Book Description

Enemies With Benefits: An Enemies-to-Lovers Romance (Loveless Brothers Romance Book 1)

I don’t love him. I don’t even like him.
I just want him.

Eli Loveless was my nemesis from the first day of kindergarten until we graduated high school. Everything I did, he had to do better – and vice versa. The day he left town was the best day of my life.

Ten years later, the day he came back was the worst.

Now he’s my co-worker.

Grown-up Eli Loveless is sexy as sin. He’s hotter than asphalt in the summer. The irritating kid I once knew is gone, and he’s been replaced by a man with green eyes, perfect abs, and a cocky smile.

It’s bad that I want him. It’s worse that he wants me back.

There are looks. There are smirks. There are smiles that make my panties burst into flame.

And then there’s a shared kiss that leads to the hottest night of my life.

This is no office romance. This is a five-alarm fire.

What’s a girl to do when the man I can’t stand is the one I can’t stop lusting after?

Enter into a friends-with-benefits agreement, of course.

No dates. No relationship. Just blisteringly hot sex, because if there’s one person I could never fall for, it’s Eli….right?

Enemies With Benefits is the first book in the Loveless Brothers series, and can be read as a total standalone. It’s for fans of high-heat, low-angst romantic comedies and anyone who enjoys a rivals-to-lovers story. This book also has tons of sibling banter, a workplace romance that smolders, and a small town with tons of charm and quirk. It’s steamy, hilarious, and of course it’s got a guaranteed HEA. (And yes, it bangs.)

Author Profile

Roxie is a romance author by day, and also a romance author by night. She lives in Los Angeles with one husband, two cats, far too many books, and a truly alarming pile of used notebooks that she refuses to throw away.

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Non-review Rant

I started this shortly after finishing the book in my previous issue of one-book-review-per-month series.

Book Review |  My Billionaire Grump | Camilla Isley

That one was fun. And, as you can see, I spent a lot of time on reviewing that book. With one nice experience, I delve into another book. And, it missed the mark by a landslide. So, the review is going to be short.

Recap

Violet is having the worst date of her life, and then she runs into an old enemy. The first few interactions are filled with banter and then they learn that they are working for the same guy.

There is tension, and old baggage, and they are drawn to each other like a moth to flame. They hate each other and want each other at the same time (that’s given in the cover itself). Naturally, they opt for an arrangement no sane person would think of–enemies with benefits.

And then it happens again, and again, and again.

Review

Not My Cuppa

No, no, no… This was so not the book I wanted. I was so fooled by the cover. I don’t mind some smut, but there was too much for my liking. I had to skim through most of the s** scenes and still it felt like too long. Oh, wait, it is too long at 434 pages. That been said, I don’t want to diss. Here are the things I liked.

Things I liked

Enemies to Lovers Trope

The first 30% of the book is “enemies” mode on and filled with banter. We see that the hero and the heroine both are jerks to each other, Violet moreso than Eli, but they both get to your nerves. Wait, that sounds like a bad thing. It isn’t. Initially, their hatred for one another is enjoyable, and then it slowly starts to annoy. 

Slow Burn

Thing started slow, which I like. They didn’t jump onto each other after a few chapters. But then… It got two slow. With all the wedding and catering and event management disasters and constantly getting into each other’s pants, it was way too slow and boy did it burn.

Things I Didn’t Care For

The Length

Too freakin’ long for my liking, especially as the catering and banging gets repetitive.

The Smut

I never like it when the whole book sounds like…

Are you feeling it tonight
I’m feeling it tonight
(Bang bang raat bhar baat kar
Tu mere saath chal
Dil pe chala hai jaadu jaane kyun)x2
Bang bang, bang bang, bang bang
Jaane kyun oo..
Bang bang, bang bang, bang bang
Jaane kyun oo.. bang bang

[Credit: Song: Bang Bang Bollywood 2014 Movie Title Song]

Some Lines I Liked

Chapter 1 – Page 3

I don’t like being paid for. I don’t like feeling as if I owe someone something. I don’t like feeling like I shouldn’t order gold- plated lobster with a side of caviar if I feel like it.

Chapter 1 – Page 5

They go through the whole sniff- swirl- taste- drink- nod thing that wine people love to do,

Chapter 11 – Page 104

Birds will still sing. Rivers will still flow. The world will keep on turning.

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Stay tuned for more book reviews in my “one book review per month” series. This month, I have published two. Isn’t that nice?

Until next time, happy reading!