Blurb:
Ms. Romance, Hannah Arden, writes one of the top read relationship advice columns in the nation. Mr. Reality, Brooks North, writes the top read relationship advice column.
Ms. Romance believes in true love and soul mates. Mr. Reality believes love is a term humanity has assigned to the primal instinct to procreate. She believes in fate—he in chance. She knows there’s one right person for everyone—he knows there are multiple ones. The two writers couldn’t be more polarized on relationships. They’re professional rivals, and philosophical antagonists.
For eight years, their battles have been fought with words and ink. That changes when they apply for the same position at the World Times and find themselves face-to-face for the first time. Brooks isn’t the sour-faced, antiquity of a man Hannah pictured. And Hannah isn’t exactly the middle-aged shrew with cat hair on her housedress that Brooks imagined either.
In lieu of competing for the promotion traditional ways, the two writers are presented with playing the leading roles in a social experiment unlike any before. Can a person be tricked into falling in love? Can a relationship be crafted under the right string of circumstances? Hannah knows the answer. So does Brooks.
Agreeing to the terms, the two set out on a three-month dating experiment, live-streamed for the world to watch. All Hannah has to do to win is not fall in love with the narcissistic brute. All Brooks has to do is get the starry-eyed dreamer to fall in love with him. Both are so confident in their philosophies, they expect the challenge to be easy.
With the world watching, Brooks and Hannah will be forced to confront their beliefs and conclude, once and for all, who’s right. The answer is one neither of them saw coming.
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USA TODAY bestselling author of the CRASH series (HarperTeen, S&S UK), LOST & FOUND series, UP IN FLAMES (S&S UK), The EDEN TRILOGY, and a handful of others. I write stories about everyday kinds of people who find themselves in extraordinary kinds of situations. I tell love stories with happy endings because I believe in making the world a better place, and that's one tiny way I can make it so. I'm one of those people who still believe in true love and soul mates, and would rather keep my head in the clouds any day over having my feet firmly on the ground.
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Michelle's Review:
You know that beyond excited feeling you get when you finally get to dig in to a favorite author's highly anticipated new release? How about the feeling when it is just as good as you had hoped it would be and all you can do is sit and reflect, with stars in your eyes, just how much you love that author and how truly amazing that book was? What about when said book is actually even better than you could have anticipated and quite possibly some of the author's best work yet? It doesn't happen all that often, but when it does, it gives you a book high like no other as you find yourself flying high and blissed out by the end of the book, both sighing contentedly and mourning over the fact that it's finished, as you contemplate every detail of everything that you loved about the story, the characters, the writing, and the journey that the author took you on. Kudos, Nicole Williams, Dating the Enemy is totally this book for me and I simply could not be more satisfied, more elated, more excited, or more in love with a book if I tried.
First, let me just remind everyone how diverse Nicole Williams is in her body of work. From college football stars to POWs, from heartbreaking angst to full on comedy, from YA to NA, to everything in between , from poverty and addiction to second chance, opposites attract, enemies to lovers romance, there doesn't seem to be a genre she hasn't touched, a storyline too controversial, a relationship she hasn't explored, or an idea that doesn't pan out. That being said, it would be foolish then to even try to compare each of her works to each other. Not to mention that there are so many of these works that make my own personal list of all time favorites. Therefore, I would never go so far as to say that Dating the Enemy is in fact her best work yet, but I can confidently say that it is quite the contender and most definitely one of my favorites, not just of her work, but in general as well.
Dating the Enemy is cute, exceedingly clever, and oh, so witty. It is so much fun; in concept, in humor, and in entertainment value. It is emotional; it will put your poor heart through the wringer, making it pound with an overload of joy, of frustration, of amazement, and anticipation then making it clench in surprise, hope, longing, and even sorrow. Your eyes are next on the assault list as there may just be more times than you can count where you might find it difficult to continue reading from all the water in them from either laughing too hard, from empathy, or even perhaps, heartbreak.
The characters are flawless. In personality? I wouldn't go that far. In action? Not even in the slightest. What they are though, is the perfect representations of big dreams versus harsh reality. The absolute best specimens for this experiment and the most annoying/frustrating, yet endearing, loveable, and redeemable characters that fit just right into this crazy concoction. The ideal opposites that may not always attract, favor one another, or even tolerate each other, but opposites, nonetheless, that simply cannot deny the powerful presence of the other and the compulsive draw that keeps them coming back for more. And the depth of these characters is what really enchanted me. With so many facets to each, there is an almost insatiable need to get to know everything there is to know about them.
The storyline? Pure gold. A genius and intriguing romance reminiscent of fun, heartwarming, and even angsty classics like How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Bridget Jones' Diary, and even Romeo and Juliet, to a certain extent. This idea had me hook, line, and sinker from the very first meeting with Mr. Conrad in New York, to the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
I loved the idea, I loved the characters, I loved the originality, I loved the banter, but I really loved the wit. The amount of highlighting I did of important, funny, memorable, thought-provoking, and moving quotes in this book made my heart soar and my Kindle virtually technicolor in many areas. Paired with the beauty, eloquence, and visceral emotion of that final article, I may have thought I knew just how much I have always loved and enjoyed Nicole Williams' humor, intelligence, and way with words, but it just doesn't seem to get better than with this book.
Dating the Enemy is sweet, fun, clever, highly emotional, and totally unputdownable. Romance versus reality, if you weren't already a romantic, this book will definitely make you a believer, and a diehard fan.
*complimentary copy provided by author for an honest review
Rating: 5 Stars
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