He does a LOT to make up for the sins of his past…but honestly? Not enough for me. And throughout the book we get to see how incredibly sorry and confused he is about everything. Sophia, and the readers, deserve some major groveling. And when we find out that information, let me tell you I hated him too.

The juxtaposition of reading this book and watching what the media does to Meghan Markle is certainly…interesting.Īish is a rock star from Sofia’s past, and the story is told in alternating past and present timelines, which worked for me here because I was kept on the edge of wanting to know exactly what he did to Sophia to make her hate Aish so very much in the present. She’s determined and that was something I loved to see – she’s trying to start her own business and there’s some really interesting commentary I think the book is trying to do here with being in the public eye and how harsh that can be. She’s out to prove herself to her people, the public, and most of all, herself. Sofia is a woman that is headstrong and seen as a party girl for her past for simply hanging out with men and having been caught in some mildly compromising situations. And IRL as well as in books – I am always here for rooting for the underdog, especially when it’s a vilified woman. She seemed complicated and misunderstood and one of those MCs that the public and paparazzi love to hate when constantly in the public eye.

Princess Sofia, her female MC in Hate Crush, was introduced to us in Lopez’s debut last year, Lush Money.

Our friend Melinda is here with a review for Hate Crush by Angelina M.

Lush Money by Angelina M. Lopez