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BUT I HATE HIM BY PAGE POWARS // blog tour book feature: you need to add this queer academic rivals to lovers to your TBR stat!!!
Oops I did it again. Turns out moving and working make me a bit of a zombie but enough of that because I want to screech about how excited I am to not only be on this tour but also read this book because omfg?!?!?!?! Without further ado, welcome to my stop on the But I Hate Him tour <3<3<3 Title: But I Hate HimAuthor: Page PowarsPage count: 304Date published: 25 August 2026Genre: Young adult contemporary romance Synopsis: Rory is academic royalty. As the heir to the most successful tutoring company in the world, he can be nothing less than perfect if he wants to gain his parents’ approval. So it’s simple. Rory studies harder than anyone else. He does not make mistakes. And he never loses. Except to Luca Melendez. The infuriatingly good-looking hockey player who wins every academic competition without even trying. When Rory has a very public meltdown, throwing a smoothie at Luca and shattering his own public image in the process – it feels like one more thing Luca ruined. To salvage his reputation, Rory has his sights set on winning the most cutthroat academic camp in the country, BRAIN. There is nothing standing…
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INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR JESSICA JOYCE // chatting with debut author of You, With a View about this glorious childhood rivals to lovers romance you need injected into your veins!!!
Gosh dang am I excited about today’s post and am oh so grateful that our guest Jessica Joyce agreed to be here today. I haven’t read a debut THIS GOOD in a long freaking time and I shall no go forth and shove her down your throats!!!! 💌 Big thanks to Penguin Random House South Africafor the early copy of You, With a View! Title: You, With A ViewAuthor: Jessica JoycePage count: 352Date published: 11 July 2023Genre: Adult contemporary romance 💌 Synopsis: Two weeks on the road… stuck in a car with your high-school enemy. Noelle Shepard is grieving the loss of her beloved grandmother when she discovers decades-old photos and letters that hint to a forbidden love in her gram’s past. Needing to know the full story, she creates a TikTok video appealing for information – and it goes viral. Through her video, she manages to track down her grandmother’s secret love, Paul, who offers to take her on the honeymoon road-trip he and Gram planned but never got to go on. Noelle jumps at the chance to make this one last connection with her grandmother. There’s just one problem – Paul’s grandson is Noelle’s frustratingly handsome high-school rival…
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TODAY TONIGHT TOMORROW BY RACHEL LYNN SOLOMON // spoiler-free book review: a YA contemporary adventure ft. witty writing & swoon-worthy academic rivals to lovers
Truly didn’t expect this but colour me surprised by how much I adored this book and I love it here <3<3<3 Picked this book up on a total whim, not thinking much would come from it as I didn’t love an adult romance from this author, but as you can probably guess, I adored it and am here to hype it up even more. I’m a hopeless romantic, I can’t help myself. Into the heart eyes review! Title: Today Tonight TomorrowAuthor: Rachel Lynn SolomonPage count: 364Date published: 14 July 2020Genre: Young Adult contemporary romance ✎ Synopsis: Today, she hates him. It’s the last day of senior year. Rowan Roth and Neil McNair have been bitter rivals for all of high school, clashing on test scores, student council elections, and even gym class pull-up contests. While Rowan, who secretly wants to write romance novels, is anxious about the future, she’d love to beat her infuriating nemesis one last time. Tonight, she puts up with him. When Neil is named valedictorian, Rowan has only one chance at victory: Howl, a senior class game that takes them all over Seattle, a farewell tour of the city she loves. But after learning a group…
