Ryan and Amalia have known one another since their Yale Law School days. Both Amalia and Ryan are extremely head-strong over achievers and that’s pretty much where their mutual commonalities end. Amalia sucked up the courage back in college to ask Ryan out for a drink, for which she was rejected by Ryan in a most condescending manner. Afterward, Ryan gets the coveted spot as the editor for the Yale magazine. It’s safe to say that when Amalia and Ryan meet a decade later in court on opposing sides of the aisle, neither one is happy. Their acrimonious bickering doesn’t sit well with the judge either so he finds them both in contempt and sentences them to 50 hours of community service each, to be served together. This forced time spent together will either result in them killing each other or falling in love.

This was a fun, cute and charming story. Amalia comes from a family of wealth and has a trust fund but she doesn’t want to succeed on her family name or their money. Her relationship with her parents are that of practical strangers. Ryan comes from a large close-knit Irish family that works hard for everything they own and don’t have the luxury of wealth. I was really surprised by how much Ryan resented Amalia for her wealthy upbringing and thought it highly unfair how much he judges her for it.

I was anxious to know how they would resolve their issues to not only work professionally with one another, but also see if the chemistry they are feeling can amount to something special outside the courtroom. The community service they are forced to work was quite entertaining, from cleaning up a park with inmates, making and serving meals at a soup kitchen, volunteering at a kindergarten, retirement home and the Humane Society shelter. I liked that Amalia wanted to show Ryan that she wasn’t above getting her hands dirty or afraid of hard work. I didn’t like that Amalia felt like she had to prove anything to Ryan because of his bias against wealthy people.

In spite of Ryan’s bad attitude, I liked him and understood his feelings about wealthy people were more a self-projection of himself and his feelings of inadequacy and wanting to be successful without a trust fund. I liked Amalia and how she comes to terms with what being in a serious relationship means and whether she is brave enough to take the leap.

These characters were very believable and easy to relate to. I really liked getting to meet Ryan’s family and Amalia’s grandmother. The plot moves at a good pace and kept me engaged and curious to see what would happen. This is my first book by Anna Premoli and I thoroughly enjoyed her writing style and voice. I look forward to reading more of her work.

My Final Verdict: Overall, the opposites attract trope can work if done correctly and this story illustrates that very well. I highly recommend this book to readers of contemporary romance as well as stories involving characters who are outspoken in their opinions and staunch defenders of their positions.

Thank you to the publisher, Aria, who provided an advance reader copy via NetGalley.

Enemies to lovers! Nice characters and a zippy plot but the writing would have benefited from some editorial polishing. Thanks for the ARC>.

Really enjoyable read. Good characters and a Good story. Well worth a read. Think others will enjoy.

I seem to be on a romcom kick at the moment - and trying to catch up on some of the advanced reads I've been given (sorry Netgalley and Aria for such a delayed review) and decided to pull out Until Love Do Us Part . Re-reading the description brought to mind The Hating Game - a book I read a few weeks ago and genuinely enjoyed. I thought - another love em / hate em type of read would be perfect for these hot summer days and dug right in.

The basic premise of this story: Amalia is a tough as nails, "ice queen" lawyer. She works hard and she doesn't lose. Ryan is NYC's new assistant district attorney, who is also known as being tough as nails and equally determined to win all his cases. Especially the ones against Amalia - his former Yale fellow law-student, who's mere existence seems to enrage him. (Seriously.) They end up in court, annoy the judge and end up in court-ordered community service. There they spend time together... everything seems to be heading towards L-O-V-E ... until they end up on opposing sides again.

Ok.

So... this is a 2.5 star read. It's not bad. Honestly it's not. It's just that it took a bit for me to stick with it. You see... I didn't really like Amalia or Ryan very much in the beginning. And I think it's just because they both seemed to have a bit of a chip on their shoulder. And not just in relation to one-another, but in general. And it's hard to cheer on someone (or someones) who don't appeal to you.

As the story progressed, and Amalia and Ryan continued to spend time together - you saw both of their softer sides; that's when I started to cheer them on. But it took a while to get there.

Also, it was hard to enjoy their little romance because it took forever for Anna Premoli to give us Ryan's reason for disliking Amalia. And the reason was kind of lame. I mean, if there had been more of a back story, maybe it would have felt more plausible, but as is, it felt a little forced.

All that said, I would give another of Anna Premoli's books a shot. This hasn't put me off her as an author - I think I just went in expecting it to be different than what I got.

Thank you Netgalley and Aria for an advanced copy in return for an honest review (again - apologies for the delayed read and review... having a second baby sure decreases time for reading and reviewing!).

