Hate You by Tracy Lorraine

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I loved to hate her…

She made it so easy. She was everything I wasn’t—everything I didn’t want to be.

A reminder that from the moment I was born, I was the outcast. The rebel.

I went against everything that was expected of me and created a life on my terms. I built my own empire, carved out my own destiny.

Then she shows up at my tattoo studio, representing everything I tried to escape. She expects to just fit in… like she ever could.

Tabitha Anderson.

The posh girl trying to prove everyone wrong… that she can be something else—someone else. She hates me because she knows I’m right.

Or so I think. Turns out this isn’t the first time we’ve met, and our hate has history. We have history.

I might not have remembered, but I damn sure won’t forget now. Won’t forget how her smile is always directed at everyone but me.

If everything changes and she proves she does fit in, will it still be hate I’m feeling or something else entirely?

And if I’m wrong, then she’s right where she belongs… with me.

Hate You

Why are tattoo artists so sexy?

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙❤️💚🖤
Steam: 🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙
World building: 🌏🌍🌏🌎🌍
Character development: 😊😄😘🥰
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Duet Narration

The heroine: Tabitha Anderson (a.k.a. Biff) – she recently lost her beloved Gran to cancer and is at a loss as to what to do with her life. She is going for her master’s degree but has plenty of time on her hands and is determined to not follow the path in life that her parents expect of her. So, one night when she is passing a Tattoo shop, she sees an ad in the window for an admin needed. She applies for the job on the spot and gets hired.

The Hero: Zach Abbott – he was the school’s bad boy and sex god at the school Biff attended years ago. They never got along, and he was pretty much a dickhead to her from the start. He was gone from the tattoo studio when his friend ‘D’ hired her and when he found out, he wasn’t happy. He believes she doesn’t fit in at his tattoo studio. He owns the place. His little sister Dani is now Biff’s best friend. They didn’t know each other at school but met at university. Dani and her family assume that Zach is living the high life off his trust fund, they have no idea that he owns a successful chain of tattoo studios.

The Story: Zach doesn’t remember Biff from the pretentious private school they attended, but she certainly reminds him of the girls that went there and doesn’t like it. When Zach tells Biff that she doesn’t fit in at the tattoo studio, she takes a look at herself in her designer clothes and agrees. She leaves and pulls a Sandy from Grease and returns with a whole new look that goes much better at Rebel Ink.

I liked these characters. Of course, Zach was a jerk at first, but he had his reasons for not liking Biff, being that he thought she was the type of girl he grew up with and wanted to stay away from. Technically she was that girl, but like him, there was much more to her, and she wasn’t only that posh girl from a wealthy family but was someone that was struggling to find herself outside of that world.

This audiobook was told in dual points of view via duet narration and was narrated by Shane East and Kylie Stewart. Shane East is pretty much one of the only British narrators I really like. He has a terrific accent and a deep, but soft voice that I love. Kylie Stewart sounds exactly like the posh girl that Tabitha is supposed to be. Though I have to say, I am not too fond of her voice.

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