Review: Dear Enemy

Dear Enemy by Kristen Callihan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

We've all got one haven't we, a childhood nemesis. It doesn't help if the nemesis in question is one of the beautiful people and happens to be dating your sister, who is also one of the beautiful, popular people in high school. That's Delilah's problem with Macon Saint.

Fast forward a decade and there is no karma, Macon Saint is still beautiful and he's a successful wealthy Hollywood actor to boot whereas Delilah is enjoying (very) modest success as a chef, although she has recently sold her catering business and is, as they say, between jobs. Delilah's sister has stolen something very valuable from Macon and forwarded her calls to Delilah's phone. In a very contrived and unrealistic way, Delilah offers to be Macon's assistant and executive chef for free while searching for her sister to avoid him calling the police. Disir nails it when she says, and I paraphrase, this is a slow burn enemies to friends to lovers novels. The evolution of the relationship between Macon and Delilah and how each of them reveals how the other's actions were perceived is very well done and totally believable. Of course we the reader can see that these two probably have a Gilbert Blythe and Anne Shirley type romance going on right from the get-go, as Macon at least acknowledges to himself pretty early on that he found dating Delilah's sister boring if Delilah wasn't there to add spice to the evening (with her biting wit).

I love Kristen Callihan, she's a very versatile writer and this is another great contemporary romance. Great characters, great slow burn, great writing. Loved it.

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

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