The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your EnemyThe Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy
What it's about
Osric Mordaunt, an assassin of the Fyren Order, falls ill with a fatal disease, and the only healer who can help belongs to an enemy faction. Forced to work together to find a cure, the assassin and the healer must resist the urge to kill each other, or, worse, fall in love.
Why it's worth reading
It was a Goodreads Choice finalist. It's a witty, romantic fantasy.
You'll love it if you liked
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping
The Spellshop
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of FaeriesGood to know
It's light.
By the numbers
- Readers10 out of 100 · counts 42%
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%
- Bestseller34 out of 100 · counts 34% (its stronger lane)
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 10%
Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero. The parts combine into the Must-Read Score, shown on a scale where the best book we found scores 99 and the last book to make the ranking scores 50.
On our reserve shelf: it's well reviewed, but isn't currently a prize winner, a lifetime bestseller or a book everyone's talking about, so we don't rank it. We check again every month, and it can still turn up in your 50 once you've read most of our ranked books.
Why it made the list
Reads as
Epic
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Quick answers
Is The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy worth reading?
It was a Goodreads Choice finalist. Its Must-Read Score is 54.5 (the best book we found scores 99).
What is The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy about?
Osric Mordaunt, an assassin of the Fyren Order, falls ill with a fatal disease, and the only healer who can help belongs to an enemy faction. Forced to work together to find a cure, the assassin and the healer must resist the urge to kill each other, or, worse, fall in love.
How long does it take to read The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy?
About 10 hours (383 pages), or about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day.
What should I read after The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy?
If you liked it, try A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna, The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst or Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett.