Publication Date: August 9th, 2016
“Nemesis (n.) 1) An opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome; 2) A person’s undoing; 3) Joshua Templeman. Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman hate each other. Not dislike. Not begrudgedly tolerate. Hate. And they have no problem displaying their feelings through a series of ritualistic passive aggressive maneuvers as they sit across from each other, executive assisstants to co-CEOs of a publishing company. Lucy can’t understand Joshua’s joyless, uptight, meticulous approach to his job. Joshua is clearly baffled by Lucy’s overly bright clothes, quirkiness, and Pollyanna attitude. Now up for the same promotion, their battle of wills has come to a head and Lucy refuses to back down when their latest game could cost her her dream job…But the tension between Lucy and Joshua has also reached a boiling point, and Lucy is discovering that maybe she doesn’t hate Joshua. And maybe, he doesn’t hate her either. Or maybe this is just another game.”
Review:
Josh and Lucy are one of my favorite book couples of all time. There were so, so many things with this book that made me absolutely swoon.
Josh and Lucy are co-CEOs of a publishing company. Everyone loves Lucy and everyone is afraid of Josh. She is lovely and bubbly, and he is quiet and stern. The only thing in common that Lucy and Josh have is the fact that they’re gunning for the same job as Official CEO. Since everyone knows that their friendship is anything but sunshine and rainbows, Josh and Lucy agree to spend some time together in order to be professional. Things aren’t always as they seem.
Lucy is one of my favorite characters from a book. She grew up in a small town where her parents own a strawberry farm, but she needed to leave in order to fulfill her dreams of working at a publishing company. She met Josh on her first day, and they didn’t like each other ever since then. This was so realistic to me. Small town, big dream, and an annoying coworker. This seems like a very possible scenario for the average person. I think that made me like this book even more.
The Hating Game was full of chemistry. Sally Thorne has this specific writing style that really makes you feel their chemistry and how well Lucy and Josh actually work together. Their friendship was angsty, and I am a sucker for some harsh love.
This was such a great debut novel. I can’t wait for her next one. There were really great things this story has to offer. If you haven’t yet, read this book!
Rating: ★★★★★
Lacey's Library 
Can’t wait to read this!
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