Jan 7, 2025

The Love Haters by Katherine Center


Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
 
 
Overall an enjoyable read but a few misses for me. 

What I loved:
 ❤️ Rue 

❤️ Beanie 

❤️ Key West 

❤️ George Bailey (dog lover here) 



What I dislike: 

💔 Cole 

💔 Cole (this is an intentional duplication because he was in fact terrible) 

💔 the “third act breakup” scenario 

💔 possibly too many storylines vying for attention 

 

What I can’t decide on 

❓ The over the top ending? 

❓ The mixing of a heavier topic with the otherwise lightheartedness that we typically see in a KC novel. 

 

Personally, for me this book went from “great” to “WTF” to “okay I guess” 

Katherine Center is, and will continue to be, and instant buy author for me but The Lover Haters fell short for me. 

In the beginning of the story I really appreciated KC taking on a heavier topic like body image. As the story progressed it seemed like this topic was just fighting to be apart of a story that wanted to be both comedic but also dramatic. 

I was on board with this book until we get to our “third act breakup” when Cole arrives at Key West. Everything about Coe in Key West was atrocious and off putting. I also really did not like how Katie the character was handled during this whole part. It really did not feel like I was reading the same book. 

Once we start reaching the finale now the story really goes in to overdrive and I’m still trying to discern how I feel about it. Was the situation totally over the top? Yes. Could we assume that some rescue situation was likely going to transpire because of Hatch’s profession? Probably. 

Overall, I feel like there were too many storylines trying to give this book depth but in my opinion,  it made this book a little messy and over the top. 

Rue was my favorite character and I really loved her story. 

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