One of the most popular recent titles, “The Hating Game,” was developed into a 2021 film starring Lucy Hale and Austin Stowell, and directed by Peter Hutchings. The literary romance genre has seen a boom in the past few years. Romance novel audiences actually even have a phrase for this plot now - the enemies-to-lovers trope. I am countless romance titles in and I still have not tired of the aforementioned plot.

I love contemporary romance novels, especially because they are predictable. Art that surprises us has value, but so does art that follows the same path carved into books a hundred times before. You might think I am criticizing the predictability of the romance genre, but I am not. Sally Thorne’s “The Hating Game” features this seemingly unrealistic plot line, yet the novel gives hopeless romantics exactly what they are looking for in a read. I have read this book, and you probably have too. They ultimately give into their mutual attraction, and they admit that their hatred has transformed into…love. Circumstances force them into close quarters - both figuratively and literally.Īs they start to get to know each other better, Person A realizes that they actually like Person B and the original snub was a miscommunication. I present the following summary of a book: Person A does not like Person B for some minor reason that has blossomed into full, blown-out hatred.

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