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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
lighthearted
medium-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
Loved the story between the two MCs, but the side plots with her family fell flat. The turmoil leading up to it was spot on but the confrontation and results were not the same depth.
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
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
Romance books have the power to make me feel so many different strong emotions - joy, anger, heartbreak, frustration, contentment, all of the above. But very rarely does a romance book make me feel absolutely nothing. I’m not saying it was necessarily bad, but I connected to exactly zero characters and nothing of interest happened the entire book. Michael and Naomi were good as friends and I appreciated that they could support each other through tough situations. Did they have any romantic chemistry? No. I will forget about this story because genuinely nothing stood out.
funny
fast-paced
I liked the build up between the characters and how we saw their friendship and relationship develop. I liked the dynamic between Naomi and Micheal but didn’t like how you only saw them with each other. There wasn’t much to the book beyond them interacting.
I read this entire series so I don’t hate these books. I feel like thy have good bones but the misuse of words is annoying. ‘Project’ instead of ‘protect’. ‘For’ instead of ‘four’ are just some examples.
There is a scene as well where the MMC bumps into another character at a bar. The character is underage but drinks there because his ‘cousin’ owns it. He then calls his cousin ‘Dan’, but the next time ‘Dan’ speaks the author refers to him as Charlie and then he is referred to as Dan 1-2 more times throughout the book. The character has a spin off book (last in this series) that I read before this one and his ‘cousin’ is actually his uncle named Charlie.
There is a scene as well where the MMC bumps into another character at a bar. The character is underage but drinks there because his ‘cousin’ owns it. He then calls his cousin ‘Dan’, but the next time ‘Dan’ speaks the author refers to him as Charlie and then he is referred to as Dan 1-2 more times throughout the book. The character has a spin off book (last in this series) that I read before this one and his ‘cousin’ is actually his uncle named Charlie.
This book took me a while to get into—not that it was slow, I was getting a feel for the author's writing style (new to me author)—but once I did, the hits started coming and I felt like they didn't stop.
This story was full of emotional baggage, aching sorrow, and there were a few laughs thrown in.
The chemistry between Michael and Naomi was almost instant for me, though it took a while for the characters to open themselves up to it. Beware of the SLOW BURN... it was intense.
That moment they FINALLY crossed the line was insanely satisfying—from a reader's standpoint—and it quickly morphed into more.
The tension between different characters added another layer to this already interesting story and I found myself absolutely engrossed. I nearly didn't sleep because I was THAT invested.
While I liked the majority of the characters, there were some who didn't hit the mark with me. But, I always believe they can be redeemed, so I won't hold that against them.
I'm very much looking forward to reading more from this series.
This story was full of emotional baggage, aching sorrow, and there were a few laughs thrown in.
The chemistry between Michael and Naomi was almost instant for me, though it took a while for the characters to open themselves up to it. Beware of the SLOW BURN... it was intense.
That moment they FINALLY crossed the line was insanely satisfying—from a reader's standpoint—and it quickly morphed into more.
The tension between different characters added another layer to this already interesting story and I found myself absolutely engrossed. I nearly didn't sleep because I was THAT invested.
While I liked the majority of the characters, there were some who didn't hit the mark with me. But, I always believe they can be redeemed, so I won't hold that against them.
I'm very much looking forward to reading more from this series.
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Book Review #7 of 2024!
“The Puck Drop” by Jaqueline Snowe
Tropes: Friends with Benefits, Friends to Lovers, Boss’s Daughter, Slow Burn.
Rating: 3⭐️’s for plot & 2🌶️’s for spice.
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This was my first book by this author and I was looking forward to reading the entire series, but this book was such a drag. I really liked the first 2/3’s of the book, but then they storyline basically hit a wall and slowed down a lot. And I don’t like slow. There really wasn’t anything that was bad about the book, it just wasn’t anywhere as good as some of my prior sports romance reads.
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Below are some of my favorite quotes:
- Page 11: “He was the most handsome man I had ever seen, and the tattoos covering his arms… I wanted to file each one away and study them like a spreadsheet”.
- Page 22: “She was a tough cookie. A hard cookie, like a biscotti or something. Didn’t make it less delicious, just a bit more effort to get to the good part”.
- Page 41: “You miss it. Playing was like breathing, and now I’m figuring out how to breathe again without it”.
- Page 52: “Are we getting pancakes or not? I’m starving, and you never offered to share your snacks once. I saw them in your bag, Fletcher, and honestly, I’m kind of offended. Are we at the food sharing stage of our friendship? I sure fucking hope so. If not, tell me what to do to get there”.
- Page 67: “The last person I should be thinking about kissing was my boss’s daughter who hated the sport I loved”.