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From New York Times bestselling authors Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward comes an unexpected love story of secondhand hearts and second chances…
It all started with a mysterious blue note sewn into a wedding dress.
Something blue.
I’d gone to sell my own unworn bridal gown at a vintage clothing store. That’s when I found another bride’s “something old.”
Stitched into the lining ...more
It all started with a mysterious blue note sewn into a wedding dress.
Something blue.
I’d gone to sell my own unworn bridal gown at a vintage clothing store. That’s when I found another bride’s “something old.”
Stitched into the lining ...more
Kindle Edition, 301 pages
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November 6th 2018
by Montlake Romance
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Underwhelming
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**Unpopular Opinion**
Look, I highlighted the crap out of this book because it was just too improbable and the plot sort of ran itself ragged, lacking a cohesive arc.
Not helping were our protagonists, Reed and Charlotte, whom I felt were recycled and also an amalgam of this duo's other book characters - namely, Stuck-up Suit, Bossman, and Egomaniac.
If you’ve read the blurb then you know Charlotte was recently cheated on by her fiancé, which precipitated losing her j
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️! Hate Notes (stand-alone). She despises her new boss & he writes her hate notes!
Her comment caused me to belt out in laughter. “We almost died? Isn’t that a little bit of an exaggeration? It was a chain-reaction fender bender at best. What would we call our demise . . . like . . . Death by Squirrel?”
Hate Notes (stand-alone) opens up to a love note found in a wedding dress. For Charlotte Darling it’s a bit of a muddle of how being distraught over a broken engagem ...more
First half of the book: So much fun, with really good banter between the MCs. Smart, funny and so very cute dialogues.
Second half of the book: Serious, sad, boring, dragging and repetitive
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First half of the book: Something between 4-5 stars
Second half of the book: Something between 2-3 stars
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I am feeling so disoriented after reading this book.
Did I read a fun romance?
Did I read a sad one?
Did I read a bitte ...more
Second half of the book: Serious, sad, boring, dragging and repetitive
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First half of the book: Something between 4-5 stars
Second half of the book: Something between 2-3 stars
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I am feeling so disoriented after reading this book.
Did I read a fun romance?
Did I read a sad one?
Did I read a bitte ...more
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5 Amazing Stars
I have no words, such a beautiful story.I had happy tears in my eyes in the end, this story touched me in so many ways.Hate Notes is a heartwarming,sweet,emotional and romantic.One of the best books I read this year, Penelope Ward and Vi Keeland completely drew me into Reed and Charlotte's story as well as their lives.
Reed and Charlotte's journey felt so real, everything they went through.The romance was one of the best parts i ...more
5 Amazing Stars
I have no words, such a beautiful story.I had happy tears in my eyes in the end, this story touched me in so many ways.Hate Notes is a heartwarming,sweet,emotional and romantic.One of the best books I read this year, Penelope Ward and Vi Keeland completely drew me into Reed and Charlotte's story as well as their lives.
Reed and Charlotte's journey felt so real, everything they went through.The romance was one of the best parts i ...more
Vi & Penelope never disappoint me! I really enjoyed this story. :)
Ps. Epilogue was so sweet, I absolutely loved it!!! ;)
That's me after I read the epilogue... :P
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Release date: Tuesday, November 6, 2018
COVER REVEAL:
SYNOPSIS
It all started with a mysterious blue note sewn into a wedding dress.
Something blue.
I’d gone to sell my own unworn bridal gown at a vintage clothing store. That’s when I found another bride’s “something old.”
Sti ...more
Ps. Epilogue was so sweet, I absolutely loved it!!! ;)
That's me after I read the epilogue... :P
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Who is excited for this book? :D
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Release date: Tuesday, November 6, 2018
COVER REVEAL:
SYNOPSIS
It all started with a mysterious blue note sewn into a wedding dress.
Something blue.
I’d gone to sell my own unworn bridal gown at a vintage clothing store. That’s when I found another bride’s “something old.”
Sti ...more
Apr 02, 2018
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Charlotte recently ended her engagement due to her exes cheating ways.
While trying to sell her unused wedding dress in a second-hand store, she comes upon a note sewn into another forgotten wedding dress. The most romantic note she's ever read. And obviously she needs to find out more about the guy who wrote it.
And who turns out to be her new boss a few days later? Yup. Reed Eastwood. The most romantic man on the planet. NOT. He's mean and just ... not nice! But she's also not making it easy on ...more
*****FIVE STARS*****
{ARC Generously Provided by Author}
I wanted to taste her lips and suck away that sour look on her face, yet I knew that if there was one set of lips on this earth forbidden to me, it was Charlotte Darling’s. She wasn’t just a pretty face and a hot body. She was someone who wanted inside my soul, and that was never going to happen.
