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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
emotional
slow-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
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
tense
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
lighthearted
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:
Complicated
Sea and Brody are such lovable characters but the whole book was will they won’t they and then the ending felt rushed.
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
When I read Season's Change, Cait Nary's first novel in this series, I was completely enamored with Olly and Benji. I was a little disappointed when the sequel was not going to be a continuation of their story but that's normally how it goes with a romance series. I was excited to get a chance to read this book regardless because the first was very hockey heavy which, as a fan of hockey in general, really drew me in. Hockey romances are my absolute favorites in addition to the sport being the only one I care about.
Contract Season follows defenseman Brody Kellerman and country singer Seamus Murry as they hook up, fake date and fall in love. The boys together are pretty cute. My main gripe with this book was the main source of conflict is their lack of communication. That is something that I absolutely hate reading in a romance. If one emotionally mature adult managed to have a single conversation, the entire conflict would've resolved ten pages in.
I fully believe that this book has a wide audience. When it is cute, it is really cute. Its low on spice (which I like) but there is still some spice for the fans of that. I think many people will love this book as much as I loved the first one. I just feel like I was not the correct target for this second entry in the series.
Thank you to NetGalley and Carina Press for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Contract Season follows defenseman Brody Kellerman and country singer Seamus Murry as they hook up, fake date and fall in love. The boys together are pretty cute. My main gripe with this book was the main source of conflict is their lack of communication. That is something that I absolutely hate reading in a romance. If one emotionally mature adult managed to have a single conversation, the entire conflict would've resolved ten pages in.
I fully believe that this book has a wide audience. When it is cute, it is really cute. Its low on spice (which I like) but there is still some spice for the fans of that. I think many people will love this book as much as I loved the first one. I just feel like I was not the correct target for this second entry in the series.
Thank you to NetGalley and Carina Press for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol
Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia
Review:
I liked the concept, but it felt like the same conflict kept playing out over and over throughout the book, and that got tired. That said, I did especially like Sea and found his internal conflicts to be interesting.
One weird thing - one of the main characters is named Seamus, and goes by the shortened Sea, which is pronounced Shay, but he does take advantage of the spelling and its connotation with his sea themed tattoos. It was really distracting to keep having to remind myself that his name was not pronounced like the common word it is spelled as.
Stars: ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫3.5: Almost great, but falling short somehow. But more than just tipping the scale into good territory.
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3: Medium Salsa (A few open door scenes with explicit descriptions, but perhaps not very detailed)
Perspective: third
I liked the concept, but it felt like the same conflict kept playing out over and over throughout the book, and that got tired. That said, I did especially like Sea and found his internal conflicts to be interesting.
One weird thing - one of the main characters is named Seamus, and goes by the shortened Sea, which is pronounced Shay, but he does take advantage of the spelling and its connotation with his sea themed tattoos. It was really distracting to keep having to remind myself that his name was not pronounced like the common word it is spelled as.
Stars: ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫3.5: Almost great, but falling short somehow. But more than just tipping the scale into good territory.
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3: Medium Salsa (A few open door scenes with explicit descriptions, but perhaps not very detailed)
Perspective: third
Tense: past
POV: dual
Source: Library (Hoopla)
The book had everything in theory to make it a good book, the writing was good, the passing of the book was great and it had everything to keep me as a reading interested, except that I couldn't believe the relationship of the characters, for some reason i couldn't believe it and that made me so sad because the book had everything, the characters i enjoy them on their own but once they were together it just didn't work for me,.