The Hating Game

By Sally Thorne

Book Overview

USA Today bestselling author Sally Thorne bursts on the scene with a hilarious and sexy workplace comedy all about that thin, fine line between hate and love.

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.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0063063530
• ISBN13: 9780063063532
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.8" x 7.1"

Customer Reviews

Not my cup of tea

Firstly this book is really advertised as a "enemies to lovers" where you're expecting the one-uping shenanigans to go on for a while, but they literally start having feeling by page 60 in a 300 page book then it just devolves into annoying drama. I don't want to say this is a bad book, but the Romance felt childish and cringey and it wasn't for me.

Love

Obsessed with the book and movie, couldn’t put it down!! I was sad when I finished the book!! But I loved the ending!!

All love no hate

Such a fun read. Love the dynamics between Lucy and Josh, the shenanigans and the building anticipation through this story! I couldn’t put it down.

I love to Hate

such a great book, brought me out of a reading slump wanting and begging for more. This book had all the feels ..look forward to more from this author

Read the book then watch the movie

I loved this book but it felt unfinished. I watched the movie and got all the answers I needed.

Hate to Love Work Place Romance

This is a Hate to Love Work Romance. There is so much tension throughout this book, and the ending was so great. I love the characters, and I really loved this hate to love thing these characters have going on. I laugh so hard at times while reading this book. There are also some hot steamy times in this book. I have read this book two times, and I enjoyed both times I read it.

Now one of my top favorites

I really loved this book. I read in in a day and the next day i read it all over again. I couldn’t get enough of this enemies to lovers story.

Good could be better

I stumbled upon this book and decided that it was something i may like based on that Lucy hale was in the movie. One thing that really bothered me about the writing was that they would be having a conversation and you will be lost to who was actually talking. I had to reread a few parts and that didnt help after reading a few paragraphs i finally knew who was saying what. That was really irritating. I loved how she revealed every twist and turn. Im not much of a romance reader and i skimmed over the long pages of one simple s*x scene my goodness it was overkill. But i loved the other parts. I feel as though it ended abruptly and could have had maybe two more chapters to really round it off. Somethings never answered and that were talked about a lot through out the book. i hope that the movie answers the rest of the questions and really ends it well. I do recommend this book because i still enjoyed the characters.

Really liked this book

Entertaining style, engaging characters- I enjoyed this enough to keep it.(which is sadly more than I can say for Ms Thorne’s next).

Sub-par Romance

Enemies to lovers is one of my favorite things to read... Except they never stopped being enemies. She never really stopped hating Josh and he was honestly a jerk. I don't care what his backstory or reasons are, if a guy is a jerk, I don't want to watch someone fall in love with him.

This is one of my favorite books!

The book was so cute and it made me laugh. I love a good enemies to lovers book, and I have no complaints.

Cute

I enjoyed reading this.

One of the best ever written.

So great! I’m a little embarrassed to say, but I listened to this as a book on tape, 4 times. It’s cleverly written to the point I would stop and tell Siri to write funny quotes in my notes.

My favorite read of the year!

This book was a quick read because I couldn't put it down! I was not expecting to LOVE this book like I did but it left me wanting more of Josh and Lucys story!