It all started with a phone call.
I was trying to reach my sister. So, you can imagine my surprise when a deep, ridiculously sexy voice answered the phone…
Mathias Jacobs embodies all that is wrong with basketball players. He’s arrogant, hotter than hell, and the worst part? He’s my new dating coach.
He says I lack confidence. And if anyone can help me land the man of my dreams, it’s him.
All I have to do in exchange is tutor him in math before his grades get him kicked off the team. Piece of cake.
And it would be, if it weren’t for the massive lie he tells my crush to make him jealous.
The next thing I know, TJ is my fake boyfriend, and I’m toeing the line between hating his guts and craving something real.
He might not care if it ends in disaster, but I’d rather die than let a basketball god set my world on fire.
And if I have to go down weaving a web of lies and deceit?
He’s going down with me.
Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars
Sincerely, Your Enemy is a spinoff of Eliah Greenwood’s Easton High series and follows former rich girl Lacey, who is now a struggling college student and guardian to her two younger half-siblings. Even though Lacey has a lot on her plate, she reluctantly begins tutoring TJ, one of the guys in her extended friend group (who also happens to be friends/teammates with her high school fling, Theo) in exchange for dating lessons in order to catch another guy’s attention. Eventually, TJ and Lacey even start a fake relationship, but real feelings get involved and the line starts to blur between what is real and what is pretend.
And unbeknownst to Lacey, TJ has ulterior motives in sparking up a friendship with her.
This book is full of several twists and turns that I was not expecting. I really liked TJ as the hero, and as I was reading the story, could not figure out why it was titled “Sincerely, Your Enemy.” And then there is a subplot with missing young women that I felt was unrelated and I wasn’t sure how that would play into the bigger picture. Once it all clicked into place, I enjoyed the overall story Eiah Greenwood was telling, and how Lacey and TJ’s pasts converged in the present.
Both TJ and Lacey had been supporting characters in previous books, and I really liked seeing her shine as the main character here. I thought the relationship that she had with her younger siblings was sweet, even as she grappled with trying to figure out how to parent them after their father’s death. I don’t remember much about TJ from the previous books, but I will say that his character surprised me. I thought he was kind of a cocky jerk at first, but he proved to have multiple layers and was actually dealing with quite a bit as far as his homelife goes, none of which is an easy subject for him to speak about with his friends.
Once the awful truth comes out, it’s crushing for Lacey because she truly was blindsided. And EG had written TJ in such a great way that I really felt badly for him because what he perceived to be was not at all reality. He has a long way to go to grovel, and his Grand Gesture was absolutely perfect.
Having read the Easton High books a few years back, I was thrilled to get updates on Aveena and Xavier, and Finn and Dia. (The timeline of this book is shortly after the Dear Heart duet because Vee and X are still expecting their baby.)
Overall, this book was a pretty surprising story that packed an emotional punch. I really hope that Theo & Vee’s sister get a story soon!
I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
Eliah Greenwood is an Amazon Top 10 Bestselling author who loves writing stories where opposites attract. She lives in Canada with her golden doodle and her cat. When she’s not writing and screaming at her computer, you can find her binge watching her favorite TV shows on repeat or reading in a warm blanket. She is currently working on her ninth book.
To learn more about Eliah and her books, visit linktr.ee/eliahgreenwood
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