Dear Enemy

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While Delilah lives in Macon’s home, they still fight with one another - for old times sake. But this time there seems to be some sort of tension in the air... What happens when all the misunderstandings from the past get cleared to the side, and the love/hate boundaries get blurred? From New York Times bestselling author Kristen Callihan comes a smart, emotional contemporary romance about finding love with the most unlikely of people. Delilah enters into some BatB-esque servitude to work off her shady sister's debt with Macon and the homage to the fairytale was pretty loose in some sense and also it felt like one entire scene was lifted from the movie. I'm not against retellings, in fact JT Geissinger's BURN FOR YOU followed along those lines and worked really well for me, amongst other retellings, but between everything else..? I just can't get on with the characters. Things seem to be moving along fairly predictably, too, with certain interactions between the main protags and I'm just bored. Ehrlich gesagt, hatte ich mir mehr hiervon erwartet. Allein, da ich bisher alle Bücher von Kristen Callihan geliebt habe und ich das Trope "Enemies to Lovers" auch super gerne lese. Allerdings fand ich den Einstieg in die Geschichte echt lahm und langatmig. Wäre da etwas gekürzt wurden, wäre das Buch ein echtes Highlight gewesen.

Heat level: Hot. They have some hot tension, chemistry, and scenes -- but not so much it takes away from the story. I'm a huge fan of Kristen Callihan's writing - I loved every single book I read by her in the past. She writes with heart and humor, her heroines and heroes are always strong, people who seem real with all their flaws but still so darn likable. DEAR ENEMY falls right into this category. I'm now looking forward to what she has next in store for us. Maybe we get a book about North, Macon's awesome bodyguard? I think he deserves a HEA. That is why I think I should give this one another go when things have calmed down a bit... Maybe I will feel completely different about it... It has been known to happen ;) With Delilah I got one of my favorite heroines - sassy, snarky, smart, deeply loyal and adaptive. A person who keeps the hero on his toes, who listens and learns, who makes mistakes and knows how to say sorry and how to forgive. And there was a lot to forgive when it came to Macon - he really was the worst and total punk as a teenager. For Delilah it wasn't the grudge that was hard to get over though but her insecurities that Macon caused and they would flare up frequently. Macon's openness and his true remorse helped her to get over it though and earned him her absolute trust. He didn't let up when he realized that it was his childhood enemy he wanted and went after her with every tool in his repertoire. i was a bit weirded out from the beginning when i found out Sam (h's sister) and Macon were childhood "bf/gf" where they dated for years.I didn't entirely mind the whole sibling double-dipping, but I can see why many don't like it. Considering that Macon only dated one girl in his life before Delilah, said girl being her sister, doesn't really make it better. How they had an on-and-off relationship didn't surprise me. It's high school, what do you expect? But also, dating Sam while actually always having a thing for Delilah didn't help. Take that as you will. SPOILER WARNING: This review contains spoilers for Dear Enemy as well as Vicious by L.J. Shen, so read with caution. Now, ten years after highschool, Delilah is a busy catering chef in Los Angeles. Sister Sam is still a flighty good-for-not-much party & con girl. And Macon. He's a Hollywood Star.

It's far worse than I thought. They were childhood sweethearts. “An on-again, off-again couple throughout middle school and high school.” i loved the beginning of this BEFORE the MCs got together cuz the slow burn, sexual tension, and banter was just *chef's kiss* but all in all this was just meh but in a good way. the drama at the end was kind of weird and unnecessary tho but i guess it was just there to solve the whole Sam situaion and to add a little angst. Objectively this book is not bad, but it was so bad for me. As some might know, Vicious is one of my favorite enemies to lovers stories. Unfortunately, Dear Enemy for some parts read like a watered-down Vicious 2.0 rip off. Both of them bullied their love interest, the girl leaves the town for one reason or another, 10 years later the pair reunited and the girl works for the guy. Das Buch wird abwechselnd aus Delilah´s und Macon´s Sicht erzählt, was ich bei New Adult Romanen immer gerne mag, da man die Handlungen und Gedanken unserer Protagonisten so besser verstehen und nachvollziehen kann. Trotz des Tropes "Enemies to Lovers" mochte ich unsere beiden Protagonisten gleich gern, da Macon nicht unbedingt der typische Badboy bzw. das stereotypische Arschloch ist, was man bei einer solchen Geschichte vielleicht erwarten würde. Absolut gehasst habe ich allerdings Delilah´s Schwester Sam. Selten einen so unsympathischen Charakter gelesen.

Besides,” she says, walking toward the bedroom door. “There are things that I need to discuss with my sister.”

This book was an absolute hit for me. I literally love anything enemies to lovers related, so when I saw that this trope was going to be included, I knew I had to read it. I read this within a day, and when I finished, I felt so sad because I just wanted more aGH.

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After meeting them in Make it Sweet, I knew that I needed to find out the details behind Delilah and Macon's love story. Honestly, I was wary after reading the blurb since bully romances aren't really my thing and I wasn't keen on the hero having dated the heroine's sister (in Middle and High School). Kristen Callihan made me a believer though and I was pulled right into this story. Bad sibling relationship is one of the worst things in books. I absolutely can't stand it. Why was Sam mean to Delilah you're asking? Well, jealousy... she was jealous cuz she thought their parents loved Del more than her. Yup it's that dumb. I just wanted to punch Sam straight in the face and Delilah for being such a doormat when it comes to her sister. Hero-complex at its worst. In the beginning I was super excited and thought “wow this is going to be one of my new favorites”. Mama used to say the brain can lie to you, but the heart always knows the truth.” I shrug. “Problem is, most of us would rather believe the lie than face the truth.” The stalker aspect of the story was a prominent part of the story and I expected a showdown which I was deprived of. It wasn't a big deal and didn't take away from my enjoyment but I thought this could have been handled a liiittle bit better. I loved the food references, the way Delilah expressed herself with food, how she told stories and experiences through it. This was so well done.