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dariusroxy's review
3.0
wanted to like this book so bad bc i love this trope and at first the book was good but then the daisy started acting like a child which i wasn’t a fan of. and as much as i loved that he had been in love with her for years, i don’t think he has the right to be super upset when all she thought about was their war. bc he hadn’t told her so idk but also it was so obvious. then ending just fell flat but i love the email thing around 11 emails a year i calculated. also the daisy flowers so cute
drez80's review
2.0
I love enemies to lovers, but Daisy was too selfish and bitchy. She was beyond childish, and every time I thought she was maybe turning it around, and I was thinking I could like her, she did something stupid and made me change my mind.
saramzeller's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
xana99's review
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
apar's review
2.0
I like an enemies-to-lovers plot as much as the next romance reader, but I find contemporary enemies-to-lovers rom-coms largely disappointing. The problem, I think, is the conflict: in a contemporary setting, with MCs living in the world that I'm living in, there needs to be convincing external and internal conflict. If you have one without the other, the characters are in danger of seeming silly or being mean to each other to the point of unlikeability.
In fantasy/paranormal romance, the external conflict can do much of the work: the MCs hate each other because they're literally feuding species (a la [b:A Hunger Like No Other|14384|A Hunger Like No Other (Immortals After Dark, #1)|Kresley Cole|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1357616154l/14384._SY75_.jpg|16422] maybe), or because they're in rival gangs on whatever. It's easier to build in the conflict and the stakes. The external conflict can lead to an internal conflict, and the MCs can be likeable without compromising the tension in the book.
In contemporary romantic comedy settings, enemies-to-lovers with decent MCs so often come down to misunderstandings between the couple, and the external conflicts are relatively easily overcome. It's a difficult balancing act: how to make the reader believe the enmity without making either party unforgivable by the end of the book? What kind of conflict is important, concerns both people, AND can be resolved in a lighthearted manner? If the balance isn't right, then the characters, plot and romance are unconvincing.
[b:Anything You Can Do|34044126|Anything You Can Do|R.S. Grey|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1485716584l/34044126._SY75_.jpg|53692428] is an enemies-to-lovers contemporary romance that suffers from many rom-com enemies-to-lovers problems. For me, this book was a lot like [b:The Hating Game|25883848|The Hating Game|Sally Thorne|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1467138679l/25883848._SY75_.jpg|45762345]. I couldn't believe that one misunderstanding led to years and years of those two fools hating each other.
(Um ok, maybe I don't love enemies-to-lovers as much as the next romance fan.)
Daisy and Lucas are 28 and freshly minted GPs. They've both returned to their hometown to take over (or so they think) a family practice with a soon-to-retire GP. They think they have the job in the bag, but it turns out the old doc hired both of them because the practice is big enough for two doctors.
However! Daisy and Lucas loathe each other. They lived next door to each other, were in the same class, Lucas's younger sister is one of Daisy's (very few) friends and they've been in conflict/competition for as long as Daisy can remember. They're back in town and having to work together after 10 years apart at medical school. These two don't have time to share a practice, obviously, so one of them needs to go. Cue romance book shenanigans, extremely over-the-top resolution and HEA.
I read the book on the 3rd of Feb, and I found it to be mostly...forgettable tbh. I downloaded the book on KU again to skim and see if I'd made any notes and highlights while reading it. Thankfully I have some, but nothing in the book really stuck with me. I had forgotten why they were enemies in the first place, but after a quick skim I remembered that there's...no convincing reason for their enmity at all, just 28 years of miscommunication. It makes both of them (but especially Daisy) seem really, really silly.
I also thought they were kinda lame for not making any friends or getting any kind of life outside of their hometown in the 10 years they were away. I get that medical school is tough, but doctors have friends too, you know? The focus was so wholly on Luacs and Daisy together that they feel really...unfinished as people outside of the romance plot in the book. The writing/plotting made it seem like these two are practically friendless, and real-world experience tells me that people who have gone through uni without making friends are unlikely to be as charming as I'm supposed to believe Lucas and Daisy are.