HATE NOTES, the latest collaborative project by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward, was simply amazing! These two can create literary masterpieces when th ...more
{ARC Generously Provided by Author}
I wanted to taste her lips and suck away that sour look on her face, yet I knew that if there was one set of lips on this earth forbidden to me, it was Charlotte Darling’s. She wasn’t just a pretty face and a hot body. She was someone who wanted inside my soul, and that was never going to happen.
HATE NOTES, the latest collaborative project by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward, was simply amazing! These two can create literary masterpieces when th ...more
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OMG! It's finally here! HATE NOTES IS LIVE! If you are an Amazon PRIME member in the US, UK or AU, for a limited time, you can download the ebook for FREE! Also free in Kindle Unlimited or on sale for $3.99.
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Amazon Audio ➜ https://amzn.to/2zR81AE ...more
They pulled a card with a long-lasting dicease, so I don't feel comfortable to complain a lot about the book...
In a nutshell -> 🙄🙄🙄
same old incl.
evil ex,
clumsy heroine with hyperbolic hormonal level, who threw her beautiful self at the man, who rejected her repeatedly;
handsome hero, whose rudeness was sold as alphaness 🙄;
this time without secret baby, but with an old adoption of the heroine.
What I liked:
air typing - cool idea!
It was on KU.
...more
In a nutshell -> 🙄🙄🙄
same old incl.
evil ex,
clumsy heroine with hyperbolic hormonal level, who threw her beautiful self at the man, who rejected her repeatedly;
handsome hero, whose rudeness was sold as alphaness 🙄;
this time without secret baby, but with an old adoption of the heroine.
What I liked:
air typing - cool idea!
It was on KU.
...more
3.5 Stars
Overall Opinion: I have mixed feelings with this one. Overall, I definitely enjoyed it more than I didn't. I enjoyed their banter, and I found myself laughing out loud a few times. I also enjoyed their deeper conversations and the overall message the story brought. But, I felt a disconnect in the physical connection and the emotional connection. I might be totally off here -- but it felt like two authors wrote it in a way that the emotional stuff was one's voice and the sexual/physical ...more
Overall Opinion: I have mixed feelings with this one. Overall, I definitely enjoyed it more than I didn't. I enjoyed their banter, and I found myself laughing out loud a few times. I also enjoyed their deeper conversations and the overall message the story brought. But, I felt a disconnect in the physical connection and the emotional connection. I might be totally off here -- but it felt like two authors wrote it in a way that the emotional stuff was one's voice and the sexual/physical ...more
5 Stars!
(ARC provided by author)
Charlotte Darling is a 27 yr. old woman from Brooklyn who is newly single and in need of a fresh start. She’d recently lost everything including her belief in happily ever afters. Then while in a vintage clothing store she stumbles upon a gorgeous gown with a blue love note stitched into the lining of the dress. It’s embossed with the name Reed Eastwood. It’s the most romantic words she’s ever read. This note gives her hope that true love and romance exists.
Sh ...more
(ARC provided by author)
Charlotte Darling is a 27 yr. old woman from Brooklyn who is newly single and in need of a fresh start. She’d recently lost everything including her belief in happily ever afters. Then while in a vintage clothing store she stumbles upon a gorgeous gown with a blue love note stitched into the lining of the dress. It’s embossed with the name Reed Eastwood. It’s the most romantic words she’s ever read. This note gives her hope that true love and romance exists.
Sh ...more
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Type: Standalone
POV: First Person - Dual
Rating:
Just when Charlotte Darling thought there was no such thing as fairytale in real life, she found a love note sewn into a wedding dress at a vintage store. Upon some stalking, she found the writer of the note but apparently he turned out to be more of a villain.
Reed Eastwood might looked like a Prince Charming but he was anything but. Gone were the man who penned such a romantic message. What left of him was a bitter, arr ...more
Type: Standalone
POV: First Person - Dual
Rating:
Just when Charlotte Darling thought there was no such thing as fairytale in real life, she found a love note sewn into a wedding dress at a vintage store. Upon some stalking, she found the writer of the note but apparently he turned out to be more of a villain.
Reed Eastwood might looked like a Prince Charming but he was anything but. Gone were the man who penned such a romantic message. What left of him was a bitter, arr ...more
*WARNING*: This review is riddled with spoilers.
Meet Charlotte, think of her as Bernadette from Big Bang Theory only without the intelligence, wry wit, intimidation and helium voice. Charlotte is ditzy, naive, friendless, kinda spineless but adorkable. She is selling/returning her wedding dress when she sees a beautiful designer gown with feathers* and tries it on. While doing this, she stumbles on a beautiful love note from a man named Reed to the love of his life Alison.
