I love a good enemies to lovers story and this one definitely delivered on that trope. Ava's writing was excellent as always and the steamy scenes and love between the MCs was exactly what I've come to expect from her.
From the blurb:
Aaron Taylor-Ladner: As the head of a billion dollar family empire, being a nice guy isn’t part of my job. The only person who doesn’t run for cover when I walk into a room is my new chief of sales, Harrison Ducker. He’s outspoken, snarky, and a total pain. I’d fire him in a heartbeat - if I had one - if he didn’t have an ironclad contract thanks to my father’s meddling ways. I can’t stand the sight of Harrison and the feeling is mutual. But one business trip, and only one bed, takes this hate-hate relationship to a very different place. What’s disturbing? I love it. What’s worse? I might love him.
Happily Never After is an enemies to lovers MM romance with two men that are so wrong for each other, they have to be right.
GreenwingReads review:
I love a good enemies to lovers story and this one definitely delivered on that trope. Ava's writing was excellent as always and the steamy scenes and love between the MCs was exactly what I've come to expect from her.
The only reason I'm not giving this one 5 stars was because of the characters. I loved Aaron and I felt really bad for him and everything he was dealing with for a lot of the story. I know how it is to be introverted have difficulty in social situations. I felt like no one, including is so-called best friend, gave him any credit for that. Harrison really enjoyed humiliating Aaron. That's a tricky aspect for me because I don't like it when one character enjoys making another feel foolish or small (unless the other character likes it as a k!nk and there's a clear discussion about it first).
I really struggled with Shane's character. He was supposed to be Aaron's best friend but he never acted like. He kept a pretty big secret from Aaron for a long time and never stood up for him. Aaron's worst night of his life could have been prevented if not for his best friend's carelessness and disregard. But Aaron was never upset with his friend and let him bulldoze over him. Aaron didn't have the best self-esteem, but it bothered me that he'd be so forgiving of his best friend and no one held him accountable. I almost stopped reading because of Aaron and Shane's characters. I'm glad I stuck it out because Shane wasn't a huge part of the story (he never redeemed himself at all and actually as the story progressed, I liked him less and less) and Harrison did get better. By the end, I really liked the two of them, though Aaron remained my clear favorite.
Aaron's dad is the absolute worst, so if verbally abusive and cruel fathers is a trigger for you, give this one a pass.
I really do love Ava's writing style and will continue to pick up anything she writes in the future (unless Shane becomes a future MC lol).
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