Something like Hate
Chicago Grizzlies #1
by Piper Rayne
Genre: Sports Romance
Release Date: September 26, 2023
ABOUT THE BOOK:
I love him.
I loathe him.
It’s like plucking daisy petals in my head, but he’ll never know.
When Miles Cavanaugh, the best safety in the league, was traded to the Chicago Grizzlies football team last year, I could finally breathe. Temptation was miles away.
How naïve to think it would end there because when the opportunity to write for a national magazine based in Chicago lands in my lap months later, I can’t turn it down. Sure, it’s a big city, but the sexual energy feels like a beacon between us the minute my plane lands.
To make matters worse, I end up having to take over the job of reporting exclusively on the Chicago Grizzlies. Which means traveling with the team, interviewing players, and pretty much having an all-access pass to their lives during the season.
Miles and I put up a great front, quickly hating on one another, but we both know it’s a lie. We also know the rules are simple. For me, don’t sleep with the subject of your articles. For him, don’t sleep with the journalist who can make or break your career.
I thought straight-laced Miles Cavanaugh followed all the rules… oh how wrong I was.
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Audio Narrated by: Tim Paige & Stefanie Kay
Something like Hate by Piper Rayne
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
🎧🎧AUDIO REVIEW🎧🎧
OVERALL REVIEW & RATING: 4.5 Stars
*heart eyes* I’d hoped the story of Miles & Bryce was going to be charged and Piper Rayne did not disappoint! All kinds of sparks flew in this journey and I absolutely LOVED IT!
PERFORMANCE REVIEW & RATING: 4 Stars
There’s a couple of small details about the narration of this story that made the shine of my experience dim a little. First there’s the switch of male narrators between the prequel, On the Defense, and this story. I don’t know the reason behind the switch, but when you jump straight into the story from the prequel, it’s jarring to have one of the main characters be narrated by different narrators. I was jarred and a little #twitchy but I enjoy listening to Tim Paige, so it wasn’t too hard to get past it. The second minor (maybe not so minor to some … me, I’m the *some* lol) was that Stephanie Kay’s voice came across as more of a whisper-shout than speaking. I’ve listened to quite a few narrations by her and don’t recall this being a thing with her so it’s possibly the fault of production/acoustics but no matter the reason, shine was lost for me :( *shrug*
STORY REVIEW & RATING: 5 Stars
One of the best aspects of any love-hate / enemies-to-lovers story is the tension that it creates. That tension generates an explosive environment full of friction and opens the characters to being volatile and antagonistic. I love when characters have this kind of friction. It makes the sweet spot that much more satisfying in the end! Miles & Bryce had an inherent adversarial relationship from the start. I say inherent because it comes with the territory of their carriers. Players and reporters usually clash and I like that Rayne used this organic characteristic as one of the building blocks of this journey. It added a layer of realism to the story, and you can never have too much of that in my opinion! As the journey progresses, we get to discover a whole lot more about these two and their history and shows us their antagonism towards one another is not just because of their professions. I was all in from the beginning until the end!
I’m not the reviewer that gives away plot-points to a story (usually lol), so I’ll try to say this next part without spoiling anything for you. There’s more to Miles & Bryce than meets the eye, as they say. Their “characters” have emotional battles intertwined in their romance journey that add depth and angst to this story in the best possible way. It made the story more profound but also it had layers of fun and levity that I’ve come to expect from Rayne. Put all of that together with teammate comradery, “The Den” shenanigans and workplace tension you have yourself a captivating, heartwarming, fun, sexy and flirty story that will hit you in the #feels when you least expect it!
I’m looking forward to reading the future of the Chicago Grizzlies. Rayne did an excellent job of introducing the series without missing a beat with Miles & Bryce’s story. Something tells me we have a whole lot of #feels with a huge dollop of shenanigans coming our way! I feel it!
𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐄, a prequel in the Chicago Grizzlies series, is now LIVE and FREE in ebook & audio (except for Audible)
Miles Cavanaugh is moving into “The Den”—a notorious four-flat apartment complex in Chicago with two of his new teammates from the Chicago Grizzlies.
The Den is known for the number of women who come and go, but as the three bachelors start their new season, they get their first inkling that things are starting to change.
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MEET THE AUTHOR: Piper Rayne is a USA Today Bestselling Author duo who write “heartwarming humor with a side of sizzle” about families, whether that be blood or found. They both have e-readers full of one-clickable books, they’re married to husbands who drive them to drink, and they’re both chauffeurs to their kids. Most of all, they love hot heroes and quirky heroines who make them laugh, and they hope you do, too!
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