The book the movie is based on (The Hating Game by Sally Thorne) is visible in a bookshop window exactly 29 minutes into the movie.
Lucy and Josh are both reading "100 Years of Solitude." Lucy is seen reading it on the bus ride home from work, and she later sees the same book with a different cover on Josh's nightstand.
"The Hating Game" novel was a 2018 USA Today Bestseller and was published in more than 20 countries. It is often identified as one of the key originators of the recent rom-com boom.
Reunites co-stars Lucy Hale and Austin Stowell for the second time. Their first film together was Fantasy Island (2020).