Ali HazelwoodRomance · Fiction
Not in Love
Synopsis
Dr. Rue Siebert has built a stable, quiet life as a biotech engineer at Kline, a promising food-science startup — the kind of security she never had growing up. Then she has a single anonymous hookup with a gorgeous stranger named Eli, only to discover days later that he's one of the private-equity sharks from Harkness now circling Kline in a hostile takeover.
Suddenly Rue and Eli are on opposite sides of a war for the company she loves, bound by loyalty to their respective camps and by an attraction neither can switch off. What starts as a strictly no-strings arrangement, complete with a built-in expiration date, becomes harder and harder to keep clean as the takeover tightens and Rue's guarded past resurfaces.
The first book in Ali Hazelwood's Not in Love series, this is a steamy, tension-filled contemporary romance about desire, self-protection, and the risk of letting someone all the way in.
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How it reads
- Writing4.0
- Impact4.0
- Characters4.0
- Plot5.0
- Atmosphere4.0
Prose complexity 1/10
Spice level
5.0 avg spice
Content warnings (5)
Sexual ContentViolenceAbuseDeath Of A ParentSubstance Abuse
- <div>Desde antes de que saliera, sabía que iba a ser un libro distinto a los que Ali nos tiene acostumbrados, pero incluso sabiendo esto y bajando mis expectativas, no fue lo que esperaba.<br><br>Tuve mucha dificultad conectando con los personajes principales porque todo se centra en el sexo. No puedes conocer a los personajes porque incluso cuando empiezan a abrirse y a hablar sobre ellos, tiene que cruzarse una escena spicy fuera de lugar. Estoy acostumbrada a leer novelas eróticas, pero en esta ocasión se sintió un gran desbalance entre momentos románticos/emocionales y los momentos spicy.<br><br>Incluso intenté centrarme en el subplot de las patentes, pero lo encontré un poco predecible.<br><br>Y aunque este fue el libro del mes en mi bookclub, ni siquiera hice tantas notas como en otro porque no lo disfruté tanto.<br><br>No voy a dejar de leer los libros de Ali porque disfrute bastante Bride, pero creo que este fue el que menos me ha gustado.</div>
- Not in Love -with this book Grita en Spanglish* Me costó mucho conectar con los personajes. Sentí que todo el tiempo aparecían momentos donde intentaban decir algo “profundo” en situaciones súper random, y llegó un punto en el que solo me daba cringe. Incluso en la escenas spicy, no dejaban que se desarrollara la escena porque SIEMPRE tenían que interrumpir diciendo algo, cada escena ya solo ponía notas de por favor -ya cállate- y eso que he leído erótica. También me hubiera gustado que exploraran más el subplot de la patente, que se me hacía muy interesante. Tristemente ha sido el libro que menos me ha gustado de la autora 😞❤️🩹.
- They were going to hook up after meeting on an app and somehow that brief interaction resulted in love at first sight? I don't know how to explain it, but Kilgore seemed like he was written to just check boxes. I'm not expecting it to be realistic, but I had to roll my eyes at him. I was not happy with the resolution to the co mpany situation. I'm siding with his friend on that one. I really dislike name dropping other modern books in new books. (Hunger games mention and using the name Rue), it just rubs me the wrong way. You've got an entire world you've made up, get creative. Heck, name drop one of your other books, lol!
- 3.5 stars Male Lead: Eli Killgore Female Lead: Rue Siebert This was my first time reading from audiobook. And it was fast than reading from the book itself. Of course because I'd likely to space out most of the time. And wasting time. This was cute ngl but I won't say that im obsessed with this book. It was OK. Bride from this author is still remains as my favorite one. And yes, I knew it from the start that I have a bad feeling about Florence. And I was right of course. The thing that she had done was horrible and if I was Nomani, I'd never forgive her.
- i loved the growth between both characters, how they learn from each other