The Worst Guy
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Eight weeks of forced proximity is a long time to hate someone you’re trying not to love.
Sebastian Stremmel doesn’t need another headache. He has enough of his own without Sara Shapiro, the noisy new reconstructive surgeon, stomping all around his surgical wing with her chippy, chirpy cheerfulness.
But Sebastian doesn’t usually get what he wants.
No one gets under his skin like Sara - so much so a heated “debate” and an exam room left in shambles later, they land themselves in eight weeks of hospital-mandated conflict resolution counseling. Now they’re forced to fight fair…which quickly leads them to playing dirty when no one’s looking.
They know it’s a mistake.
They promise themselves it will never happen again.
They swear they got it out of their systems.
They didn’t.
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2 primary books#2 in Vital Signs
Vital Signs is a 2-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 2018 with contributions by Kate Canterbary.
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5/5
This was SO GOOD. The writing. The banter. The bickering. The character growth. The humor. EVERYTHING.
I loved it SO MUCH. Especially Sebastian's pet names for Sara. Little tornado for example. and then honey. I loved each and every one of them! His acts of service, like separating raisins because she didn't like them? THAT'S A DREAM GUY.
The spice was exquisite. “Strangle me for all I care. if I die, I die” SIR!! Holy shit!! I loved that! Every single thing was so well done and I loved it!!!
The conversation with her father. Basically all of the ceasefire and a break from work. I loved that. I loved how supportive Sebastian was and had Sara's back, when it came to her father, her illness, and everything. And the ending??? (SPOILER ALERT:) “I'll have to get a vasectomy because you don't want kids” EXCUSE ME??? God, I love him so much!
Everything was so good about this book, it's definitely one of my favourites. The banter was AMAZING and I loved how antagonistic they've been towards each other and how much they loved it.
Oop.
The first chapter called thick thighs “ear muffs” like 3 times, and gave me the ick.
For more of my reviews, check out my blog.I really enjoyed this, but it was a rough go at the start. That might be because I'm in the midst of one of the worst reading slumps of my entire life, or it might be that I'm not really into hate-relationships all that much. Or, you know, it could be a combination of the two, I suppose. BUT THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE, as I really did end up enjoying The Worst Guy. It's my second Canterbary novel, and so far her record is 2/1. I loved, loved, loved [b:In a Jam 62597278 In a Jam Kate Canterbary https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1663242988l/62597278.SY75.jpg 93934187], but I DNFed [b:The Belle and the Beard 57431201 The Belle and the Beard (The Santillian Triplets, #3) Kate Canterbary https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1615893745l/57431201.SX50.jpg 89050045]. ANYWAY – Sebastian Stremmel is not a very nice guy, and well, Sara Shapiro isn't all that nice, either. Though I did like her a helluva lot more than I liked Sebastian at the start. He's grumpy, grouchy, and just plain mean sometimes. Put them together and it was like pouring gasoline on a fire. Things just sort of imploded. They picked on each other, teased each other, and they just plain shouted at each other. But when the clothes came off, damn they were hot together.I loved that there were reasons behind who they were. I loved that Canterbary gave Sara and Sebastian horrible backstories. It made sense. Everything felt right – there was no part of this where I questioned whether it was realistic. It felt real, the way these two butted heads, but then sort of clicked together like magnets. This was great.
