physical attraction and their need for the job in a ruthless environment. The part whey they hate-prank each other is so funny, and I love how Carter recognized the sexist bullshit the boss is pulling towards Evie, and how he goes from just watching it happen to actually try to help. In the end, though, it's the women that get the job done in one final adventure that led to the happy ending.This novel has great characters (even the despicable Brad), a nice feminist touch and some funny moments. 4 stars for a nice rainy weekend read.

DATING YOU / HATING YOU switches points of view between Evie and Carter each chapter, and both of them are complete messes of awkward and very entertaining.Evie, or Evil as Carter calls her, is in her thirties, married to her work, and knows she has to work twice as hard to still not get taken as seriously as her male colleagues. She's one of the best, and she knows it, but that means nothing to her boss who won't let her forget one flop. Her ambitions, concerns, and asides about her life and work are great, and she knows her boundaries in this competition with Carter.Carter is adjusting to moving, changing companies, and working out this relationship with Evie. He's charismatic, gets along with everyone, and after some time does end up gunning for Evie's job. He gets faced with a lot of reality checks in the book—pay disparity, sexism, his own privilege—and despite trying he doesn't really get it for a while.The UST between Evie and Carter is great. Their rivalry for the position and the small sabotages they do to each other are fantastic, but they don't let it get into one of them turning into a horrible human being territory—when it gets close they do realise and work to make up for it which is nice too. It's fun seeing both sides of the plotting and the pranks themselves, and Evie is definitely my favourite throughout it.Their text message conversations are great, and (while a couple were kind of difficult to read on my Kindle as they seemed to be images rather than text) I love that they were included in the text rather than only referenced. The ways that the texts went between them over the course of the novel were nice, and the fact that a lot of the time they took a while to look at their phones or answer their texts too were great lolI loved the banter between characters and the bits and pieces of in-jokes between Evie and her friends, and Carter and Mike. I liked how the competition progressed, though part of me would have preferred more sabotage, and the ways Evie and Carter tried to resolve it to only end in competing again and again.There were times where both Carter's and Evie's narration sounded pretty similar, but that may have been because they have similar senses of humour. However, I would have to say that I preferred Evie's chapters to Carter's, mostly because I enjoyed her freak-outs and angry rants a lot more than Carter's. Carter's had some really great moments too, though, and I really liked his scrambling to find a way to get ahead in the competition.The way sexism was explored in the book was good to see too. It wasn't over-exaggerated and, while it was a factor in quite a bit of the novel, it wasn't the only factor. The different ways each character deals with or reacts to it is interesting to read, and the attempts of figuring out how to respond are good too. Because it's hard to respond sometimes, and for some characters it's a little harder to pick up on, but they learn.I love how this book ended, and I love how their snarking at each other still doesn't change. Evie's and Carter's banter makes this book for me. Their development, Carter's especially, is a bonus, but I'm in love with their conversations and non-conversations. Can I just get more books about the two of them, please?