In a moment of loneli ...more
Meet Charlotte, think of her as Bernadette from Big Bang Theory only without the intelligence, wry wit, intimidation and helium voice. Charlotte is ditzy, naive, friendless, kinda spineless but adorkable. She is selling/returning her wedding dress when she sees a beautiful designer gown with feathers* and tries it on. While doing this, she stumbles on a beautiful love note from a man named Reed to the love of his life Alison.
In a moment of loneli ...more
Will definitely wait for friend reviews on this one. Cannot trust either the cover appeal or blurb for assumptions on content with these two authors.
FYI: for the skeptical like myself this is currently a kindle unlimited release. Might give it a whirl. Have not seen any good unbiased reviews yet.
3.75- 4 stars.🌟🌟🌟🌟
Well, color me surprised.
I actually liked it.
No cheating, OW drama or major bombshell revelations.
It gives me hope. I had intended to avoid these authors books for a while based on Vi ...more
FYI: for the skeptical like myself this is currently a kindle unlimited release. Might give it a whirl. Have not seen any good unbiased reviews yet.
3.75- 4 stars.🌟🌟🌟🌟
Well, color me surprised.
I actually liked it.
No cheating, OW drama or major bombshell revelations.
It gives me hope. I had intended to avoid these authors books for a while based on Vi ...more
3 I didn’t love it like everyone else stars.
A lot of people loved this book. I usually like Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward reads but there are have been one or two books I just didn’t jive with and this is one of them.
I didn’t get the feels like everyone else did and some where emotional, but like I said I.JUST.DID.NOT.FEEL.IT
Sebastian York is a seasoned audio narrator and I love his acting but I have listened to so many books with his voice, I’m okay finding a new narrator. Just a little variety ...more
A lot of people loved this book. I usually like Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward reads but there are have been one or two books I just didn’t jive with and this is one of them.
I didn’t get the feels like everyone else did and some where emotional, but like I said I.JUST.DID.NOT.FEEL.IT
Sebastian York is a seasoned audio narrator and I love his acting but I have listened to so many books with his voice, I’m okay finding a new narrator. Just a little variety ...more
The beginning of this book was so fun I was cracking up and thinking this was going to be a new favorite, but somewhere after the 150 page mark, this story started to drag and got so boring and repetitive and the characters became obnoxious.
This story follows Reed and Charlotte. Charlotte finds this wedding dress that was Reed’s ex’s dress, and she finds him online and goes to one of his house showings (he’s a realtor) and then she gets hired for his company unknowing that it’s his company and w ...more
This story follows Reed and Charlotte. Charlotte finds this wedding dress that was Reed’s ex’s dress, and she finds him online and goes to one of his house showings (he’s a realtor) and then she gets hired for his company unknowing that it’s his company and w ...more
Sep 12, 2018
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3.5 If You Are Willing Stars
* * * 1/2 Spoiler Free
Sometimes the Idea or Promise of Something can be all it takes.
The image of a woman seeing this love note in a discarded wedding dress burned into my mind. I wanted to know about the man who wrote it, too. Coupled with the cover, I clicked and bought the book. Now once I was reading the first part, I knew it was necessar ...more
* * * 1/2 Spoiler Free
Sometimes the Idea or Promise of Something can be all it takes.
A little Blue Note Sewn into another dress...
Everything said in 10 Loving Words...
And it was Not Anonymous...
He had a Name...
The image of a woman seeing this love note in a discarded wedding dress burned into my mind. I wanted to know about the man who wrote it, too. Coupled with the cover, I clicked and bought the book. Now once I was reading the first part, I knew it was necessar ...more
Hate notes by Vi keeland and Penelope Ward is a sweet (ISH) romance with a little Smut (not as much as we would normally get from these 2 author 😕) it's a fast read as you are routing for a happy ending they both deserve.
There's some heartbreak,a little stalking (which will make you giggle) a little bickering,a little loving and a happy ending.
If you looking for a quick romance with a few giggle's along the way and a couple of tears this is the book for you I highly recommend it 💕 ...more
There's some heartbreak,a little stalking (which will make you giggle) a little bickering,a little loving and a happy ending.
If you looking for a quick romance with a few giggle's along the way and a couple of tears this is the book for you I highly recommend it 💕 ...more
This was my first audio book and I LOVED it!!!
A Sweet-Hot Fulfilling Treat!!!
I adore when there is heat in my sweet treats!!! This story is a perfect example of a sweet-hot romance tinged with a little of the bitter found in life. We all taste this “bitter” to a lesser or greater extent. Despite the measure of this bitter...difficult times and issues faced, we have control of our optimism and happiness. We can choose to reach out and embrace the gifts before us or refuse to even consider them, let alone reject them entirely. This story is a ...more
I adore when there is heat in my sweet treats!!! This story is a perfect example of a sweet-hot romance tinged with a little of the bitter found in life. We all taste this “bitter” to a lesser or greater extent. Despite the measure of this bitter...difficult times and issues faced, we have control of our optimism and happiness. We can choose to reach out and embrace the gifts before us or refuse to even consider them, let alone reject them entirely. This story is a ...more
I DNF'd but decided to finish it anyways.
