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Rule Number Five: Special Edition

J. Wilder

3.66 AVERAGE

p8nshoe's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful slow-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

pixigirl's review against another edition

3.0

emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

taylor_bookworm_gevaert's review against another edition

2.0

Sigh, I had high hopes for this, as I liked other books by this author. I think the thing that ruined it the most for me what that in the very beginning she tells us this is a rewrite, she moved scenes around, deleted others, and added in new, and YOU CAN TELL. Dialogue that doesn’t make sense, the random jumping around of “thoughts and feelings” right around the 50% mark. Ugh, it was kind of just a hot mess.

Also, I think we need to redefine “sports romance” just because a character plays a sport does not make it a sports romance if there is no or very little “on screen” game play/description. It feels lazy with no research and like the author is jumping onto the sports romance trope bandwagon without the book ACTUALLY being a sports romance.

A very disappointing 2.5 stars (because it did actually start out good, just went down hill so fast)
DNF 56ish%

hannahb99's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

miyawakiss's review against another edition

2.5

This book could've been good IF SID JUST FUCKING COMMUNICATED. OH MY GOD. 🤯 Literally half of this book was just me SCREAMING at this girl to open her damn mouth and TALK. 🤬 You can't expect a guy to meet your expectations IF YOU DON'T TELL HIM WHAT THEY ARE 🫨 GIRLIE.

Jax is literally the SWEETEST guy, ALWAYS going at Sid's pace, ALWAYS so considerate of what SHE wants and putting aside what HE wants, ALWAYS focusing on HER needs. 😭 Like yes girl, we get you have trauma, we get you have issues, we get you've been burned. But it doesn't excuse 100% neglecting your partner. 😤 She was so focused on her issues and needs and RULES that she never thought about Jax's feelings or priorities or wishes. She always made assumptions about Jax and their future without fucking communicating anything. 🙄 Friggin hell.

The ending was dragged out way too much. Like we got it already! 🫩 The reason I'm so annoyed is because I could have loved this. I could have. But the non-communication was CRAZY 🤯 The smut was the best parts of the book but I need sustenance 🙏🏻

guada_reads's review against another edition

2.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

hockey(?) because we never really see him playing much / college
1/5🌶️
Sidney doesn't want to fall for a hockey guy because she has daddy issues because her dad is an asshole who never gave her any attention or love. Jax has everything lined up for the NHL and then he meets Sidney is head over heals for her, the problem? she has all this rules and doesn't want to date