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Enemies at the Altar
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Jul 14, 2012
bookshelves: marry-me-so-i-can-inherit, arranged-marriage, harlequin-presents, owned-copy, category-contemporary-romance, heroine-hard-to-like, hero-hard-to-like, bad-girl-heroine, bad-reputation, enemies-to-lovers, grew-up-together, 2014-challenge-factory-challenge, 2014-cover-to-cover-challenge, 2014-harlequin-presents-reading-cha, 2014-harlequin-silhouette-challenge, harlequin-presents-jeopardy-challen, harlequin-presents-jeopardy-2014, french-hero, set-in-france, celibate-modern-heroine
This was a pretty intense read. One of those romances where extreme hate between the main couple is really suppressed longing and desire. In real life, I don't know if I think that suppressed love translates into hate, but "Hope deferred does make the heart sick." My goodness, Andreas and Sienna are super-duper mean to each other. And Andreas is a hypocrite. He's the kind of guy who calls a woman a whore because she doesn't do what he wants her to do and she doesn't fit his mold for what he wants a woman to be. I didn't like that about him at all. I did like the fact that Sienna could easily trade insults with him. It took me a while to think that I even wanted these two to be together. There were times when I didn't particularly like either character. Sienna says and thinks some really mercenary and selfish things, and I didn't like that about her. However, I could understand why she was so prickly and thick-skinned, considering her tough life and living with an arrested development mother with terrible morals and being rejected by her married father. I wish that Andreas had shown more sympathy and empathy for Sienna. When he finally starts acting like a decent man, it was almost too late for me to feel I wanted him to be with Sienna. I did like that he went after her when she left him.
I thought that despite the meanness between them, there was good chemistry and I did see their relationship change, develop and blossom. With the conclusion of the book, I had hopes that they would not take each other for granted any longer, and that love had changed both of their hearts and lives.
I don't know if this book will work for everyone. The leads are at times unlikable and mean-spirited. However, I did see a change in both characters and that their feelings for each other weren't just reluctant lust, but real love. For that reason, I gave it four stars.
I thought that despite the meanness between them, there was good chemistry and I did see their relationship change, develop and blossom. With the conclusion of the book, I had hopes that they would not take each other for granted any longer, and that love had changed both of their hearts and lives.
I don't know if this book will work for everyone. The leads are at times unlikable and mean-spirited. However, I did see a change in both characters and that their feelings for each other weren't just reluctant lust, but real love. For that reason, I gave it four stars.
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July 14, 2012
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July 14, 2012
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July 14, 2012
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July 14, 2012
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July 14, 2012
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August 26, 2014
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Now that's a romance! I don't mind unlikeable if there's a change. Great review.