Publisher: Alcove Press, December 10, 2024

Format: ebook

Pages: 320

Rating: 5/5 stars

Summary (From Goodreads):

The Hating Game meets Beach Read in this sexy and hilarious contemporary romance from a debut Peruvian-Tennessean voice.

Rosie, an idealistic and passionate Peruvian-American who has grown up without strong ties to her culture, leaves her Tennessee hometown to pursue her dream of making it in New York as a writer. But her plan is derailed when she ends up in class with her arch-nemesis and ex-crush, Aiden Huntington—an obnoxious, surly, and gorgeous literary fiction writer who doesn’t have much patience for the romance genre, or for Rosie.

Rosie and Aiden regularly go to verbal battle in workshop until their professor reaches her breaking point. She allows them to stay in her class on one condition: they must co-write a novel that blends their genres.

The reluctant writing duo can’t help but put pieces of themselves into their accidentally steamy novel, and as they slowly get to know each other, they try to put their differences aside. Meanwhile, their manuscript-in-progress provides an outlet for them to confess their feelings—and explore their attraction toward each other.

When Rosie and Aiden find themselves competing against each other for a potentially career-changing opportunity, the flames of old rivalry reignite, and their once-in-a-lifetime love story is once again at risk of being shelved—unless they can find a way to end the book on their own terms.

My Review:

Thank you Alcove Press for the copy of this book.
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Read if you like: enemies to lovers, books about books
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Rosie and Aiden are in the same writing seminar at NYU and they often fight in class. When their professor makes them co-write a book together, they start to spend more time with each other and start to realize they actually might like each other.
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This book was amazing. It is the perfect enemies to lovers trope and I loved reading about the two characters writing a book together. I loved the tension and the build-up to the romance, and I just wanted to keep reading. A fantastic debut novel!