“Loving you is the easiest thing I’ve ever done”

Dear diary,

This book was so swoony and so sweet, I was totally hooked! Emily and Jack are like two peas in a pod, but they believe far from that- they’ve been sworn enemies since their first interaction. Continuously bickering and making life difficult for each other. So when Jack finally moves out of Rome, a small town in Kentucky, Emily thinks she’s done with him for good…

Emily Walker hates anyone or anything ruining her carefully curated life (and double life as a romance writer), so when she hears that Jack’s back in town after a failed engagement and he’s here to stay as both her colleague and her neighbor, she does what any mature adult would do: asks the whole town to make life difficult for him, in hopes he goes back.

Jack is excited to be back and renovate his house while working on his next mystery novel under his bestselling pen name. Until, that is, he realises he’s now neighbors with the one woman who always pushed his buttons.

With their fiery hatred at an all-time high, Emily makes a mistake that could possibly reveal her secret literary identity and frustratingly enough, she needs Jack’s help to make it right. Will this alliance put an end to their “rivalry” and could it lead to a steamy plot twist they never saw coming?

This may seem like a classic enemies-to-lovers novel at first, but it’s honestly so much more than that. The story explores real issues people face in everyday life — grief, narcissistic parents, and the lasting impact these experiences have on the way people love and allow themselves to be loved.

Emily is the sibling who has taken it upon herself to be perfect: always smiling, always dependable, always helping others even when her own world is falling apart. Because she constantly suppresses her emotions, she convinces herself that she’s difficult to love. Jack, on the other hand — spoiler alert — believes loving her is the easiest thing he’s ever done.

Jack’s childhood, shaped by an alcoholic and narcissistic father, left him terrified of vulnerability and emotional closeness. Watching both characters slowly confront their fears and unlearn the ways they’ve protected themselves is what makes the story so powerful and emotionally real.

Jack and Emily are more alike than they think they are, and the way their story evolves seems so natural rather than forced or stretched. This is a perfect heartfelt read and most of all, its just the right amount in touch with reality(maybe there is a man like Jack out there hahaha)

read-o-meter rating: 4.1/5

Age rating: 14+

Until next time… dear reader of my book diary:)