I Think I’m Falling Out of Hate With You.

Title: Hate You
Author: Tracy Lorraine
Format: Audio
Narrators:
Genre: Romance, enemies to lovers, tattoo artist, best friends bothers, secret relationship
Standalone: Yes
Part of a Series: Book 1 of Rebel Ink
POV: Tabitha and Zach
Steam Level: Hot
5/5

Hate You is another winner from Tracy Lorraine who is a master at the enemies-to-lovers trope. But Hate You wasn't just another enemies t0 lovers. The elements woven together include many secrets. The secret that Tabitha and Zach went to school together, the secret that she's his litter sister's best friend, the fact that he isn't just a playboy who is floating through life along with other secrets that soon reveal themselves.

I loved that push and pull between Tabitha and Zach. The push and pull between what their bodies want and what their minds are telling them. The push and pull between what they want and what their families expect. I loved how Zach doesn't want Tabitha but also doesn't want anyone else to have her. The line between love and hate thins and weaves them together in knots.

Hate You is the first book in the Rebel Ink series and I look forward to seeing what else is to come, especially the story behind what happened in the epilogue.

Favorite Quotes:
There’s something to be said about living outside your comfort zone now and again.
Fuck I’m getting addicted to this arrogant mother fucker.
I think I’m falling out of hate with you.
“Never apologize for needing someone.” “I didn’t need someone Kitten. I needed you.”

I received this audiobook for free from Audiobook Obsession. This is my honest and voluntary review.

2 people found this helpful

Bad boys can be so good

Man, Zach was a complete bastard. He really treats Tabitha like total crap because he believes she represents everything he hates about his own life. He keeps his success a secret and doesn't let anyone into his life. Tabitha is sick of doing the same old thing and decides to shake things up by taking a chance at a job in a tattoo studio. Tabitha and Zach are explosive when they get together which is both good and bad. I listened to the audio book of this one and the two narrators just made this book even better!

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Love it!

Loved it when I read it, love it even more when listening to these narrators bring these characters to life. Love listening to the banter between Zach and Tabitha.
4.5*

An entertaining and super hot story. I first got a glimpse of Zach in His Manhattan and he is was portrayed as the brother who is squandering his trust fund drinking and banging chicks. In here we see that it is just a facade he puts on for his family. Zach is a successful tattoo artist and owns a bunch of parlors. Tabitha is a woman who is trying to find herself even though her parents are forcing her to go into the family business or marry someone who will take care of her. Tabitha ends up getting a job at Zach's tattoo parlor and the tension starts. He doesn't want her there because she belongs from his family's world that he is trying to get away. Little does he know how close they are since they went to school together and he doesn't recognize her and she is best friend's with his sister. They both hate each other but you could feel the sexual tension between them. Love the banter between these two and when they get together OMG so hot. This was an enjoyable story as I read these two try to deny their feelings. Then things get a bit intense when secrets are revealed. I wouldn't mind being on the receiving end of Zach's punishments. I can't wait to read Titch and Danni's story.

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Stellar listen!

Shane East and Kylie Stewart really made this book a stellar listen. This is the first time I have listened to this author, but definitely will not be the last. The story line was interesting, characters developed and the story held my attention. It was a great way to lose myself over the weekend. I totally am glad I purchased it (I was out of credits) and do not regret a penny!

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Awesome Love story!

Storyline was great. I would have loved to have a little more twist and turns but for the one we had it does lead to the other books in the series.
Love loved loved the duet narraters. It brings the story to life when a male reads the male parts and the female reads the female parts.

(spoiler alert)
I didn't appreciate how the flc was insensitive to the mlc losing a best friend. it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out if a male that is obviously straight wearing another male dogtags that something happened to the guy.
I'm a veteran and just seeing the book cover knowing the mlc didn't serve I made 4 by adding 2+2.

Hot Sex... and that's about it.

I really wanted to like this book, as I am usually a fan of enemies to lovers stories. However, I have to say that I was extremely disappointed in this story telling. Ninety percent of this book was, "I hate you. I'm going to f*ck you now. OK, bye." Rinse, repeat.

The biggest problem I had with this book, besides the lame female narrator that is, is that the guy treated this poor girl like crap through the entire book until the last hour. They never talked, he was never kind to her, they didn't do anything together besides have sex. There was literally NOTHING to base their "relationship" on, so I'm not really sure how they even fell in love. It didn't feel believable for me, and that's just really sad.

Secondly, for all the sex that's in this book, I was hoping for more variety. Sadly, it was the same sex scene playing on a loop, and it got quite boring.

The only saving grace for this title is Shane East, but even though he is the narrator for the other books in this series, I'm not sure it would even be worth it to waste my credits if the stories are as lacking as this one.

Pretty good start to a series…

As series go, this one is good enough to keep me listening after Book One.

Great narration, HORRIBLE story

Let me start by noting that obviously, Shane East did a SPECTACULAR job with his narration (he never fails to do a superb job on his reads). Kylie was good too.

But wooooo the character development in the story is non-existent, and the connection and chemistry between Tabitha and Zach is about as hot as a lukewarm cup of coffee. She is a weak pushover for this guy, and at some point she falls in love with him. And I’m left wondering okay Tabitha, you’re in love with him HOW?! Y’all have had ZERO conversations outside of bickering and screwing, there ZERO intimacy or connection that would lead to her “falling in love”. They both are irritating in that their respective feelings/angst toward each other are coming from NOWHERE as the author has not painted a good picture of the development that led to these feelings. I don’t connect with the characters at all, and they’re boring because I know nothing about them. This storyline had potential, but the writer just threw together 2 people who hate each other for ridiculous reasons, no conversation whatsoever, yet they fall in love with each other out of thin air. Save your credit.

By the end, I hated them too

First read from this author. I can't say, I would never try another title from her, but this one wasn't great. We often get a dose of deception and secrets to create some of that underlying drama. But these two were both living hidden lives from their families and each other. There was nothing but lies and secrets. Midway through the story, I stopped caring. Neither of them was genuine enough to care about. I'm going to stop here and pass on the remaining titles in this series.

Good book

I liked this book a lot, and I almost loved it, but the male lead character was overly frustrating and closed off, in my opinion. I would listen again, however.