The Trouble with Hating You

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Enemies-to-lovers is, by far, one of the best romance tropes. It is so passion filled and almost always leads to hilarious and funnily awkward scenes. This book employed ETL and all of it's amazing sub-tropes such as enemy-giving-other-enemy-help-and-both-the-help-and-the-helpee-are-not-hating-it-but-don't-want-to-admit-it. No one forgets being told they’re not friends,” I said teasingly, knowing full well she didn’t want to be friends but yet, here we were. no, like, you’re doing good! even better and your grades are high, surprisingly.” you pause to take his reaction, “so why are you here when you don’t need it?” don’t even,” you say, opening the door fully and stepping in. “if you do try something, i have a dog sleeping outside- he’s not the kindest.” you want me to free my saturday’s for your tutoring sessions?” you raise an eyebrow, “do i not have any freedom in choosing any days?”

you should believe her,” you stare into his dark eyes, “i think your eyes are like stars, big and bright.” Jay Shah looks good on paper...and off. Especially if you like that whole gorgeous, charming lawyer-in-a-good-suit thing. He's also arrogant and infuriating. As their witty office banter turns into late night chats, Liya starts to think he might be the one man who truly accepts her. But falling for each other means exposing their painful pasts. Will Liya keep running, or will she finally give love a real chance? Show me how to enable it THE TROUBLE WITH HATING YOU by Sajni Patel Read by Soneela Nankani - Audiobook Excerpt

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also, did people really go to the temple (mandir) every weekend?? this book made it seem like half of their lives were just spent in the mandir and interacting with the people in their community. the short bald man shakes his head and holds his books tighter, “actually i have a very important job for you and i do think it’ll benefit you.” You can’t escape being judged in this world. Everything is hard. You have to choose your hard. Someone is going to shove out their unsolicited, hurtful opinion no matter what you do. You can’t live for others.” you’re weirdly philosophical, hm?” he looks down and laughs, then standing up and walking past you. first of all, ew. second of all, ewwww. shove that misogynistic attitude up your ass, also, what father says that his daughter is a curse to him, i know there was this time people only preferred sons over daughters and all that shit but people started becoming open minded and thinking properly enough. the much i know is indian parents treat their daughters preciously and they're taken as 'Lakshmi ma' (indian goddess of wealth and prosperity, all respectful) i'm not saying shitty people still don't exist, i can't know about that accurately but like bro if you're gonna remain so stupid then why even bother having a kid or less why even marry. (i know not all characters are meant to be perfect blah blah)

The story overall was entertaining, and, as I said, I really enjoyed all the complex plot threads about Liya and Jay’s families. The romance was both sweet and steamy, but didn’t quite hook me as much. I did like the ending, and how even after falling in love, Liya continued to keep her career a priority.

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Liya is brash and rude at times. She has lived a hard time- her emotionally abusive father is terrible and Liya was molested at 15. This is a huge plot point of the book. She told her parents of the abuse and they didn’t believe her. Her tight knit community sees her as a whore and has ostracized her. She is determined that Jay will only ever see and believe the “bad” version of her so she keeps him at arm’s length. The whole “the community thinks I am a whore” aka slut shaming aspect was too much for me. can you please hurry up?” you say and the man shoots you a look of disappointment, that’s perfectly alright your mom gives you that look 24/7.

https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/Sajni_Patel_The_Trouble_with_Hating_You?id=AQAAAEDsTGYMmM raising an eyebrow at his hand you squint your eyes, slowly shaking his hand with a suspicious nod. mr. rai then continues, “i’ve heard a lot about you tutoring first year students from our department! your home room teacher actually told me about you!”Things get textual when a steamy message from a random wrong number turns into an anonymous relationship in this hilarious rom-com by Lynn Painter. Giving this book such a low rating physically pains me (considering how much I hyped it up in my head) but alas, here we are. Yet again mess from yet another contemporary desi author. Liya's parents want her to stop this independence nonsense and settle down with a nice indian boy and since she won't listen to their pleas, they try to ambush her into having dinner with Jay and his mother. Things OBVIOUSLY don't do as planned and Liya is pissed at her parents (mainly her piece of trash father) and even less interested in Jay Don’t let a few bad days and a few idiots unravel the determination that you’ve had since you were a kid. You’ll make mistakes, Pree. You’re not perfect, no one is, and although you hold yourself to incredibly high standards because you take your responsibility and privilege seriously, you can’t beat yourself up for every mistake. But the fact that you do shows how much you care. Mistakes are just that. They don’t always reflect your skill or intelligence.” he points at the wall you two are hiding behind and your eyes widen, “do you even know who’s house this is?”

so your parents are travelling, it must be fun.” you stand up to place the box away. “but without you?” Strong-willed and proudly single, an engineer walks out when her parents set her up with a lawyer -- but when work brings them together again, she just might give love a second chance. That said, I was a bit disappointed that Jay was (basically) physically perfect. Muscular, flawless skin, etc. This isn't even a complaint on this book in particular. Rather, it's a comment on the romance genre in general. the book felt very unrealistic at some points (i’m aware it’s fiction) starting with how Liya and Jay kept on seeing each other without planning. so look, at first they had just seen each other's pictures and their first meeting is obviously in a classic bollywood way where one of them tips/falls over the other and one of them ends up on top of the other, they continue staring and admiring each other for a while before getting up, then the next day or another day they find out they're working in the same office and meet there, okay that can be a believable coincidence but the guess what, when Liya is having a bad day and ends up at a diner to use the phone since her phone is dead, Jay is there eating dinner. huh, so you're telling me they've been living in the same place but only start seeing each other alot more after their first meeting, that too coincidentally, huh okay. I found this book so refreshing, from the slow-burning romance to Liya’s and Jay’s gradually overcoming their past traumas together, with a lot of self-doubt and guilt in between. Neither expects the other to change for them, nor does their love magically make them forget their pasts; rather, it results in two satisfying characters arcs and a finale that made my heart soar. Yes, there were some cheesy moments in this book, and Liya’s and Jay’s repartee in the middle could get a bit repetitive at times, but overall I would highly recommend this book and I can’t wait to read Preeti’s story in book #2!glancing straight ahead you fade out the noise of the construction outside as you turn the music up, stepping down the stairs to turn right on the main street.