Ten Things My Cat Hates About You - Lottie Lucas
Synopsis
Not everyone gets nine lives… So he better be the love of a lifetime!
When Clara’s ginger cat Casper chases yet another romantic prospect out the door she’s ready to give up on love altogether. But then the fussy feline causes two meet cutes in the space of a day and suddenly Clara has two gorgeous men driving her to distraction.
But who is in control of happy ever after? Clara, fate…or the cat who started it all?
My Thoughts
When I saw this book title on sale on the Kobo store, I couldn’t resist. As the human to a sassy cat myself, I wanted to see what kind of mischief our lovely Casper could get up to. And I was not disappointed.
Casper is a devious little shit, and I rather do love him for it. While my own cat does not get up to the extremes of Casper’s antics, she’s well-known for having scared off a suitor or two with her general sass and quirks. (And honestly, good riddance to them.)
Clara certainly has her hands full with Casper, but that doesn’t stop her from trying to live her best life. She’s got a job she enjoys, a best friend she adores, a pesky little brother, and the attention of two men who could not be more opposite each other. In short – Clara has her plate full.
Between the shenanigans of her devious cat, and the events that transpire rather as a result of said devious cat, I really grew fond of Clara. She’s a dreamer, but she’s snarky, stubborn, and exceedingly fierce. Through the course of the book, I really enjoyed getting to know her, and learning about her life, and her friends.
I loved watching how her relationships with her closest people changed over the course of the book. We don’t magically just stop learning and growing when we hit adulthood. It’s a continuous journey. Watching Clara go through this chink of her journey with her brother, her best friend, and her colleagues was really endearing to me.
While I personally wasn’t too fond of the contrived love-triangle aspect of the book, I understand why Clara needed to experience it to really see what she wanted in a romantic partner. Her relationship with Josh never did anything for me – he was too shallow, and honestly kind of icky for me.
But I did enjoy her banter with Adam. It was fairly obvious Adam was the endgame relationship, and it was a bit of a tedious over-use of miscommunication as a plot device to get there. But get there we did – every snarky, ornery, bickering step of the way.
Overall, I was more impressed with how Clara’s relationships with her friends, colleagues, and her brother developed and grew over the course of the book. The romance felt more like a sub-plot to me. But mostly, none of it could have happened without Casper there to wreak havoc, and support Clara as only the affections of a cat can.