At First Hate
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4.4 • 7 Ratings
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
A new stand alone enemies-to-lovers romance from New York Times bestselling author K.A. Linde…
Derek Ballentine and I have always been on opposite sides of everything.
I went to a public Savannah high school. He went to a private Catholic school. I went to Duke on scholarship. He went to UNC as a legacy. When we both end up at Harvard for graduate school and we’re finally on a level playing field, I think it’s all going to change.
I was wrong.
The only thing that changed was ending up in his bed.
Now my grandma has passed away, and Derek is the attorney helping the people trying to steal her legacy. I’ll do anything to stop that from happening. Even take on my lifetime enemy.
I hate him at first sight…but I also want him at first hate.
Customer Reviews
Enjoyable
At First Hate is a second chance, enemies to lovers story about Marley and Derek. Told predominantly from Marley’s point of view, it spans approximately ten years. It is a story that is told in the past and the present and I admit that at times I was lost. I felt as though I was watching a tennis match, turning each way continuously.
There was a great deal of angst reading this book as it follows Marley and Derek from high school, through the ups and downs of their love and hate. I was frustrated with both characters at times and wanted to slap some sense into them. Marley is from the wrong side of the tracks, whilst Derek is from a wealthy family . Can these two put aside the past and in doing so find happiness together or are they destined to remain apart?
There is no denying the chemistry that sizzles between Marley and Derek but is there more to build a relationship on? Both characters thankfully grow a lot throughout the story. At First Hate was well written and I was on the edge of my seat whilst reading. The push and pull of their relationship will test you whilst reading, I know it did me.
A good read!
At First Hate gives you veritable whiplash with the past and present alternating through different chapters. We learn why Marley hates Derek. Why she has an underlying love for him and vice versa.
This is a long book delving into both timelines. Its told mostly through Marleys POV. The push and pull between the characters made me in certain parts, want to slap them. Annoyingly so. In all honesty this book threw me for a loop and took me a while to get through it and I wondered if or when Marley would be happy in her life. Can the girl from the wrong side of the tracks get the rich boy after all?
An enemies to lovers romance where the bets, the uncomfortable moments, the hurt, the snark and the memories all play a part in Marley and Derek’s story!
It was a good read.