The writing was good, with some funny lines and twists through the book. I read the whole thing in a day, so it was definitely readable. Most of the story is told in Daisy's first-person POV, but [a:R.S. Grey|7324934|R.S. Grey|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1382411569p2/7324934.jpg] gives us Lucas's POV just twice in the book. That was a clever call, it made Lucas instantly more likeable (and Daisy slightly less likeable).
There was too much of a mismatch though: Lucas liked her too much, Daisy played her silly games for too long, then at the end Lucas disappeared for so long that Daisy had to do something really OTP to win him back. The internal conflicts just weren't that convincing, and the external conflict just...hm, I think the external conflict just kinda disappeared?
Also, 35% into the book, Daisy has the gall to say she "Doesn't have the willpower for long-term grudges." LOL WHAT Daisy? You've been grudging hard on this guy for 28 years! For that alone, this book gets a 2.5.
Having said all this though, I did enjoy the read as I read it. Enjoyed it enough that I am sure I will read RS Grey again (though perhaps not another enemies-to-lovers book).
In fantasy/paranormal romance, the external conflict can do much of the work: the MCs hate each other because they're literally feuding species (a la [b:A Hunger Like No Other|14384|A Hunger Like No Other (Immortals After Dark, #1)|Kresley Cole|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1357616154l/14384._SY75_.jpg|16422] maybe), or because they're in rival gangs on whatever. It's easier to build in the conflict and the stakes. The external conflict can lead to an internal conflict, and the MCs can be likeable without compromising the tension in the book.
In contemporary romantic comedy settings, enemies-to-lovers with decent MCs so often come down to misunderstandings between the couple, and the external conflicts are relatively easily overcome. It's a difficult balancing act: how to make the reader believe the enmity without making either party unforgivable by the end of the book? What kind of conflict is important, concerns both people, AND can be resolved in a lighthearted manner? If the balance isn't right, then the characters, plot and romance are unconvincing.
[b:Anything You Can Do|34044126|Anything You Can Do|R.S. Grey|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1485716584l/34044126._SY75_.jpg|53692428] is an enemies-to-lovers contemporary romance that suffers from many rom-com enemies-to-lovers problems. For me, this book was a lot like [b:The Hating Game|25883848|The Hating Game|Sally Thorne|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1467138679l/25883848._SY75_.jpg|45762345]. I couldn't believe that one misunderstanding led to years and years of those two fools hating each other.
(Um ok, maybe I don't love enemies-to-lovers as much as the next romance fan.)
Daisy and Lucas are 28 and freshly minted GPs. They've both returned to their hometown to take over (or so they think) a family practice with a soon-to-retire GP. They think they have the job in the bag, but it turns out the old doc hired both of them because the practice is big enough for two doctors.
However! Daisy and Lucas loathe each other. They lived next door to each other, were in the same class, Lucas's younger sister is one of Daisy's (very few) friends and they've been in conflict/competition for as long as Daisy can remember. They're back in town and having to work together after 10 years apart at medical school. These two don't have time to share a practice, obviously, so one of them needs to go. Cue romance book shenanigans, extremely over-the-top resolution and HEA.
I read the book on the 3rd of Feb, and I found it to be mostly...forgettable tbh. I downloaded the book on KU again to skim and see if I'd made any notes and highlights while reading it. Thankfully I have some, but nothing in the book really stuck with me. I had forgotten why they were enemies in the first place, but after a quick skim I remembered that there's...no convincing reason for their enmity at all, just 28 years of miscommunication. It makes both of them (but especially Daisy) seem really, really silly.
