Book Review: To Have and Hate by Donna Alam

Beckett. Let me count the ways I loathe him.

1.He’s the bane of my existence. 2.A thorn in my side. 3. I’m pretty sure he’s the devil in disguise Or he at least has him on speed-dial.

So why am I standing here, bouquet in hand, about to become his wife?

He calls it a business proposition. I call it blackmail. He says our fighting is foreplay. I say he should be on meds. He says he has the power to destroy my company, I say with a husband like him, who needs enemies.

But I can survive this six-month calamity.

All I have to do is keep hating him . . .

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My Review:

The opposite of love isn’t hate, it’s apathy. And this pair feels so much. There is so much passion between Olivia and Beckett. Whether they’re fighting or… well, pretty much anything else, the sparks leap off the page when they’re together. I adored Olivia’s fighting spirit and her viciously snarky wit. The banter as they tore into each other left me howling with laughter. I wasn’t sure about Beckett for the longest time. He’s a bit of a bully and that totally rubbed me the wrong way. But once we get the chance to see the real man, see him being vulnerable, learn why he’s so guarded, I began to understand what Olivia saw in him. I could see that while they were opposites and had started out as enemies, they were perfect for one another. Their strengths dovetailed with each other’s weaknesses, making them stronger together than either one was alone. I hope in the future we’ll see stories about some of their friends. I received a complimentary advanced copy of this book from the author through Bad Boy Update.