Book: Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
Read From: 21st October - 28th October 2021
Rating: 2/5 stars
Summary: When Tate meets Miles, the only thing they have in common is a mutual attraction. When their desires are out in the open, they realise they have the perfect set-up. He doesn't want love, she doesn't have time for love, so that just leaves the sex. Their arrangement can be seamless as long as Tate sticks to Miles' rules: never ask about the past and don't expect a future. They think they can handle it, but realise almost immediately they can't handle it at all. Hearts get infiltrated. Promises get broken. Rules get shattered. Love gets ugly.
CoHo fans… I am SO sorry. When I tell you I desperately wanted to love this book I really mean it, but I just couldn’t get on with it! October was evidently a rocky month for my relationship with Colleen Hoover’s characters - I didn’t think it could get much worse than Leeds and Layla but Tate and Miles definitely have to take the top (or bottom!?) spot. Their relationship was nothing but unhealthy from the start and if I’m not rooting for the characters in a romance novel then my interest is completely lost. I appreciated the character (and relationship) development but I still couldn’t find it in me to care about them.
I feel like I’ve said this so much about books recently but I’m going to say it again… it was also too insta-lovey for my liking! We get two timelines: Tate’s POV is in the present and Miles’ POV is 6 years prior and involves his ex-girlfriend. BOTH ‘love interests’ (if you will) were very quickly developed, maybe I’m just a slow burn lover but I didn’t find it swoown-worthy at all. Plus, I found Miles to be really possessive. I know that’s some peoples vibe and that’s totally fine, it’s just not for me. ESPECIALLY when the love interest is acting like he’s making a claim on a woman he’s known all of about 5 minutes. No thank you.
I think I’ll stop now before the Ugly Love fanatics come at me with their pitchforks (I joke, I joke) but please rest assured that no one wanted to love this book more than me, and I couldn’t be more disappointed if I tried. It hasn’t been a great CoHo month but rest assured I’m treating it as a blip in the road and I’m definitely not done with reading her works. Whilst I don’t necessarily recommend this book (there are plenty of people who do though so maybe check out their reviews if this one interests you), I’d really recommend Verity and It Ends With Us instead.