Spoilers Ahead: 

Okay, so there isn’t a lot of LGBTQ+ representing books these days, so when I saw this on Kindle Unlimited, I had to try it. A sapphic enemies-to-lovers story? Count me in! I was solely disappointed though, unfortunately. 

We follow Mattie and Gen through this book, a mixture of the two POVs. Mattie is dating Scott, until she finds out that he’s been cheating on her the whole time, and she catches him in the act with Gen, who looks wholly unapologetic. Unfortunately for her, she gets cut off from her family for divorcing him, and so she is left on her own. 

When her friend Veruca asks her to go on a business trip for her, she is adamant she won’t be going, but then does. And who does she meet on this lovely business cruise? 

Why, it’s none other than Gen! 

They hate each other from first glance, but there is an attraction from Gen’s side, and when they get stuck in a lift together, things get very steamy, and end up back at their rooms. There is always this push and pull factor with them, in that Matte knows they shouldn’t be together, and she’s constantly fighting with herself to try and let Gen go, but she can’t. When Gen finds out that Mattie spoke to her ex in the street, she gets very jealous, and they have an argument. Apparently Gen was scared of being in a relationship, and that’s why she was acting out. She invites Mattie to a ball to try and reconcile with her, and is so terrified that she won’t turn up, but she does, and they make up and all ends well. 

I have so much to say about this book, and that’s the truth. First of all, you can tell this book is self-published, and not a lot of thought has gone into editing. Honestly, it’s almost as if the author has written the first draft and published that. With formatting, grammatical errors, tense changes and even just massive plotholes like the wrong character talking about the backstory that belongs to another, it’s a little bit of a mess. 

I also think the idea itself is a little weird… why would you want to get with the person who broke up your marriage, especially when they actively knew what they were doing the whole time? The act itself is bad enough, but Gen knew what she was doing the whole time! If I couldn’t forgive Gen, how the hell could she? I think if the characters and the plot were developed a little better, then it would be a lot better. As it is, Gen has no redeemable features, an unlikeable personality, and Mattie isn’t much better. There’s nothing that makes them good characters - in my opinion. 

The book is made up a lot of sex, which is completely fine, if the characters and the plot were developed better. Sex is an important part of relationships, and quite often the drive in many romance books, which I’m not a massive fan of at the best of times, because a lot of books make it seem like sex is the most important part. In this, I can’t even explain it, it’s just so unrealistic that it would happen. It reads like something that would be written by someone quite young, and a little bit fanatical. 

As for the ending, it ties up too neatly for me. Suddenly there’s just an illegal drug that cures cancer entirely, and Gen’s dad takes it and he’s all better? It’s so unrealistic and not very well thought out, and it’s a short read, so that’s a bonus, but other than that, it’s quite a challenging read, and not for the right reasons. To say I’m disappointed is an understatement, I can’t lie.