Instead, this novel delves deeper into the challenges of intervention and recovery, with its protagonists first being confronted with and forced to acknowledge that there is a very real and dangerous problem, and how integral it is to dig into the underlying symptoms of the addiction rather than focusing solely on the addiction itself-to face it, to find answers, and to then commit to overcoming the disease every single day. Walker could have gone much darker and grittier in The Hate You Drink. Review: Alcoholism, and the effect it has not only on the alcoholic but on the people who care for them, is a heavy subject to tackle in a romance novel, and there is little doubt N.R.

It’s not until the haze lifts that Monroe can truly see what he’s been searching for was never in the bottom of a bottle. Dubbed Sydney’s bad boy, he spends more days drunk than sober, and the only person who’s stuck by him through it all is his best mate.īut when Monroe hits rock bottom, Erik gives him an ultimatum, and his entire world comes to a grinding halt. Inheriting the family company and wealth means nothing, and his spiral of self-destruction is widespread and spectacular.

Monroe Wellman lost his parents three years ago and never grieved, never recovered. He’s also secretly in love with his best friend. He works hard, he’s grounded, he’s brilliant. Despite his inherent wealth, he holds his own. At a Glance: The Hate You Drink never reaches a level of angst that beats readers to an emotional pulp, and while we do love our Hurt/Comfort trope in the romance genre, Walker shows readers, in no uncertain terms, that the wrong kind of comfort is not something that can be romanticized.īlurb: Erik Keston, son of the Keston Real Estate empire, knows what it takes to be successful.

The Hate You Drink by N.R. Walker