I would first like to start this off with please forgive any spelling errors for I have been unable to find my glasses for 48 hours so I'm slightly blI would first like to start this off with please forgive any spelling errors for I have been unable to find my glasses for 48 hours so I'm slightly blind while writing this.
I would like to continue this review by saying I hated this book more than I thought I would. Up until about 55% I had hope for a solid 3 star read, that hope quickly dwindled when I realized there truly will be no tangible development throughout this story. The book starts off with Valerie and Andrew, two feuding kindergarten teachers who constantly "get at each others throats", which I saw as more of a mild irritation that both of them experience throughout the school day. And then one night after the end of school teacher party, they fell into passion, forgetting all of their hate... but babes where??? There was nothing there that I felt this hate turn into sudden lust, no true tension besides him being irritated at her playing music too loud and her being irritated at how by the book he is. And I could get past this if I could've seen some actual development of their relationship as teachers and as soon to be co-parents, but this relationship development was mostly as teachers and then seeing him cook dinner for her a few times and a few descriptions of them hanging out outside of school.
BUT BABES WHERE IS THE TRUE TENSION OF HATE TO LOVE???? If this book had a slogan it would be "There's a thin line between hate and love" and that just was not it. By the end of the 294 pages, as they were saying "I love you" the energy it had was the same as if I was saying "I love you" to Luke or Jasmine, like I needed Andrew to be groveling more, more effort to be the romantic for Valerie to fall in love with him, because he was saying how much he liked her forever but it wasn't until the second to last chapter that she was like "yea I guess we're already together".
And yeah, you can argue, "But Meredith! He was making dinner for her! He was driving her home! He was being so caring and protective!" yea and Valerie thought all of that was because of the baby. I needed more of him convincing her that he's been in love with her the entire time they've known each other but there was simply nothing. I wouldn't even say there was a small flame between them, it was more of just like that empty airflow of gas when you turn a lighter on but it's not working correctly. I'm so sorry that this review is kind've mean, but this book had actual potential to be good and I'm mad about that.
There is one thing I would like to thank this book for, and it's proving to me that I can still type with long nails. Thank you and goodnight ...more
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