I also thought they were kinda lame for not making any friends or getting any kind of life outside of their hometown in the 10 years they were away. I get that medical school is tough, but doctors have friends too, you know? The focus was so wholly on Luacs and Daisy together that they feel really...unfinished as people outside of the romance plot in the book. The writing/plotting made it seem like these two are practically friendless, and real-world experience tells me that people who have gone through uni without making friends are unlikely to be as charming as I'm supposed to believe Lucas and Daisy are.
The writing was good, with some funny lines and twists through the book. I read the whole thing in a day, so it was definitely readable. Most of the story is told in Daisy's first-person POV, but [a:R.S. Grey|7324934|R.S. Grey|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1382411569p2/7324934.jpg] gives us Lucas's POV just twice in the book. That was a clever call, it made Lucas instantly more likeable (and Daisy slightly less likeable).
There was too much of a mismatch though: Lucas liked her too much, Daisy played her silly games for too long, then at the end Lucas disappeared for so long that Daisy had to do something really OTP to win him back. The internal conflicts just weren't that convincing, and the external conflict just...hm, I think the external conflict just kinda disappeared?
Also, 35% into the book, Daisy has the gall to say she "Doesn't have the willpower for long-term grudges." LOL WHAT Daisy? You've been grudging hard on this guy for 28 years! For that alone, this book gets a 2.5.
Having said all this though, I did enjoy the read as I read it. Enjoyed it enough that I am sure I will read RS Grey again (though perhaps not another enemies-to-lovers book).
prers13's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
antimasingh's review
3.0
[3.5 STARS!!!]
"I’ve decided to use controlled environments to study him, to see if I can figure out his motive for acting the way he has. It’s the closest thing to a date that enemies can have.”
Anything you can do is the hating game meets Grey's anatomy. The narration is from heroine Daisy's POV with snippets of MMC Lucas's emails, which he never sends to her
"I’ve decided to use controlled environments to study him, to see if I can figure out his motive for acting the way he has. It’s the closest thing to a date that enemies can have.”
Anything you can do is the hating game meets Grey's anatomy. The narration is from heroine Daisy's POV with snippets of MMC Lucas's emails, which he never sends to her
ivana_kroeger's review
2.0
Se você já leu algum livro da R.S. Grey, sabe que ela tem o dom de criar situações engraçadas como ninguém. E em Anything You Can Do você vai soltar boas risadas com as maluquices da personagem principal e também com os diálogos dela com o mocinho da história.
É um livro leve, que dá para ler em um dia sem grandes esforços. Conta a história de Daisy e Lucas, que desde crianças são inimigos mortais. Os dois se formam em medicina e voltam para trabalhar na clínica médica de sua cidade natal.
A autora trabalha bem os momentos de embate entre eles, as provocações e o romance, porém, ficou faltando algo na história. Não existe profundidade no que motiva o "ódio" entre os dois, não tem um clímax realmente, desde o começo do livro dá para prever qual vai ser o problema que vai separar os dois por um momento e fazer com que a mocinha perceba seus sentimentos pelo rapaz. A resolução e a declaração de amor foram fofinhas e engraçadas mas nada que arranque suspiros.
Resumindo: é um livro gostoso, que vai te fazer dar risada, mas que em algumas semanas você já vai ter esquecido sobre ele.
É um livro leve, que dá para ler em um dia sem grandes esforços. Conta a história de Daisy e Lucas, que desde crianças são inimigos mortais. Os dois se formam em medicina e voltam para trabalhar na clínica médica de sua cidade natal.
A autora trabalha bem os momentos de embate entre eles, as provocações e o romance, porém, ficou faltando algo na história. Não existe profundidade no que motiva o "ódio" entre os dois, não tem um clímax realmente, desde o começo do livro dá para prever qual vai ser o problema que vai separar os dois por um momento e fazer com que a mocinha perceba seus sentimentos pelo rapaz. A resolução e a declaração de amor foram fofinhas e engraçadas mas nada que arranque suspiros.
Resumindo: é um livro gostoso, que vai te fazer dar risada, mas que em algumas semanas você já vai ter esquecido sobre ele.