Do your worst (December 2023) Buddy Read Discussion - Katie & Aikaterine, Sophie, Jen K

[mina, Group/Buddy Reads Procrastinator]

Welcome to the Do Your Worst Buddy Read Discussion thread! This thread officially opens on December 8th and anyone can join at any time. Please keep in mind that spoilers are allowed in this thread but only up to the group's current reading place. Do not spoil the book if you've read further than the group. Any extra days can be used to catch up!

Each day we will be reading by chapters or page numbers. Page numbers are an approximation based on the hardcover or paperback that is the default on Goodreads. The suggested Buddy Read discussion schedule is as follows:

Week of 12/08
December 8th- chapters 1 to 5
December 9th- chapters 6 to 9
December 10th- chapters 10 to 12

Week of 12/11
December 11th- chapters 13 to 16
December 12th- chapters 17 to 19
December 13th- finish

PARTICIPANTS
~ Katie
~ Aikaterine
~ Sophie
~ Jen K

[Katie]

I think I'm up through Chapter 8 right now? I'm loooooving their dynamic. The banter, the tentative friendship immediately shut down to enmity again. It is all so chef's kiss.

I'm so scared to already say this is a contender for a new favorite because who knows what can happen in the next 200 pages but I am INVESTED

[Jen K]

I finished chapter 5 this morning and hope to keep catching up.

@Katie, also enjoying so far. It is solid writing, the concept is interesting and they MCs are pretty great! I look forward to more and soon!

[Katie]

I finished it lol

Not quite a 5 star for me, but very close! I could see it turning into a comfort read for me and becoming a 5 star on future rereads just because it makes me so happy (which also happened with The Hating Game and Well Met)

I really loved them as a couple and bought into the romance completely, but their individual stories were a little bare for my taste. I said this in my overall review but I think it bears repeating: contemporary romances are fairly short in general, but this is about 20-30 pages shorter than the average. I think if we'd had just those 20-30 pages to let their individual character growth breathe just a little more, it would have been perfect.

[Jen K]

Nice, glad to see you enjoyed so much! Excited for more reading of it tonight.

[Jen K]

I finally finished this one. It was super cute. I really liked Clark and Riley too. It was a good enemies to lovers and not too over the top. They were both totally fun. I agree that parts did seem a bit abbreviated especially as it all wrapped with Clark's family but and could have used more padding.

Really made me want to visit a haunted/ cursed castle in Scotland!