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Make Me Hate You

A Best Friend's Brother Romance

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Make Me Hate You

By: Kandi Steiner
Narrated by: Holly Warren
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From USA Today, BookTok, and #1 Amazon bestselling author Kandi Steiner comes an angsty and emotional stand-alone romance about first love, buried pain, and the one person you can never quite let go of, featuring bonus content exclusive to this print edition."The yearning is off the charts in this winning contemporary from Steiner." Publishers WeeklyHow can you hate someone who still owns your heart?Jasmine Olsen hasn’t been home in seven years for a very good reason. Some memories cut too deep, and sometimes running is the only way to survive. But when her best friend’s wedding brings her back to the small town she desperately tried to escape, she finally comes face to face with… him.Tyler Wagner. The boy who broke her heart. The man she never quite forgot. And, unfortunately, her best friend’s brother. Charismatic, confident, and unyielding, Tyler is everything Jasmine can’t afford to want. And now, as the wedding fast approaches, he’s everywhere—testing boundaries they never defined, stirring feelings they both pretended were long buried.With every stolen glance, his golden eyes lure her into their depths. Unable to escape his pull, the memory of them tightens like a rip current, dragging her under. And when he flashes her that smile, she loses her breath along with the last of her restraint.She wants to hate him. She needs to hate him.But if he kisses her again, she’ll drown.And this time, she’ll take him down with her.©2020 Kandi Steiner (P)2020 Kandi Steiner Contemporary Contemporary Romance Romance
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This gave me such a throwback to this authors other book which I loved A Love Letter To Whiskey. While it didn't quite hit that level in the angst department it was darn close. It's a best friend's brother romance which I'm always a sucker for. I felt so much for Jasmine and Taylor - timing was never on their side. Their relationship was so intense and I felt it. While I didn't cry as much as in Whiskey this book broke me in so many ways, but the raw passion, need, and chemistry between the two main characters got me in all my feels. The audio is perfect for a story like this. I volunteered to listen and review a complimentary copy of this. All opinions are my own.

Angsty goodness

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A great friends-to-lovers story.
I would have prefered his and her POV, but still I enjoyed listening to the story.

It's an emotional rollercoaster with great characters!

Make Me Hate You

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The audio version of this book had me all in my feels. It just made it that much more real and heart breaking. My heart ached for the characters and they were amazing! If you haven’t read or listened to this audio, what are you waiting for?! It’s sooo good!

My heart!

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Make Me Hate You I am ashamed to say is my first taste of Kandi Steiner's writing, and I will definitely be reading more of her work. The novel is about Tyler, his sister Morgan and Jasmine who were inseparable as teens. When Jasmine's life throws her a devastating curveball, things between her and Tyler change in a single moment that acts as a catalyst for a 7 year time period where they don't have contact. Now Jasmine has to return to her home town for her best friend Morgan's wedding and she has to come face to face with Tyler for the first time in years.

The story was quick to establish a connection to Jasmine for me, I truly felt for her as an 18 year old and her vulnerability was clear to see. After this first introduction the story took a little time to get going but once the communication started up between Jasmine and Tyler I was sucked straight back into their push and pull chemistry and years of bottled up feelings.

Kandi built the angst well between Hero and heroine, as they try to rebuild their broken friendship and learn about the people they have become. Their attraction to each other builds too along with all the old emotions they held for each other. The problem? Both are in relationships, and both are waiting for their partners to arrive for the wedding.

It's pretty clear that Tyler and Jasmine are soulmates; but I honestly didn't know how this one would play out, which shows the talent of Kandi's writing. Holly Warren did a fantastic job narrating the audiobook, I loved her level of expression especially when it came to the emotional scenes, also her male vocal performance was very well done for Tyler's parts.

Tyler and Jasmine were both very likeable characters, the tension between them was built well by Kandi skilfully portraying to the reader the devastation Jasmine felt when Tyler broke her heart. When you begin to get pieces of Tyler's story too I was done for and 100% invested into this couple. I loved that it wasn't as straight forward as I expected it to be, I admired Kandi for going to a place not all readers like; but for me I love these elements, it's real and it made sense to their story. Make Me Hate You is one I would recommend to others looking for a friends to lovers, second chance romance.

My first of many Kandi Steiner books

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Jasmine has endured a childhood that no on should have to but her best friend Morgan and his brother Tyler became the family she never had. When she is handed yet another emotional upheaval she ends up turning to Tyler but their actions that night left him with regrets and her with a broken heart. The only way to handle her pain was to leave town and she hasn’t returned since.

Years later Morgan is getting married and she wants Jasmine to be her maid of honor. She now finds herself in her hometown with no choice but to face her painful past. She has moved forward with her life and is determined to leave her feelings for Tyler in the past, but some things are easier said than done.

So much emotion and so much angst as Jasmine and Tyler’s journey is at times heartbreaking and at times heartwarming but the one thing you can count on is that it will definitely make you feel. The narrator did a great job of ensuring you had the same roller coaster of feelings as Jasmine.

Jasmine and Tyler!

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