While Carter is slightly oblivious at first about some of the discrimination, once it’s pointed out, he even starts to see how he might have contributed to it. It reflects what women are continually dealing with in the workplace. It’s a walk through an office and a career scenario that some of us know all too well. Let’s be clear, Dating You Hating You is feminist, but not man-hating. Then he adds insult to injury saying, “What? Are you depressed? Trust me, you don’t need that.” Oooh, both Evie and I saw red over that one.

Evie’s frustration is palpable when Brad decides for her that she doesn’t need that doughnut she’s brought into a breakfast meeting. There are sooooo many moments where I threw my hands up and said, “Yes, girl, that has happened to me.” Whether it’s being dismissed, a golf event for business or having a comment you made be passed over, only to have a male colleague repeat it to rave reviews.

It also has a dose of reality, and an edge we haven’t really seen in previous CLo books. (I couldn’t even put together a proper bookstagram without spoiling the fun). Seriously, the hijinks in this one will have you laughing out loud. It has all the feels, sheet-popping sexiness, and laughs you expect from a Christina Lauren book. To hear CLo tell it, this one didn’t just manifest itself as the perfect novel right out of the gates, which almost makes it more satisfying to read.ĭating You Hating You may be Christina Lauren’s best work yet.

Like Carter says, “…this combination of attraction and competition makes me insane.” Me, too, Carter, me, too. Two smart, funny, accomplished women put in the work to intertwine an “it’s complicated” workplace romance with a message about sexism and workplace (in)equality. To call it kismet or serendipity would be selling author duo Christina Lauren short. But in the eyes of their boss, the great Brad Kingman, Carter’s got one thing in particular on his side, a Y chromosome.ĭating You Hating You is the right book, talking about the right things, hitting at the right time. Evie worked her way up over the last 14 years, while Carter has been in LA less than two years, and is brand new to the Features department. In Dating You Hating You, Evie and Carter are talent agents who hit it off at a party and then find themselves competing for a single job.

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