Safety: This one should be either Safe or Safe with exception for most safety gang readers depending on personal preferences.

That is why I think I should give this one another go when things have calmed down a bit... Maybe I will feel completely different about it... It has been known to happen ;) Mama used to say the brain can lie to you, but the heart always knows the truth.” I shrug. “Problem is, most of us would rather believe the lie than face the truth.”Such a lovely story, I enjoyed it so much!It was addictive and I couldn't put it down, one of the things that I liked the most was the banter between the characters! I really didn't like how the author played around this for the whole freaking book. Was Sam his first too? We'll never know. The ambiguity makes me hate this book even more. i feel like ms. Callihan deliberately made Sam and Macon's "relationship" vague cuz she KNOWS there would be a riot if there were details about their sexual relationship in the past (if they were even sexual in the first place).

If (I'm hopeless like that) it's another sibling double dipping, this gets 1 star. I'm really tired of them. He was Samantha’s beau.” I hate the term beau. It sounds so old fashioned, but there’s also something so much more to it than boyfriend—a solidity, a sense of time and history. It makes me cringe. I fell in love with Macon and Delilah and was rooting for them. They shared so many things about their past, apologized and in my opinion got together and the exactly correct moment. and you know what, after reading a few books from the hangmen series, i really needed this lighthearted book. Delilah’s sister has stolen a valuable heirloom from Macon, now a rising Hollywood star, and he intends to collect his due. One problem: Sam has skipped town.

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But, regardless of the things I enjoyed, there were two particular things that made me enjoy this much less than I anticipated.

i loved the beginning of this BEFORE the MCs got together cuz the slow burn, sexual tension, and banter was just *chef's kiss* but all in all this was just meh but in a good way. the drama at the end was kind of weird and unnecessary tho but i guess it was just there to solve the whole Sam situaion and to add a little angst. Ten years later Delilah receives a text that has her trying to scramble to fix her sister’s problems. In the process she comes face to face with her childhood nemesis Macon Saint. It’s been ten years, and he’s all grown up and a famous actor living on the beach in Malibu. They make a deal that will help solve both their problems, but also put them in close proximity. i couldn't help it ok?? there were just so many cute moments here that i couldn't stop reading ugh. and the fact that the MCs have known each other since childhood and were always enemies, and 10 years later the H is now a famous actor and the h has to work for him as an assistant/chef to repay her sister's debts to the H?Besides,” she says, walking toward the bedroom door. “There are things that I need to discuss with my sister.” THIS! This is why I love reading and this is what has been missing for me lately. The feeling of excitement, being unable to put the book down just to go pee. Yeah, I'm going there people. DEAR ENEMY is a flawlessly executed enemies-to-lovers romance that follows a sassy heroine and a brooding hero with lots of humor, emotions and a pinch of angst to keep it interesting. In the beginning I was super excited and thought “wow this is going to be one of my new favorites”. Now, this might also be because of the weird times we are currently living in. I find it harder and harder to escape into a story and connect. I’m going to love you, Macon Saint. So long and so hard you’re not going to remember what it feels like to be without love.”

Among a bouquet of perfect roses, Delilah is much like her namesake flower—unexpectedly vivid and complex—making you realize that roses are boring in comparison. It was a really beautiful enemies to lovers romance with some Hollywoody and some other interesting things thrown in. I loved it. Did I mention that this book has like no plot? I don't even mind it if it's not plot driven, but the romance is not doing the work, the drama is not doing it for me. So the plot has to do it, but there was none. There was an interesting storyline with Macon's stalker, but that went nowhere. At the end of the book it was just mentioned that the Stalker died. Whew, cased closed. Goodbye. Tell me what was the point of the stalker plot line? I don't understand it.

I felt like this till I reached the 80-90% mark. Up into that point, the quotes, the emotions, the relationship and the overall chemistry that was built up was A+. The stalker aspect of the story was a prominent part of the story and I expected a showdown which I was deprived of. It wasn't a big deal and didn't take away from my enjoyment but I thought this could have been handled a liiittle bit better. I loved the food references, the way Delilah expressed herself with food, how she told stories and experiences through it. This was so well done. SPOILER WARNING: This review contains spoilers for Dear Enemy as well as Vicious by L.J. Shen, so read with caution. Now as much as I enjoyed reading it...I wasn't blown away by it. For some reason, I just couldn't fully connect with the story or the characters and I even found myself skimming every now and then. It was all just a bit too slow for my liking...