releasing May 20, 2025 from St. Martin’s Press
I think The Love Haters might be my favourite Katherine Center book yet.
I love that her books are genuinely very funny — I laughed out loud more than once. They’re also hopeful and the characters feel realistic, even when the situations they’re in are a bit silly.
In The Love Haters, video producer Katie is likely to be laid off unless she takes on a project to profile a Coast Guard rescue swimmer named Hutch. Unfortunately, Katie doesn’t know how to swim.
The peek in the life of a rescue swimmer was fascinating, and I loved the combination of heroic scenes and very silly ones. Each character also has very realistic trauma to work through.
I read a lot of depressing horror and dark fantasy, so it’s fun to switch things up from time to time with a romance. Katherine Center’s books are always so optimistic and good-natured in a way that would normally be too sweet for me. I don’t know how she does it; somehow, I’m completely invested and a little weepy by the end about the goodness of people and the beauty of life.
⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin’s Press for my review copy.
Leanne Olson 
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