Eliah Greenwood

It all started with an anonymous letter.

He wasn’t supposed to find it—no one was. And he definitely wasn’t supposed to answer it.

We end up talking through letters and sticky notes in a book. One sticky note. Two sticky notes. Ten sticky notes. All baring our darkest, deepest secrets.

It’s all fun and games until I find out who my pen pal is...

Xavier Emery. King of my basketball-obsessed town, my childhood bully, and the guy I am in grave danger of falling in love with.

But the rules were clear: we can never know who we’re talking to, and the confessions can never, ever get out. Seriously. It would destroy lives.

Fine by me. Even if Mr. Popular does find out his confidant is little old me, it’s not like he’d ever love me back…

Right?

Dear Love, I Hate You

Charlie 

She’s just a professional at hiding it.

i did not expect to eat this up the way i did

Danyella Barajas

alya adlina

I FINISHED IT. IN ONE DAY ONLY. THIS BOOK DESERVES 5 STARS. I SAID WHAT I SAID. 

This book is a page turner. It’s so engaging and addicting. I literally couldn’t stop reading it. Can you believe a high school bully romance and penpals to lovers book could make you CRY so HARD. Because this book was a rollercoaster. The ending is just worth the time oh my god i LOVED IT. 

Oh my god the way i love the characters so much. I had a freaking love-hate relationship with Xavier but towards the end he is the precious guy ever. And Aveena my love i just want to protect her at all cost. She lost someone who loved and always being there for her. And ofc i loved the characters development and the sexual chemistry between them. Also, the other characters such as Dia and Finn, these two really gives me some type of many feelings towards them. 

Overall, this book is enjoyable and memorable. The text and the letters and THE FREAKING ANGST. I LITERALLY CRIED SO HARD. THE AMOUNT OF TEARS THAT I CRIED OF THIS BOOK IS JUST COUNTLESS. 

BTW DONT FORGET TO CHECK THE TW‼️

I recommend this book to who loves childhood friends- penpal-lovers. I guess that’s the trope. Thank you for reading. Have a great day. And don’t forget to read this book.

Faith Kitowski

man, they could not catch a break. it was one thing after the other

this book was so good ! loved the texts/ letters between them, can’t wait to read the next one 

Lucie Griffin

Rebecca okeefe

Amazing book. No unnecessary drama and believable as teenagers.

i thought it was going to be a typical bullyromance but no, i'm surprised

nory

3.5 gonna pretend that last 30% didn’t happen and that xavier isn’t the biggest pussy in existence. it was cheesy but i oddly enjoyed it so ?

aaliyah

the only reasons i’m giving this four stars instead of five are 1) it took me two/three chapters to get hooked and 2) the ending felt a bit rushed. 
i usually don’t say books could use more pages, especially not ones that are already pretty long, but i feel like i definitely could’ve read for a few more chapters just to seal in the end (before the little time jump).

Ana Cucu 

LETS JUST SAY THIS BOOK LEFT ME HANGING AND ASKING FOR MORE
Xavier is just so goddamn hot and cute at the same time!!
And dont even get me started on the smut and the writing...
Loved them both!
One of the best books ever...
Will keep recommending it to everyone untill I die!

Ley Stanton

Pretty much read this in one sitting. The drama in this was something else, they really went over the top. I think the conflict for the romance was super unnecessary. Normally a late game conflict is to make the couple stronger and make them overcome something but they already had to do that to get together in the first place. It just seemed like too much and I would have much preferred to see how they handled their individual problems (which were honestly tied up way too easily) instead of throwing more relationship drama at it.

Kristen Gillis

Once upon a time, I had a dream the boy with the pretty blue eyes chose the nerd over the cheerleader… Then I woke up.

Classic jock falls for the unpopular girl, but with a twist. They start to fall for each other before knowing who the other person is. 

Aveena, the wall flower living in her prodigy younger sisters shadow, being ignored my her mom. 

Xavier, the popular basketball star who on the outside has the perfect life. 

These two desperately needed someone in their life that they could be 100% open with. Who fits that description better than a stranger in a book? Through all of their conversations and confessions they start to fall for each other and decide they’re ready to meet. 

Of course it’s never that simple. All the drama unfolds. Great book! I couldn’t put it down.

Sophie 

I loved this book! Vee and Xavier were perfect! God I love childhood friends to enemies to lovers so much! By the way that epilogue had me sobbing my eyes out too good. They deserve the world and I’m so happy with the ending!
Vee and Xavier are what I would call perfectly imperfectly individually but together I’d say they were damn near perfect! I loved the dual povs in this as well I’m a sucker for them! I loved this story it was so good very well written had me addicted from start to finish!
The plot twists I had me screaming their scenes had me screaming this whole book had me screaming!
This was my first Eliah Greenwood book and I can tell you it will not be my last!

Elise Soper

pretty good

If you like punk 57 then this book is for you! I stumbled on to it while scrolling through tik tok and I knew I had to read it. I actually liked it way better than punk 57, it was way less predictable and I’m glad I decided to read it

amaniabdul

I enjoyed this book a lot more then I thought I would.

Lydia Power

There was a lot going on in this book. A lot of miscommunication trope. I loved 75% of it. But I did get to a point where I just wanted the characters and storyline to finally become peaceful. Xavier and Vee’s love is very cute though. Childhood friends to lovers 

Charlee Boone

good spice. enemies to lovers. it was very much a YA teenage drama. but who hasn't been there? men written by women >>>

Kyla

This review contains spoilers but I ain't gonna hide it coz why not?

I was contemplating whether to give this 1 star or 2 stars since I enjoyed some scenes but mostly it's annoying. The first half was okay and tolerable but the rest eh. Both the MCs were annoying and honestly, I hate Xavier (It's not the opposite meaning if you get me). Xavier was a plain coward and stupid, acting almighty when Vee cried or whatsoever but did the opposite when they're in a crowd. It's disappointing that he as the bad boy let his ex blackmail him. When they broke up and Bri showed possessiveness, I knew then that she's gonna be the problem. I thought he's planning something grand exposure when I read the part "Dear Love, I hate you" but even until the end, he was a coward for wanting Vee to not expose him as Zac. *roll eyes* I'd give him a point for admitting it in the field though. Yes, he admitted it because Vee's gonna leave so he had to do it. That's where I'm mostly disappointed, he should've done it in the first place. Or they both should've burned those notes instead of hiding them somewhere, don't you think so? Who would expose their secrets and not worry about someone reading them? Plain stupid. It's not like those were love notes so why keep them? Ugh.

Natasha Anderson

I wanted to log this in September
Feel like I can’t review much. I enjoyed it and it was punk 57 vibes but not much of a opinion.
Fun and very quick book, will probably read the other books when they come out

Dear Love, I Hate You

Reviews

Highlights