Think twice if…
- Content warnings: Murder, Violence, Stalking, Bullying, Coercive control, Claustrophobia / confined spaces, Drug use, Panic attacks, Sexual assault (referenced), Trauma, Sexual content
Hate
by Tate James
Book 1 in Madison Kate
Read it when you want a messy, addictive why-choose setup with enemies-to-lovers bite, mystery threads, and a heroine who has every reason to burn the place down.
goodreads 4.17/5 65,901 ratings
storykind_community 3.33/5 3 ratings
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Length418 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 4 books
Spice4/5 · Rough / aggressive style
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- Why Choose / Reverse Harem
- Slow burn
- High
- Rough / aggressive style
- The angst delivered
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- Morally gray
- Intense / passionate
- Addictive read
- Possessive alpha
- Love/hate tension
- Animalistic / primal
- Obsessed
- Dark/tortured soul
- Possessive love interest
- Possessive / claiming style
- Adrenaline rush
- Reluctant allies to lovers
- Praise kink
- Marking hickeys
- Rough but consensual
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Wall pinning
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Possessive
- Dominance
Fantasy promise
- Dark romance
- Academy / campus
- Contemporary
- Humans only
- Reverse harem / why choose
- Big city / metropolis
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- Forced proximity
- Revenge romance
- College romance
- Bully romance
- Roommates
Reading experience
- First person
- Fast
- Dark
- Edgy
- Heavy
- Medium
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- Survivor
- Polyamorous
- Intense
- Punchy
- Vengeful / revenge-driven
- Suspenseful
- Conversational
- Snarky/sarcastic
- Angsty
- Unhinged
- Fast-paced
- Revenge arc
- Morally complex
- Page turner
- Battle of wills
- Addictive pacing
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Book details
- Length
- 418 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book