To me, the only redeeming factor is that the audiobook is narrated well by Taylor Meskimen. Even after we learn more about him and he opens up more emotionally he is still such a nothing character. And if I had to describe her fiance Nicholas in a word it would be ‘beige’.

And while the author tries to turn that around towards the end of the book she is barely any better by the time you reach the last page. She has no ambitions or drive, and is such a perpetually negative person. Naomi, in particular, is such a wishy-washy shell of a person. I really disliked every single character, and not in that delicious ‘love to hate them’ way, unfortunately. So they embark on a game of relationship chicken, trying to get the other one to break off the engagement. They then fall out of love and grow to loath each other (at least from Naomi’s perspective). The basic premise is that the two meet and get engaged fairly quickly. Even though there are a handful of chuckle-worthy moments I found the story pretty cringeworthy and depressing overall. This book is marketed as a ‘wickedly funny’ romantic comedy.

I persevered though and it did get better as the story progressed and you learn more about Naomi and Nicholas, our lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers couple. To be honest, after the first few chapters I found myself really hating all of the characters and thinking I probably wouldn’t finish this book. Putnam’s Sons for gifting me a review copy of You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle.

You deserve each other characters