Review of The Politics of Love by Drew Taylor

 

How do you find a wife for a man who lives up to his Austenian romantic hero’s name? You become her.

Hayden Bennett—campaign manager, secret anime addict, and ball of sunshine—is tasked with finding a wife for the world’s most insufferable man. A.K.A, her billionaire boss, Darcy Marshall. But in a dramatic turn of events, Darcy offers Hayden the promoted position of wife alongside a pay raise and a place to live after getting kicked out of her apartment. Hayden, regardless of her fierce independence, considers his offer thanks to her complicated past. She can be the loyal wife of a man who makes her blood boil and causes early gray hairs for a few short years, right?

Darcy Marshall found the perfect wife—his campaign manager. His poll numbers have never been higher, and he’s destined for the presidency. Home life, on the other hand, is the equivalent to driving seventy miles per hour down a street littered with potholes. Hayden Bennett may have been the perfect choice for a wife on paper, but now Darcy wonders how he will possibly spend up to eight years married to the spitfire woman who challenges him at every turn.

The Politics of Love follows two broken souls as they navigate their personal scars, the pressures of the national spotlight, and a fake (but becoming more real by the day) marriage.

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I have been anticipating this book for a very long time. And it was worth the wait! Darcy and Hayden had chemistry I couldn't wait to explore from the glimpses I saw in her best friend's book. Not only that, but marriages of convenience for political campaigns is an obsession of mine. And I think this book just might be my new favorite of that subgenre!

These two are so great together. They have such an antagonistic alliance fueled by the grumpy-sunshine dynamic between them. I laughed out loud so many times over the shenanigans they got themselves into (and almost died of second-hand embarrassment a time or two). They were such a dichotomy between not being able to stand each other but being the only ones who understood each other. Just like the dichotomy that I was a little scared for America if these two took office, but they were still the best option. I read this book in practically one sitting because I couldn't make myself stop. The only flaw is it was too short. I could have easily read twice as many chapters about these two.

Note to more sensitive readers: the death of a child in the past.

I received a copy of this novel from the author. I was not required to post a positive review and all views and opinions are my own.

One of my favorite reads of the year and perfect for all lovers of rom-coms.

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