3.43k reviews for:

Offside

Avery Keelan

3.72 AVERAGE

brattylittlebookdragon's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny lighthearted tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was a happy little find for me! My first ever real sports read too. It was adorable, fun, emotional, twisty & funny! It has really nice character & plot build & a few great side characters too. I loved Chase & Bailey, they were absolutely sweet & adorable together! I'm glad Luke got everything he deserved for the grade A asshole that he was & I was ecstatic Bailey finally settled in with her real friends. 🖤 This was an easy, addicting, light & fun read & it definitely has set me on a future path of more sports reads! well at least hockey ones anyways bc I mean hockey has always been kinda hot anyways. 😆🥵

marie244631's review against another edition

3.0

lighthearted fast-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

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Lecture ultra sympathique qui coche toutes les cases d’une bonne romance sportive universitaire sans  en réinventer le genre. C’est addictif je l’ai dévoré en 24h, avec en prime pas mal de smut pour pimenter le tout. J’ai adoré le fait que ce soit une rival to friends to lovers même si, perso, j’aurais aimé profiter un peu plus de la phase “friends”. La résolution des conflits arrive un peu vite, mais c’est peut-être juste parce que j’ai fini le livre rapidement. 

readbytiffany's review against another edition

2.0

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this book did NOT need to be 500+ pages

i'm a firm believer than romance books should be <400 books bc anything longer is just unnecessary filler...and this book is a prime example.

while offside had its fun moments, you can't help but feel bored by repetitive conflict and poor pacing. why was the big reveal / major conflict resolution happening at the last 5%? there was no way for us to properly give everyone the ending they deserved.

i picked this one up bc i saw a fun reel for it on instagram (we love a good ex's rival trope), but the plotline was more fun in theory than in practice. granted, bailey and chase's relationship was much healthier than most bookstagram / booktok romance faves so i'll give them an extra star for that (perhaps the bar IS on the floor oops)

hannahkay913's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

christilovesbooks_smut's review against another edition

3.0

lighthearted medium-paced

heatherschmidt0's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

tblouin's review against another edition

3.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kelseygrauer's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional medium-paced

charm227's review against another edition

3.25

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

karenasp's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes