Sweet Hate

By: Canea Cox

“Sprinks, when it comes to you, I don’t forget a thing. Not a word you say. Not a sound you make. Not a wish you dream.”

It’s been eleven years since best friends Haven and Axel have seen each other and spoken to each other, but when Axel rushes into a bakery on fire, the last person he expected to see was Haven. The last he knew, she was living in London. Haven is now back home and taking over her family bakery; she has a very important order that she needs to complete and with this fire, she doesn’t know if she can make this happen. Axel is the handyman that can help her, but there is so much animosity between the two, but also so much sexual energy. He’s loved her forever but she’s determined to keep him at arms length.

I have very mixed feelings about this book. There’s a very particular audience of this type of book, and that audience will absolutely LOVE it! This book is close to 500 pages long and most of it is spicy scenes. In fact, if I were take out the spicy scenes and the scenes leading up to and after the spicy scenes, the scenes of thoughts of spice, the may be 100-200 pages – this is just a guesstimate. The plot was lacking and at times, just went out the window and was completely forgotten about. This kind of book is just not for me personally. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind spicy books, but I don’t want a book that is ALL spice and barely any plot building.

There was a huge miscommunication trope here, and it didn’t even get addressed until about 68% into the book! That’s when it felt like the first time these two had a real conversation, one that didn’t revolve around sex.

That being said, the scenes and the angst were well written. This particular type of book just isn’t for me. But, like I said above, there is absolutely an audience for this book. That audience is going to devour this book and LOVE it!

Publish Date: September 4, 2025
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