Ugly! Ugly! Ugly! "Ugly Love" gets emotional.
When Tate Collins meets airline pilot Miles Archer, she knows it isn’t love at first sight. They wouldn’t even go so far as to consider themselves friends. The only thing Tate and Miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction. Once their desires are out in the open, they realize they have the perfect set-up. He doesn’t want love, she doesn’t have time for love, so that just leaves the sex. Their arrangement could be surprisingly seamless, as long as Tate can stick to the only two rules Miles has for her.
Never ask about the past.
Don’t expect a future.
They think they can handle it, but realize almost immediately they can’t handle it at all.
Hearts get infiltrated.
Promises get broken.
Rules get shattered.
Love gets ugly.
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I like reading romances. Ugly Love is not really a true category romance. Miles treats Tate TERRIBLY (not abusive...well, maybe slightly emotionally), but he there is a lack of respect from both of them for a majority of the book. Miles asks Tate not to ask questions about his past. But, of course she wants to know more about the man in her life (especially since she is being intimate with him). Neither of them is really in the right or the wrong...ugly is right. I found it hard to root for them as a couple because I kept wanting to jump into the book and yell at them. Ugly. Ugly. Ugly.
Here is where you may disagree with me. Yes, Miles has a trauma in his past (I respect and sympathize with that), but it in no way justifies the (shall we say) cavalier attitude towards Tate. In an odd way, I expected his past to have more loss to provide a rationale for his actions. Because some of them were BAD! (And if you read this novel you will know what moment in the story I lost it...Chapter 33.)
P.S. My favorite character was Cap!:)
3.75 stars rounded up to 4 because this is Goodreads. These stars are awarded for the writing, dialogue, and noteworthy quotes. The idea of Miles's chapters being in poetry form was an interesting writing choice that is hard to implement well; Hoover, however, did a great job with this (hence rating).
If you have any thoughts on this book, please tell me!
