Isla Olsen

P.S. I Loathe You

Shay

Actual rating: 3.75, rounded up to 4. 

This was the good kind of enemies to lovers novel - where the MC's start out despising each other (perhaps for silly or superficial reasons) and through the events that unfold in the book they end up being forced to confront their biases and perhaps reconsider why it is that they so strongly hate each other in the first place. 

P.S. I Loathe You is a dual perspective novel, alternating between Wes and Devon, two MC's who absolutely, utterly hate each other. 

Wes is a well established tattoo artist and the social black sheep of his family, preferring to wear jeans and drink beer over the fancy dinners his family frequents. 

Devon, on the other hand, works at a professional consulting firm and is basically married to his work. Which is ironic, because he's also engaged to Devon's sister. 

Since they've known each other they've been at odds, always poking fun at each other, hurling subtle insults over the dinner table, exchanging grimaces and eyerolls, and ridiculing everything the other does. 

Through a shocking email to an advice column, the breakup of the century, all of the nastygrams that follow, and a plethora of snarky flirting, Devon and Wes discover that maybe the other isn't as bad as they thought after all. 

I really enjoyed reading this book and I think Isla Olsen did a great job of writing this subgenre in a way that wasn't too over-the-top or unrealistic. There were plenty of moments and conversations where both Wes and Devon had to confront their reasons for hating each other and consider that maybe they were wrong and don't know as much about each other as they thought. 

This book was full of snark, cheeky flirting, sarcasm, and drama. Despite the relationships between the characters there was no cheating, but it definitely made for an uncomfortable family introduction haha. 

This was a great standalone read for a snowy afternoon.



Content Warnings for Infertility and Pregnancy.
Infertility and pregnancy topics are brought up with some of the supporting characters and are talked about at several different points throughout the book.

P.S. I Loathe You

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