Full review at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books 
 This book might be receiving a lot of attention and the reason is, it's pretty wonderful. I can't go back to my copy for quotes for this review because I end up reading it again and I already lost too much time and sleep trying to make myself stop reading it. 
 This is a LOT of my catnip. A LOT. Like, Costco-sized portions, but from the way back of Costco where the things you buy require a forklift. YES. THAT MUCH CATNIP. A CATNIP FORKLIFT IS NEEDED IN AISLE SIX. 
 Here, have a list: 
 - There is so much humor, so much emotion. The story is told from Lucy's point of view, and she's adorably wonderful. She struggles with her height, because she's very petite, and she struggles with people taking her seriously, and she keeps trying anyway because she refuses to give up on anything she's determined to do. 
 - The book is nonstop dialogue that has its own energy. I could probably power the houses on my street if that energy were harnessed. Forget solar power; this book has dialogue power. 
 - Josh has that intoxicating Pride & Prejudice vibe of, 'I have impressively strong feelings that I am hiding behind a veneer of aloof crankiness, and I'm 99% skilled at making sure you have no clue about any of my struggles.' 
 - Oh, so much of my personal favorite catnip on both sides of this couple, only dialed up to 11: I don't want to like you, I don't want to like you, I can't stop thinking about your hair/ your shirt/ your lipstick and DAMMIT ALL TO HELL. 
 - SO MUCH TENSION. DELICIOUS FLAVORFUL TENSION. 
 So why no A? Why no squee cannon? 
 Ableist and offensive language choices. Every time I encountered an example, my buoyant, sparkly joy would deflate. There aren't many, but when they appear, they stuck pins in my elation, to the point where I grew frustrated with the language of the book itself. The writing is superb and strong and elegant and hilarious except for that one problem, a handful of words which could have been easily fixed, and the more I thought about it, the more it bothered me. 
 I genuinely loved this story, and these characters. There's tension and energy in every word, and I wanted them to figure out their problems so they could be together, even though the part where they were figuring out how to reconcile those problems was the most delicious, so I didn't want it to end. If your reading catnip, like mine, includes a blend of dialogue that crackles with intensity and emotion, cranky, stoic heroes with hidden, squishy depths, and vivid, self-assured heroines who take exactly zero crap from said hero, you should find yourself a copy of this book. 
 The Hating Game was wonderful. 
 - SB Sarah