Dear Enemy

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That is why I think I should give this one another go when things have calmed down a bit... Maybe I will feel completely different about it... It has been known to happen ;) Denn ab der Hälfte war es für mich ein richtiges 5-Sterne-Buch. Die Emotionen, sowohl Hass als auch Leidenschaft und Liebe kamen so gut rüber und vor allem mit Delilah konnte ich so gut mitfühlen. Es tat stellenweise richtig weh. So muss so eine Geschichte erzählt werden! Did I mention that this book has like no plot? I don't even mind it if it's not plot driven, but the romance is not doing the work, the drama is not doing it for me. So the plot has to do it, but there was none. There was an interesting storyline with Macon's stalker, but that went nowhere. At the end of the book it was just mentioned that the Stalker died. Whew, cased closed. Goodbye. Tell me what was the point of the stalker plot line? I don't understand it. Delilah and Macon has a great chemistry there is angst, intensity, desire and love hate.I love their moments together they make me ach and swoon so many times.I also has a smile in my face mostly, these two were like kids sometimes and I loved it! Sparks still sizzle between Macon and Delilah, only this heat feels alarmingly like unwanted attraction. But Delilah is desperate to keep her weak-hearted mother from learning of her sister’s theft. So she proposes a deal: she’ll pay off the debt by being Macon’s personal chef and assistant.

Ten years later Delilah receives a text that has her trying to scramble to fix her sister’s problems. In the process she comes face to face with her childhood nemesis Macon Saint. It’s been ten years, and he’s all grown up and a famous actor living on the beach in Malibu. They make a deal that will help solve both their problems, but also put them in close proximity. Delilah wanted to be friends. Macon did the verbal 'pulling-the-little-girls-hair' thing and they've been enemies ever since. But they're still always in each other's presence, because Macon and Deliah's sister Sam have been a 'thing' since that very first day. On and off again all through school. I'm a huge fan of Kristen Callihan's writing - I loved every single book I read by her in the past. She writes with heart and humor, her heroines and heroes are always strong, people who seem real with all their flaws but still so darn likable. DEAR ENEMY falls right into this category. I'm now looking forward to what she has next in store for us. Maybe we get a book about North, Macon's awesome bodyguard? I think he deserves a HEA.From New York Times bestselling author Kristen Callihan comes a smart, emotional contemporary romance about finding love with the most unlikely of people. Of course, Macon, being mad as he is about what happened that led to this conversation, tells her to go. Does he want her to go? Of course not. Besides,” she says, walking toward the bedroom door. “There are things that I need to discuss with my sister.” I really didn't like how the author played around this for the whole freaking book. Was Sam his first too? We'll never know. The ambiguity makes me hate this book even more. I’m going to love you, Macon Saint. So long and so hard you’re not going to remember what it feels like to be without love.”

Delilah pauses long enough to catch sight of my expression. “[...] I lied for her and caused you pain. You want space. Yes, Macon, I’m going to talk to my sister.” But now Delilah has to work for Macon as his personal chef and assistant, to pay for the expensive watch Sam stole from him. If you have read Vicious and thought the hero there was too cruel you might like this book, because of the watered down version, but it was not for me. Dear Enemy will go down as one of the most disappointing books for 2020.H (Hero) rating: 4 stars. Macon. I liked him. I thought he made up for his past behavior with the h. While Delilah and Macon were enemies when they were children, their reunion and debt agreement felt like they were reuniting after 10 years. Which, yes, they were, but it's as if the enemies were never even there. For starters, the two were already commenting and how attractive the other was from the start. And also, Macon was never mean to Delilah. He implied he could make her a life a living hell, and while I was actually hoping for that NOT to happen, I honestly expected him to be mean. Most of it is because Macon never wanted to be mean to Delilah in the first place, so I guess it changed the story for me.

Sparks still sizzle between Macon and Delilah, only this heat feels alarmingly like unwanted attraction. But Delilah is desperate to keep her weak-hearted mother from learning of her sister's theft. So she proposes a deal: she'll pay off the debt by being Macon's personal chef and assistant. Delilah is a girl that was relieved to put adolescence behind her. Now a successful chef, and finally comfortable in her own skin; the past is now the past. Yet it takes one call for all her insecurities to rise to the surface. A deadbeat sister that’s put her into a compromising position, right into her tormentors’ path. I also loved Delilah for her steadfastness, her loyalty, her unshakable love for her sister although she wasn't blind to Sam's many flaws (boy, did I hate her). Both of the main characters experienced immense growth that left me completely satisfied in the end. After that it all went a little downhill in my opinion. I really disliked how the book ended, not just bc the plot went bad but also because it was unnecessary and because it felt like some things were just thrown in there because they had to be solved somehow. The stalker aspect of the story was a prominent part of the story and I expected a showdown which I was deprived of. It wasn't a big deal and didn't take away from my enjoyment but I thought this could have been handled a liiittle bit better. I loved the food references, the way Delilah expressed herself with food, how she told stories and experiences through it. This was so well done.

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Delilah enters into some BatB-esque servitude to work off her shady sister's debt with Macon and the homage to the fairytale was pretty loose in some sense and also it felt like one entire scene was lifted from the movie. I'm not against retellings, in fact JT Geissinger's BURN FOR YOU followed along those lines and worked really well for me, amongst other retellings, but between everything else..? I just can't get on with the characters. Things seem to be moving along fairly predictably, too, with certain interactions between the main protags and I'm just bored. I didn't entirely mind the whole sibling double-dipping, but I can see why many don't like it. Considering that Macon only dated one girl in his life before Delilah, said girl being her sister, doesn't really make it better. How they had an on-and-off relationship didn't surprise me. It's high school, what do you expect? But also, dating Sam while actually always having a thing for Delilah didn't help. Take that as you will. Macon was the perfect hero - growing up he was a real jerk to Delilah but there are just enough hints to give the reader an inkling that this isn't just pure malice, that there is something cooking we aren't privy to yet. Over the course of the story I fell in love with Macon's kindness, his thoughts about Delilah and how he opened up to her about his childhood and youth.