How to Love Your Neighbor

This book reminded me so much of my time in middle school that it made me so happy. I loved the conflict between Grace and Noah. They went from strangers to neighbors hating each other. And from there, the pieces all fit. With an wacky beginning and an amazing lesson at the end, this book is a GREAT book for young adults.

The way Grace developed as a character was such an amazing flourish. Most of all I love how in the end she stood up against her mother and how she didn't become similar to her mother with relationships. Noah was not too far behind, he went from New York socialite to building a community center for kids like Leo, that just need a little extra attention or care. He went from being worried of being like his father, unable to keep a relationship, to wanting forever with Grace. Very amazing character development all the way with both Grace and Noah.

3.5 stars rounded up the little Presentation thing Noah did at the end was too cute

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's for providing me with an ecopy in exchange for an honest review.

Grace inherits a little beach house from her grandparents that she never knew because in a nutshell her mom is horrible. Noah lives next door to said house and decides since it has been sitting empty for a while, he wants to buy it to increase his property value and have the chance at getting a magazine spread. Grace refuses to sale and Noah refuses to take no for an answer. This is an enemies to lovers opposites attract romance. Both have parental issues that we are continuously reminded of throughout the entire book, so they are both stubborn and want to prove themselves. I loved the romance in this book. I felt like the transition from them being enemies to friends to lovers was done really well and it made sense. It was obvious they had a connection and for me personally I wish they would have gotten together sooner. I think the characters were really good at communicating with each other albeit it would usually happen after one of them screwed up. I liked the home improvement/design aspect but because I am not a creative person it was kind of hard for me to picture all of the details in my head. It would have been nice to have some pictures. Yes, I know books don't usually come with pictures but still I would have liked to see all of the things that they created because the way it was described and the reactions the characters had made it seem amazing. This book also had me laughing all throughout it. Apparently, it's the companion novel to ten Rules for Faking it which I had no clue about but now I need to go read that one. The only negative I have to say about this book is how repetitive it was with how Grace wasn't her mom and Noah wasn't his dad and they didn't want to end up like them etc. That was literally beat into my head the entire time while I was reading this, and it only needed to be mentioned once maybe twice and I would have gotten it. Overall, I really enjoyed this and look forward to reading more by this author.