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TW: ableist language.
I finally read my first solo written Avon Gale book (I've read her co-written stuff ) and I gotta say i really liked this? The characters are what really made the book for me because i know nada of hockey and barely understood sportswise lol.
So Lane was adorable, goofy, had zerooo filter for his thoughts omg this guy said some things that simultaneously infuriated me annnnd had me cackling. But I still liked him alot! I totally got the other character's frustrations with him sometimes when he would just say anything without thinking about it first? but you know what he felt just like a real awkward person to me and that awkwardness just made me actually like him more lol
And Jared, i loved watching him fall for Lane while clearly wondering how am i in love with this dude??? lol. I just found them together really sweet. The best thing for me about this book was there wasn't really any angst. Listen i love me some angst filled books, but i liked this one too. How there wasn't any major conflict that tore the two apart and they had to figure out how to sort that all out. There was internal conflict with each character but not because of each other. Lane's was sorting through whether he needed to come out to his parents/team as gay and Jared was trying to figure out his place and what he'd do after he retired from playing hockey.
I liked that right away Lane made friends with Zoe. more female friends in m/m books please! And she like Jared, was also bi.
I'm eager to learn more about certain players who are the next couple in book two!!
I finally read my first solo written Avon Gale book (I've read her co-written stuff ) and I gotta say i really liked this? The characters are what really made the book for me because i know nada of hockey and barely understood sportswise lol.
So Lane was adorable, goofy, had zerooo filter for his thoughts omg this guy said some things that simultaneously infuriated me annnnd had me cackling. But I still liked him alot! I totally got the other character's frustrations with him sometimes when he would just say anything without thinking about it first? but you know what he felt just like a real awkward person to me and that awkwardness just made me actually like him more lol
And Jared, i loved watching him fall for Lane while clearly wondering how am i in love with this dude??? lol. I just found them together really sweet. The best thing for me about this book was there wasn't really any angst. Listen i love me some angst filled books, but i liked this one too. How there wasn't any major conflict that tore the two apart and they had to figure out how to sort that all out. There was internal conflict with each character but not because of each other. Lane's was sorting through whether he needed to come out to his parents/team as gay and Jared was trying to figure out his place and what he'd do after he retired from playing hockey.
I liked that right away Lane made friends with Zoe. more female friends in m/m books please! And she like Jared, was also bi.
I'm eager to learn more about certain players who are the next couple in book two!!
I had a hard time getting through this one. The characters were tough to relate to, and the narrative had this strange choppy feel to it. Lane in general is kind of choppy, which may be why it was hard to follow along with his perspective. He felt very over-the-top literal and innocent to me, it got to the point where it was downright aggravating. I felt like I was getting whiplash sometimes…which maybe was the point, but made it hard to enjoy.
Everything in this book seems to happen very fast, and there doesn't seem to be much build-up to any of it…which is maybe magnified by the sheer amount of telling-instead-of-showing way of writing the author uses. The narration bounced around a lot, and there are so many things that seemed like they might add some drama, before turning into nothing at all.
Even the hockey parts, while more entertaining (I enjoyed the playoff sequence, especially when the two main teams were facing off), couldn't save the book for me.
I don't know, I can see the appeal some people might see in this, but for me, it just didn't work.
Everything in this book seems to happen very fast, and there doesn't seem to be much build-up to any of it…which is maybe magnified by the sheer amount of telling-instead-of-showing way of writing the author uses. The narration bounced around a lot, and there are so many things that seemed like they might add some drama, before turning into nothing at all.
Even the hockey parts, while more entertaining (I enjoyed the playoff sequence, especially when the two main teams were facing off), couldn't save the book for me.
I don't know, I can see the appeal some people might see in this, but for me, it just didn't work.
3.75 stars.
Lane is so ridiculously hilarious i actually laughed out loud multiple times.
Lane is so ridiculously hilarious i actually laughed out loud multiple times.
i started this months ago, got about 10% in and got distracted, so i just decided to pick it up and plow through it so i could move on. and actually it surprised me how sweet this was. i normally dislike age gaps, but this one wasn't terrible (plus it wasn't a HUGE gap) and i loved both the mcs. in the beginning i couldn't quite understand lane's way of thinking? but i just rolled with it and it was great. very cute book. 3 stars bc i'm not sure if i'd read it again, but i would probably recommend it!
Honestly this wasn't the greatest book I've ever read but a gay hockey story is too good for me to pass up. I was very endeared by the characters, even though sometimes I couldn't believe Lane was as clueless as he is, enough to keep reading and keep me invested in the story. I had fun reading and isn't that what counts?