The Hating Game

Now a Movie Starring Lucy Hale!

Book Summary: 

Lucy Hutton has always believed that the nice girl can get the corner office. She’s charming and accommodating and prides herself on being loved by everyone. Everyone except sarcastic, cynical, and intimidating Joshua Templeman. Her nemesis.

Josh is the dark and brooding to Lucy’s light and cheery, the crisp pressed suit to her retro outfits and bright red lipstick. And he gets under her skin like no one else can. Trapped in a shared office together five days a week, they’ve become entrenched in an addictive, never-ending game of one-upmanship.

When a new executive position is announced, Josh and Lucy are top contenders for the promotion, but the idea of working for the other is so unthinkable that they strike a deal: whoever doesn’t get the job will walk away. The stakes have never been higher and as the competition heats up and the barriers between them begin to fall down, Lucy starts questioning just who her opponent truly is and whether this man she’s hated all this time is even the real Josh.

Maybe Lucy Hutton doesn’t hate Joshua Templeman. And maybe, he doesn’t hate her either.

My Review (Contains Spoilers):

Classic enemies to lover romantic comedy. For those who love a little office drama, this is right up your alley! To be frank, I loved the book more. I felt the movie took a few too many liberties and I truly enjoyed how vulnerable the book painted Josh underneath the hard front he constantly presented.

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+ 416 Total Pages

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+ 4.5 Star Review

Book Features

Romance Category

Enemies to Lovers

Spicy Factor

Hot

Formats Available

Paperback, Audiobook, and eBook

Part of Series?

At the time of this publishing, no.

About the Book Author

Sally Thorne

Sally Thorne lives in Canberra, Australia and spends her days writing, reading, drinking cups of tea and obeying the every whim of Delia the Pug. She lives with her husband in a house filled with vintage toys, too many cushions and a haunted dollhouse, which has it’s own Instagram (@blackthornemanor).

Her beautiful paint Quarter Horse, Louie, passed on 7 November 2021 from an illness, and is dearly missed every day.

She is also the USA Today bestselling author of the office rom-com THE HATING GAME (2016) . It is her debut novel that has sold in over twenty-five countries and has been adapted into a major motion picture starring Lucy Hale and Austin Stowell, directed by Peter Hutchings. Check the movie page for more info!

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