Yeaaaahhh. It went over as expected lemme tell you.
The most interesting thing about this book was the blurb and the whole "found a wedding gown with a romantic personal note in it that touched me." In theory. But the story was boring and contrived. Things happen because they had to and the characters react to them because the story needs them to no matter how confusing and illogical it is.
The heroine acted like a creep stalking the hero on his social med ...more
Yeaaaahhh. It went over as expected lemme tell you.
The most interesting thing about this book was the blurb and the whole "found a wedding gown with a romantic personal note in it that touched me." In theory. But the story was boring and contrived. Things happen because they had to and the characters react to them because the story needs them to no matter how confusing and illogical it is.
The heroine acted like a creep stalking the hero on his social med ...more
Why oh why don't I learn??? DNF at 16%. Just cant keep my interest AT ALL. I HATE crazy "barbie" heroines, like certifiable. And the H did not manage to keep my interest when it was his POV's turn. Just can't stand the whole contrived scenario. You can't pay me to read this stuff. Thank goodness it was free on KU!
...more
Cheesy but it was a pretty fun read.
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Audio "re-read" 12/4/19
This was a great boss/employee story that had me intrigued from the very beginning. Reed could be such an asshole sometimes but it was an understandable behavior, at least for me. Getting his POV really changed how I felt about him in the beginning and he went from being just another douchebag boss to a character with a lot of depth. Then we have Charlotte who was this delightful force of nature. She always found something to smile about a ...more
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Audio "re-read" 12/4/19
This was a great boss/employee story that had me intrigued from the very beginning. Reed could be such an asshole sometimes but it was an understandable behavior, at least for me. Getting his POV really changed how I felt about him in the beginning and he went from being just another douchebag boss to a character with a lot of depth. Then we have Charlotte who was this delightful force of nature. She always found something to smile about a ...more
This book is… is not something I’d recommend at the moment. That might be owed to me overdosing on Romance in general, though. TW: cheating, disease, death of a parent.
⤐ Overall.
You know you've overdosed on Romance novels when not even world's sexiest narrator Sebastian York can make a book interesting to you. When I heard him narrate for the first time, my heart (and libido) went a little something like this:
If you know, you know. He da bestest <3.
Despite this huge bonus, Hate Notes did no ...more
I needed to judge for myself...
Listening to Hate Notes was a test. This duo of authors have produced some of my very favourite read/listen's so I was keen when it first hit my radar. I'd read the blurb and some reviews and hesitated. I wasn't convinced that this storyline was going to work for me. For one, you kind of have to be in the mood for a douchewaffle hero. You also have to be in the right frame of mind to deal with broken-hearted and rebound main characters. So, I put Hate Notes to the ...more
Listening to Hate Notes was a test. This duo of authors have produced some of my very favourite read/listen's so I was keen when it first hit my radar. I'd read the blurb and some reviews and hesitated. I wasn't convinced that this storyline was going to work for me. For one, you kind of have to be in the mood for a douchewaffle hero. You also have to be in the right frame of mind to deal with broken-hearted and rebound main characters. So, I put Hate Notes to the ...more
This was snarky and fun and I always enjoy second-chance romances. Reed and Charlotte are both imperfect and weird in their own ways, and I enjoyed the way they set each other off. The first scene with the wedding dress completely had me, and the two continued to grow on me throughout the book. This was definitely a slow burn, which I loved, and had the perfect balance of snarky friendship scenes versus steam versus bedroom moments. I really liked how the book explored the issues of (view spoile
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Live in the moment, don't look ahead, embrace love, let go of the past, appreciate the life you have, forgive. Great life lessons tucked away inside a seemingly superficial contemporary romance. But Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward have turned out to be a great writing duo that never fail at adding deeper layers within their story lines. Fun, engaging and emotional, if you like these writers, then check out Hate Notes.
My favorite quote:
"But you need to figure out how to love the life that you have, ...more
My favorite quote:
"But you need to figure out how to love the life that you have, ...more
3.5 Stars ⭐️
Loved it! Went somewhere unexpected and was handled beautifully.
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“You can only find true happiness within yourself, not inside of other people, no matter how much you care about them. Make yourself happy, and the rest will come. I promise.”
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“She said, ‘Forgive me for being a dreamer,’ and he took her by the hand and replied, ‘Forgive me for not being here sooner to dream with you.’”—J. Iron Word Thank you for making all of my dreams come true. Your love, Reed”
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