Ugly Love
Written by Colleen Hoover
About 330 pages
Originally published in 2014
Rate: 2.5/5
If you are looking for a really spicy book with little to no romance, this book is for you. Tate is an 23 year old working part time as a nurse and going to university. Her older brother works as a pilot, so when she shows up to move in, he's not there, however, his friend Miles is. Miles is drunk and terribly sad so after a phone call to Corbin, Tate's older brother, she brings Miles inside. As if that wasn't the most romantic meet-cute; they end up sneaking around having casual sex majority of the book.
My thoughts on Ugly Love
Majority of this romance book contained red flags. The sweet romantic moments were short-lived. Even though both people agree to the 'no strings attached' policy both seem to want more. This might have been somehow passionate, however, Miles just used it as an excuse to be a jerk to Tate. In the end, we realize that he has a very dark past, but some of the things he said and did was pretty cringy. Granted Tate knew what she was getting herself into towards the middle of their relationship. I feel as though that one scene (page 275-277) was way to demeaning for anybody to endure, but somehow Tate still stuck around.
After reading Ugly Love I realized that this type of romance just isn't really my favorite. Though it is called ugly love so I was warned. Some parts of Ugly Love was fun to read and it was fairly quick to finish, but the overall romance element was lacking until the end and I'm just not sure it was worth it.
Quotes
*There wasn't a lot of super profound quotes in this book*