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Offside

Avery Keelan

3.72 AVERAGE

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: No

I really liked the premise of the book, but it did not need to be this long.
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DID NOT FINISH: 48%

I just got bored of it. If this book had been 350 pages shorter, I would have probably relatively enjoyed it. But itโ€™s just so long with nothing actually going on. You never really get any game time either except for small glimpses really. I feel like thatโ€™s more me though because Iโ€™ve been desperate for a hockey romance to have some actually gameplay in it. Anyway, it was good at the start but once the main two got together it just honestly got boring really quickly and I just can force myself to push on anymoreโ€ฆ

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funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

My first sporty rom-com. I loved that when they were doing play-by-plays the audiobook kinda made it feel like I was listening to the radio. 
๐ŸŽง๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ’‹โ€๐Ÿ‘จ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐Ÿ’โ›ธ๏ธ๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ๐Ÿซ 
emotional 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
funny lighthearted fast-paced
funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

unfortunately once they were officially Together it got kind of boring. not that they aren't cute together but once they were together it wanted to be Dramatic with their personal lives but there was about 10 different wrenches thrown into the plot and only 2 of them were followed up on. one of which kinda came out of nowhere it felt?

still a fun read and def one of the more accurately hockey technical sports romances I've read which I enjoyed ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ
lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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i liked it enough but that timeline needs to be revisited. did we ever make it to thanksgiving? christmas? halloween???? when was everything happening? also way longer than necessary but then felt like there was barely any closure, somehow. BUT! the chemistry was sizzling and i definitely felt how in love bailey and chase were
emotional funny lighthearted reflective relaxing sad 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: No