Joshua Hortinela<\/p>\n\n\n\n
August 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Review:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This is the story of famous author Claudia\u2019s career but ultimately it\u2019s Carlos and Elliot\u2019s journey, sprinkled with the love of their friends Sal, Laney and Jones. Set across two continents London and Sydney, when Carlos and Elliot are pulled back into each others obit they strive hard to work together whilst fighting the hurt they\u2019ve caused each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That said it\u2019s fun, colourful, upbeat and gay, very very gloriously gay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Josh has written Carlos and Elliot\u2019s story with intensely emotional and profound clarity I could feel it and visualise it .<\/p>\n\n\n\n A beautifully crafted piece that will stay with you long after the last page .<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you to @netgalley for allowing me to read this advance copy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n About:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A heartwarming queer romance debut about two exes forced to work together on a whirlwind book tour, from a beloved bookseller and influencer \u2013 for fans of Cara Bastone, B.K. Borison and Alexis Hall.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Carlos Reyes is having a quarter life crisis. Once a hopeless romantic who believed in the power of the romantic comedy, Carlos is struggling to find anything about his life romantic or comedic. Life in the wake of losing his dad is difficult enough, but throw in work pressure and a broken heart, and everything’s a mess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then he gets the professional opportunity of a lifetime: follow blockbuster author and recent recluse Claudia Leighton on her upcoming book tour and write the tell-all piece her fans have been dying for. Carlos wants to jump at the opportunity, but there\u2019s a problem \u2013 Claudia\u2019s publicist, Elliot Simpson. He\u2019s arrogant, insufferable and the man who broke his heart. And if he takes this job, Carlos will be stuck with him for weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spanning Sydney, Dublin, Edinburgh and London, Hate You to Love You<\/em> is a moving love story about nostalgia and yearning for what once was, and what it means to lose yourself in order to find yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Joshua Hortinela August 2026 Review: This is the story of famous author Claudia\u2019s career but ultimately it\u2019s Carlos and Elliot\u2019s journey, sprinkled with the love of their friends Sal, Laney and Jones.It\u2019s a story of crazy moments, laughter, love and grief, of understanding, of discovering yourself and taking a good look at those around you.I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=889"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":891,"href":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889\/revisions\/891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
It\u2019s a story of crazy moments, laughter, love and grief, of understanding, of discovering yourself and taking a good look at those around you.
I could relate to the loss of Carlos dad, the intense pain he felt and the feeling of being a drift from family and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n