{"id":58445,"date":"2021-04-03T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=58445"},"modified":"2021-04-02T20:34:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-03T00:34:35","slug":"review-to-have-and-to-hate-by-r-s-grey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=58445","title":{"rendered":"Review: To Have and to Hate by R.S. Grey"},"content":{"rendered":"

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4 stars!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

I love books with fake marriages and this one delivers its own take on the trope. It\u2019s witty, sweet and swoony, and really enjoyed it.<\/p>\n

Walt is a workaholic and would do anything for the company, even marry a stranger. That\u2019s where Elizabeth comes in. She is thrown into a marriage of convince\u00a0for the sake of her family, and though she doesn\u2019t know exactly what to expect, it\u2019s definitely not Walt.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth and Walt hardly know each other when they enter the arrangement. At first there is nothing between them but when Walt refuses to let Elizabeth rent a worn down apartment, he brings her to live with him. Though he isn\u2019t around much, Elizabeth starts to leave her mark on his house and his heart.<\/p>\n

I loved the way their relationship formed. The more Elizabeth is inserted in his life, the less Walt can deny that she is something special. She has the kindest heart and does everything to make things easier, expecting nothing in return. She wants to help out where she can even when she feels out of her element and I loved her for it.\u00a0She has drive and determination, and she never gives in to her parents demands.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the little things that start to make us realize there could be something between them. Walt is busy and comes across as cold but as Elizabeth spends more time with him, he starts to thaw. I loved that he pays attention and gives her what she wants but would never ask for. He really sees her and supports her passion.<\/p>\n

A man who was, at the time, a great mystery shrouded in suits and severe expressions and curt conversations, but now the distance between the man I assumed Walt was and the man he\u2019s turning out to be is starting to widen with every moment we spend together.
\nWorse, I\u2019m starting to think I might actually like my husband.
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It takes a while for these two to realize they have feelings for each other. There are definitely moments that were frustrating and a bit of OW drama but overall, it\u2019s not over the top drama. It\u2019s a slow burn romance that develops unexpectedly but realistically.\u00a0There is a sweet epilogue that made my giddy, and I loved how everything came together.<\/p>\n

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Buy: Amazon Review 4 stars!! I love books with fake marriages and this one delivers its own take on the trope. It\u2019s witty, sweet and swoony, and really enjoyed it. Walt is a workaholic and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","yasr_overall_rating":4,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1132,65,9],"tags":[787,48],"class_list":["post-58445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fake-relationship","category-lol-funny","category-romance","tag-r-s-grey","tag-review"],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":false,"span_bottom":false},"number_of_votes":0,"sum_votes":0},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/To-Have-and-To-Hate.jpg?fit=200%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7gaNL-fcF","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/57705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}