But Dani needs help planning and building her “spite house” and the only person willing to help is her handsome yet surly co-worker, Wyatt. Yet, as the build progresses, Dani comes to realize that her “spite house” is becoming less about revenge and more about wanting to spend time with Wyatt outside of the office (where dating each other would be frowned upon). Love at First Spite is an adult/ new adult romance novel featuring the enemies to lovers and forbidden love tropes. The “spite house” construction as well as Dani and Wyatt’s relationship was reminiscent of Wes and Bethany’s story in Tools of Engagement by Tessa Bailey and Dani’s personality, especially when she trashes her wedding dress at paintball, reminded me of Zara from The Singles Table by Sara Desai; so, if you liked either of these books, you are sure to enjoy Love at First Spite! I would also recommend Love at First Spite to fans of new adult/ adult romance novels like The Fastest Way to Fall by Denise Williams, How Sweet It Is by Dylan Newton, and 99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne. Love at First Spite deals with themes such as love and heartbreak, revenge, destruction, communication or lack there of, family, female roles, social class, trust, as well as health and wellbeing. For me, the moral of Love at First Spite is that moving forward is better than living in the past.
I also liked how the end of Love at First Spite included some unexpected twists that kept things interesting; including an incident involving the fire department and a ninja-like break-in. Lastly, I loved how Dani’s story ended and I appreciated that Collins extended Dani’s story by including an epilogue and a playlist at the end of Love at First Spite. The main thing that I disliked about Love at First Spite was the fact that, in my opinion, there was a lot of unnecessary information included in the first third of the novel pertaining to the acquisition and designing of the “spite house” that I could have done without. Furthermore, I was disappointed that Dani and Wyatt’s love story didn’t really start until about halfway through the novel. But, after the halfway point, things get a lot more interesting as this is when Dani and Wyatt start to blur the lines between professional and romantic and this is also when conflicts arise between Dani and her ex-fiancé as well as Dani and her Cousin Mia. Overall, although slow to start, I enjoyed reading Love at First Spite and would recommend it to fans of Tessa Bailey, Sara Desai, and Dylan Newton as well as fans of building/ renovation shows featured on HGTV. I gave this book a rating of 8 out of 10. This article was written for "The Nerd Daily". Click here to view this article on "The Nerd Daily's" website or copy & paste the following URL into your web browser: https://bit.ly/3387A5Y
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