Ryan was a stubborn, difficult man for most of the book, Amalia was a stubborn, slightly spoiled girl. Together they made a fun, argumentative duo.
I enjoyed the book overall. I did wonder why Ryan was fighting so hard against liking Amalia. I get he didn’t like her history, money, etc. but it seemed like he protested too much. It was so exaggerated that it was just a bit silly.

4.5 Stars

Fabulous quick witted dialogue between Amalia and Ryan, both in and outside of the courtroom.

I loved the series of punishments Judge Wyatt though of for his two warring lawyers, and thought it added another great dimension to the story.

Loved Ryan's whole family dynamic, with all of his brothers, while at the same day really relating to elements of Amalia's family.

The two main characters are as different as they are similar which leads to many conflicts of interest, which I loved reading.

This is a very entertaining romance, that isn't fully predictable, and will raise a few laughs in the process of reading it. This is the second book I have read by the author, and it certainly won't be the last.

Thank you to Aria and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.

Until love do us part is a very interesting book. I enjoy the all the hate and love between the two of them.

Although this book had some very humourous moments and I overall enjoyed the setting and the characters and the love story, the writing itself was difficult to read at times and it felt way too predictable but also a bit far-fetched. That being said, it still passed the time just fine and was perfectly okay for this genre.

Anna Premoli is one of the most talented romance authors in the Italian market, and I am particularly glad that her talent is achieving acknowledgement by international audiences where this genre is a lot more populated and competitive.

As is the case for all translations, it is practically impossible to channel all culture and language based jokes, puns and turns of ohrase, but the general witty spirit of the original book has been succesfully conveyed even in the English language. I therefore recommend you try this author out, she might very likely end up in your autobuy list.

I got thru a few chapters and had to dnf. Too slow pace for me.

They have met at university, and it has been hate at first sight, she is all he despises, he is annoys her.

Amalia Berger is successful, an attractive lawyer who lives and works in New York. She is an independent and gorgeous woman, but everyone just looks her inheritance not who she really is.

Ryan O’ Moore lives in Chicago, but he gets promotions and becomes assistant DA in New York. His family has restaurant in New York, and he is near them, but he doesn’t feel as it is a positive thing.

 After many years Amelia and Ryan meet each other in a courtroom fighting as crazy and provoke anger in the judge. The judge decides to punish them with community service forcing them to spend time together.

This is the second book by Anna Permoli which I’ve read, and I enjoy doing it. I already put the author on my favorite list, because she makes me laugh, speaks to my heart and makes me dream.

This is an entertaining read, and if I could get Amalia out from the book, she will be my best friend. She is woman with strength and ambitious, independent and successful lawyer with a sharp tongue.

Ryan is reserved in the first half of the book, not knowing what he wants, but then he becomes more likable in the second half of the book and at the moment looks like alpha male decisively making a move.

I highly recommend this book to everyone who likes romance and light-hearted books which make you laugh and have goose bumps while you read.

I expected something light and easy to read but fun. This reminded me of a really bad season of Suits.

I enjoyed this book. It was a light read. I did tire of the conflict between the two main characters. I feel like it was drawn out a little too much. I would have liked to see more interaction between the two main characters and each other's families. I think it would have rounded it out better to see those dynamics Overall the book was okay and I enjoyed it.

I never usually do this, but, before I started reading ULDUP, I had a quick nose at the reviews on Goodreads. I was already on there anyway as I was putting the book as 'currently reading', so when I spotted swarms of two star reviews I became even more curious about what was beneath the eye-catching front cover. I mean really, two stars? Whilst I was intrigued due to the ratings I spotted, I was also a little bit apprehensive.

In ULDUP there are two main characters, Amalia and Ryan. Seeing as both characters are lawyers, there would be a slim chance of them bumping into each other, right? Especially given the fact that one is a New York lawyer, whilst the other is a lawyer from Chicago. Right? WRONG.

Amalia and Ryan have a history, a very loose history, and seeing each other has brought up some rather tetchy memories. From an outsiders point of view, Amalia and Ryan absolutely hate each other. But, from an insiders point of view? To be honest, I don't think THEY even know!

I'll admit, I did do a childish 'HA HA' when the two characters came face to face with each other, animosity was just oozing from the pages and I was looking forward to seeing some fireworks appear! That's quite bad of me to admit, isn't it haha.

Amalia and Ryan's relationship was extremely volatile, yet there were times when it came across rather snooty and childish. It was like reading about two siblings bickering over who ate the last cookie! To be fair, based on their relationship alone - I was absolutely hooked on the book and all of its drama.

At the start of this review I said that I was a little apprehensive about reading this book due to the reviews I had spotted beforehand. Do I agree with those reviews? No, I actually don't. Obviously, each to their own as everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

BUT....

I absolutely adored this book! It was SO much fun! I welcomed the copious amounts of drama with both hands as I hadn't read a book like that in a while. I needed something different to read, and Until Love Do Us Part, completely hit the nail on the head. The judge who dished out, Amalia and Ryan's punishment, was an absolute genius! The things that he came up with for the characters to do, was very cleverly written and such a unique addition to the storyline. Because of that, I felt like I got to see different sides to both of the characters, as opposed to just seeing them both throw their teddies out of their prams. Thoroughly enjoyed those parts the most as I also got to see the characters grow into their stubbornness, and out of their arrogance (to a point).

Until Love Do Us Part truly was such a breath of fresh air. Even though the book is labelled as a romance, it isn't the type of book where you're suffocated by romance, heart-shaped balloons and soaking wet kisses. In my opinion, Anna Premoli's novel is more of an understated, modern romance novel, where the romance part is worked for as opposed to just being a given, or expected.

I throughly enjoyed every part of this novel, although what I will say is that I would have preferred a little more detail in some areas of the storyline. At times I felt like certain situations could have been given a little more oomph, I just wanted that little extra. Does that make sense?

Aside from that, Until Love Do Us Part is definitely a 'curl up on the sofa & forget the whole world' type of book. Anna Premoli has written a modern, laugh out loud, unexpected and fun novel which allowed me to do just that; curl up on the sofa and forget the whole world. Bliss.

Thanks Aria Fiction.

I couldn't get through this book, I made it to about 30% of the way through and I was just a little bored. I didn't really like the characters, I couldn't connect with them so that made it really difficult for me to care about what was happening in the story.

3☆ Bickering and competition between two rivals.

When i requested Until love do us part, i was expecting a fun, light hearted read. The cover was fun and romantic ambience.
But I feel a little let Down.

Amalia and Ryan went to Yale Law School together.
They come from very different upbringing.
Amalia's family is very wealthy and Ryan is from larger poorer family.

So when Amalia and Ryan are up against each other on case they are working on, the tension between them bubbles.

Ryan and Amalia clash due to wealth.
Ryan doesn't like that Amalia comes from money and he makes he's feelings known alot! Ryan hates the fact he had to work more than one job to see him through Law School, where Amalia didn't.

This is what annoyed me, Ryan really did have a chip on he's shoulder about wealth and class. Which was made perfectly clear near enough the whole way through the book. He was arrogant, annoying, frustrating, nasty at times.
He just feels so intent on making Amalia's life a misery and a competition. 
It got fairly tiresome towards the middle and I wanted to switch off.

So when the judge orders them to do community work together because of their tiresome sniping and getting one up on each other they are forced to try and deal with each other.

I just felt that was all the book was about, the constant battle between the two.
Not even sure why. It just went on a bit too long.
I was expecting fun flirtatious banter with a touch of sarcasm but it was lost on how bitter Ryan was.

I think it does have potential as the concept is great but it just needs to lighten up a little. There is nothing wrong with a little healthy competition but the snarky nastiness between the two was not fun.

I think this book would Definetly appeal to some readers.

It did not disappoint if you were looking for about the same, enemies to lovers, the insults, the hatred, the humor and eventually we get the romance. If you expected different, then you were looking in the wrong the place. Amalia and Ryan had a difficult relationship from the get go, and they were forced to spend time together by a judge looking to get revenge. It is entertaining.

DANG at 54%. This book was a let down for me. I loved the premise but it has been executed much better by others (i.e., Julie James). The hero was just so unlikable with how judgy he was of the heroine. I never felt like they even wanted to be together and to not have any romance by the halfway point was why I could not finish because frankly I didn't care what happened to the two of them. The whole Jewish vs Catholic debate was also annoying for this day and age

Great book, easy read… Held my attention and was sad to see it end. Thanks for the opportunity to read it!

How is it possible that in a city as big as New York, you keep bumping into the person you hate most? Amalia and Ryan met at Yale where they were both law students, but they never got along, especially after Ryan rejected Amalia and took her place as editor of the university’s newspaper. After graduation, they went their separate ways, but ten years later they meet again in a New York court where Amalia is a defence lawyer and Ryan is the new assistant district attorney. The tension between them causes quite a scene. They can’t seem to be able to avoid each other, especially after a judge forces them to do community service together for their bad behaviour in court. As they spend their Saturdays cleaning parks, Amalia and Ryan realise that maybe it’s not hate that they feel for one another.
Ryan’s dislike of Amalia’s wealth is quite irrational and becomes tiring throughout the novel. Despite this, the characters are in general likeable and entertaining and, along with witty dialogues and the bright lights of the Big Apple, create an amusing romantic novel.