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Consider Me by Becka Mack

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lavenderashes's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

3.25

i don’t think reformed playboy is for me but i did enjoy this but the back and forth with olivia’s trust issues and third act break up really had me trudging through to finish

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lucyrudd's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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heathrinwonderland's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Captain of the Vancouver Vipers, Carter Beckett, has a reputation for being the NHL’s biggest f*ckboy. Until a petite brunette catches his eye. Olivia Parker, a high school fitness teacher, girl's hockey coach, and the most beautiful woman Carter has ever set eyes on, knows about Carter & his reputation. After a bit of a chase, Olivia gives in to Carter, risking her entire heart.

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There are a lot of mixed reviews for this book. I absolutely loved this book. Carter Beckett is literally a dream, he’s captain of the hockey team and romantic and cocky AF. He knows he’s good and lets everyone else know as well. His outside persona is a hard manwhore, but on the inside, he’s absolutely adorable. I loved how corny this book was, his silly little comments, his obsession with food, and the obsession he has with Olivia.

This book could have been 100 pages shorter if the size of Olivia hadn’t been addressed so many times. We get it, she’s short(5’1”) and he’s big. Did we really need to address it 50 times? There was a lot of repeated information that wasn’t necessary as well, like how Olivia smells like Banana Bread, and Carter smells like lime and musky cedarwood.

My overall rating of Consider Me is 5/5 - without a doubt, I loved this book. Carter is my ultimate book boyfriend. The side characters were an added bonus, I love the dynamic of the team and family members, Hank is probably my favorite, and he’s such an asset to the storyline.

I give this book a 5/5 for spice, the spicy scenes made me wish I was Olivia, being thrown up against walls, pulled by my ankles, & OH EM GEE, the tie as a blindfold scene! YES PLEASE!

I would 100% recommend this book to anyone who likes sports romance, hockey, dual POV, and HEA. I laughed so much through this book, and if you tell anyone I’ll deny it, but I also teared up several times.

This is definitely in my Top 10 for 2023!

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kaitlynnnng's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Well, Carter Beckett might have made his way into my Top 5 Book Boys Of All Time. A hockey man who is gentle when he needs to be and…not gentle when he needs to be? Love.

I really enjoyed this book, although I could’ve done without the constant reminders about Olivia’s size, the “scandal” towards the end, and the fact that he proposed at Cara’s wedding (even though he had approval…and it was definitely Cara’s idea to begin with, I just know it).

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sami_leigh's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5
🌶️🌶️🌶️.5/5

Her wide eyes lock on mine, cheeks blazing, hand hanging there in midair, holding on to a…A goddamn Oreo. Woman’s my f**king soul mate.

She’s like waking up on Christmas morning when you’re three years old and you finally understand what it’s all about.

I want to be better, not only for her, but for myself too.

🏒 First person dual POV
🏒 Miscommunication
🏒 Playboy turned cinnamon roll!
🏒 Ice Hockey captain / PE teacher
🏒 Banter 👌🏻
🏒 Found family
🏒 Possessive MMC
🏒 Spice 🥵
🏒 Nicknames!
🏒 Well established secondary characters, setting up future books; Cara, Emmett & Adam 😍
🏒 MC growth; development of healthy communication, issues with self worth & trust.
🏒 Consent & Sex Positive
🏒 Epilogue
🏒 One of my all time favourite book boyfriends 🙌🏻
🏒 Comfort read (read 4 times this year); I skip the 🚩 sections…
🏒 Book 2 & 3 are 4 & 5 ⭐️ reads

🏒 Partial spoiler

Chapters 34-46 read like the HEA epilogue & needed to be shortened/moved in order to make the reconciliation post miscommunication trope believable. I enjoyed reading about the MCs’ life together but these chapters didn’t move the story forward, they made the MMC not communicating in later chapters not believable as the relationship was so solid.

🚩 FMC is a teacher & is sexually harassed or propositioned by male students on multiple occasions. This is dealt with using basic behaviour management when it should go straight to the principal & be dealt with seriously not laughed off. The FMC’s best friend jokes that “all those senior boys wanna get between her luscious thighs”, joking about adult/minor relationships & the sexual harassment her friend is dealing with at work. This needed to be better thought out as the joking encouraged this behaviour.

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⚠️ Death of a parent (not on page), violence (ice hockey related), pregnancy, car accident (not on page), infidelity (not MC), sexism (via secondary characters), sexual harassment (students towards a teacher.

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emotional funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This right here? Sports romance perfection.

My first read of the year and I know I won't stop thinking about Carter for the rest of the year

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sdupont's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Wow, Tik Tok got it right with this one! I really really enjoyed reading this book. I absolutely adore Carter, he’s just a big golden retriever MMC who is obsessed with the FMC. I liked Olivia as well she works hard to overcome her anxiety and insecurities and really learn to trust and communicate with Carter. I appreciated that we really got to see growth from both Olivia and Carter through their journey as a couple. I will say this book did not need to be this long, with some editing an equally strong story could have been portrayed. That being said I Ioved this book, it was smutty and had a lot of heart! I definitely recommend reading Consider Me!

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