Favorite Hate to Love Romances

[@Vanitas1131]

Love this 'new' setting in your house, feels very comfortable.

[@bookslikewhoa]

Thank you! I'm trying to mix it up :)

[@tara5742]

I’m so thankful for the booktube and beauty you tubers that don’t shy away from keep recommending the same thing repeatedly. It shows that it really is liked! When something is mentioned once, I might put it on a list, but then forget about it. But when it’s brought up a few times, it’s like Yes! I *really* do like this.

[@bookslikewhoa]

Haha, yes, if I'm always bringing it up... I really really like it!

[@lifefullofwords]

I definitely think that hate to love and enemies to lovers are different tropes. One of them as you said is basically dislike to love whereas the other is when they genuinely want to destroy each other.

[@spiceshewrites]

I really like your tier breakdown! I agree in contemporary it's easier to do antipathy to love; true hate is not believable or redeemable.

[@Ann86dk]

I love haters to friends to lovers plots. Which is why I have enjoyed Mariana Zapata's books. I loved Kulti because I really related so much to the main character, and that never happens (Not in that way at least). I think it was the way she was with her family, and that she was a sport person and there were just so many ways she reminded me of myself.

[@bookslikewhoa]

Kulti is really one of her best!

[@kazimierzduzyimaly]

oh i just found your channel and i HAVE TO stay here for more

[@bookslikewhoa]

Welcome!!

[@SimplySaraReads]

I’m currently reading Daughter of Shadow and Bone and oh it’s delicious. It’d best fit under star crossed lovers genre. But soo good

[@amandap2579]

My favorite trope ☺️ why my tbr is always half Dramiome fanfics 😬😂

[@saravallejo3399]

I love your breakdown on this and hadn't really considered the subcategories before, but I totally see it now that you've said it. I've read the most in the first two categories, but am interested in the third. Definitely saving this video so I can come back and add anything I've missed to my TBR list!

[@bookslikewhoa]

Enjoy!! :)

[@sephestra.]

Hmmm...I have to say Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie is probably my favorite one that probably fits into this category.

[@TheGoofy1932]

Love Burn For Me. Hidden Legacy is so good. Suzanne Wright's Here Be Sexist Vampires is a good one for the hate to love trope. Ruby Dixon has a few in her barbarian series that is this trope as does S. E. Smith. She writes a lot of SciFi romance like Dixon does, but hers are shape shifting dragons instead of blue horned aliens.

[@abigaillarion9365]

Have you read The Hating Game by Sally Thorne? It's my favorite romance in this subgenre, and I think you would love it.

[@bookslikewhoa]

I read and really didn't enjoy 99% Mine because of the author's voice, so I am hesitant to try more from her... maybe someday!

[@amandad2729]

@@bookslikewhoa The Hating Game is one of my favorites. I didn't like 99% Mine at all.

[@rosac464]

I love the hating game

[@ashtonreads]

I'm such a sucker for hate to love. Have you tried the Fever series by Karen Marie Moning? That's pretty hate to love and, ironically, readers seem to either hate or love it, but I found it incredibly addicting.

[@bookslikewhoa]

I have not, but thanks for the recs!!

[@ashheartbooks2192]

Yessss! Love a good hate to love trope! Writing down a couple of these I haven't picked up yet!

[@MarianaQuesada]

I love this trope, but I’ve never analyzed the specifics of what I like about it. I guess that as long as the “hate” is believable to overcome, and our characters have that angsty chemistry, I’m in. I just uploaded a video of every book by Mariana Zapata, and Kulti is definitely one of my favorites 😍

[@bookslikewhoa]

Kulti is so so good!

[@MarianaQuesada]

@@bookslikewhoa 😍😍😍

[@debralavoie9095]

I never know until I've read a few chapters what will appeal to me. Too much angst is not a good fit for me. Great video!

[@fatumaahmed6924]

I'd recommend, R. L. Mathewson's Neighbor from Hell series for good Hate to Love dynamics, if you haven't heard of them

[@krakentoagoodbook]

I've been kinda interested in trying out some sports romance - I'll definitely check out Mariana Zapata. I didn't know about Night's Darkest Embrace! I've liked Jeaniene Frost's books, so I'll have to look into that for sure. I'm so bummed that I didn't love Serpent & Dove (I thought it was just fine). I actually haven't tried the Immortals After Dark series, but that seems like something I'd like. But yeah, totally agree that actual hate to love is a much harder sell and that I also prefer these variants.

[@bookslikewhoa]

The IAD series is a lot of fun-- if you liked Jeaniene Frost, I think it's worth giving a try (I'd say start with A Hunger Like No Other, not the prequel novella)

[@krakentoagoodbook]

@@bookslikewhoa Awesome, thanks! That's good to know. :D I could definitely go for some fun paranormal romance!

[@panda41183]

I was trying to see if our tastes align, and then you used wizard houses as adjectives....sold!

[@bookslikewhoa]

Haha welcome!!

[@sassycatz4470]

I'm a fan of this trope and its variations. I'm sure I've read many versions of it and you've mentioned a number of them. Some additional ones I read recently and liked very much are 1) Teach Me by Olivia Wilde, which starts as a work place relationship. In this instance, no one out-and-out hates anyone but it involves two teachers, one who was recently hired to takeover some of the classes another teaches, without her knowing it was coming, and she stoically and professionally welcomes him even though she can't help but resent what happened to her and he can't get close to her because of it. 2) The Chocolate Kiss by Laura Florand. This is such a special little book. It's set in Paris and although it's a contemporary and set in the real world, there are elements of magic and fantasy to it that give it a fairy tale flavor. Anyway, the heroine and her aunts own a hot chocolate and sweets shop called La Maison des Sorcieres. As the story opens, a famous pastry chef opens his own shop right down the street from the heroine's threatening their business. She immediately sees him as a rival and dislikes him instantly, while the hero -- while recognizing her as a competitor -- is intrigued by her. 3) The Simple Wild by K.A. Tucker. This story involves a young woman from Toronto who is compelled to visit her estranged father in Alaska, who she hasn't seen for most of her life, when she finds out he has an illness that may threaten his life. Upon arriving in Alaska, she is met by an employee of her father's who is a bush pilot and sees the daughter in a bad light because she's been out of his employer/friend's life and is suspicious of her intentions and, ultimately, vice versa. For Maura/Moira (sorry, don't know how you spell it) -- I know you lost your dad and this story might be difficult for you because of that. However, I think it's really good.

[@bookslikewhoa]

Thanks for the recs!

[@erinfox2671]

Can you do a fake dating recommendation video please?

[@bookslikewhoa]

Ooo that's a great idea!

[@EclecticKatiReads]

A version of the - she hates him, he likes her - that I recently read and enjoyed was The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig. A ridiculous historical adventure romance. Silly, stupid fun that makes no sense whatsoever but was perfect after a couple of very mediocre books to lift my mood, again.

[@JennCoull]

I'm actually a season ticket holder to the woman's professional soccer team in Houston so now I need to read Kulti!

[@bookslikewhoa]

OMG, you 100% do!!

[@juanalejandroramirezcalder8768]

Hi. What editorial do you recommend to read? I am Spanish speaking and I don't know any in particular. I have A tale of two cities, but the edition ("Collins Collections") is quite bad, very small I would like a prettier and larger one. Help me, pleaseee

[@bookslikewhoa]

I have a classics collection video with my full thoughts on what editions I recommend!

[@sephestra.]

Yeah, at the end of The Austen Playbook I was like "WTF, DUDE?? WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT??"". Don't have Headliners yet, but I'mma head over to Amazon and rectify that.

[@bookslikewhoa]

You'll have to judge for yourself if the grovel matches the crime :D

[@dindranew.6808]

So Wrecked is kind of a Deerskin faerytale retelling?

[@bookslikewhoa]

Hmm, not familiar with Deerskin, so... maybe?

[@thea4676]

Okay i can't believe I have actually read at least one of these (this literally never happens) but I read "something about you" as it was added to my Cosmo when I was a teenager (yes I read Cosmo, yes I am ashamed of myself) and I honestly found it pretty underwhelming. My mom read it too and she didn't like it either.

[@bookslikewhoa]

Alas, not every book works for every reader :/

[@thea4676]

@@bookslikewhoa true. no shame if people liked it i just wanted to share an opinion because i love watching booktube but i literally never know what anyone is talking about :D :D

[@kcomay3270]

I loved A Kiss for Midwinter and The MidWinter Mail Order Bride! Guess I should keep reading books with Midwinter in the title :)

[@bookslikewhoa]

Haha, yes! Midwinter usually signals ye olde Christmas-y time

[@elisiane411]

I make this recomendation of book romantic, jane austen!