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christycorr's review against another edition
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? No
2.5
isalaur's review
5.0
Just grabs you emotionally
This book will get you right in the gut! The writing here is so fantastic that there were countless times I felt my stomach clenching for one or the other of the main characters, especially Justin.
I’ve always believed that MMM stories are hard to write so I have a great appreciation for someone who can do it well. It’s a delicate balance to be able to construct the relationship and make it seem organic and not forced, balanced and not pushed. The construct and the insecurities here are well plotted. They feed the story arc and help it move forward in a believable way.
All three main characters, Shawn, Justin and Keith work their way into your heart. You can feel the emotions they are feeling and you ache for them when things get rough.
There is also humor and there are points you really want to throat punch someone. And the hockey action is great which really made me happy. A pet peeve of mine is sports romances where there is no actual sport happening!
This is a fun series and I look forward to reading book three.
This book will get you right in the gut! The writing here is so fantastic that there were countless times I felt my stomach clenching for one or the other of the main characters, especially Justin.
I’ve always believed that MMM stories are hard to write so I have a great appreciation for someone who can do it well. It’s a delicate balance to be able to construct the relationship and make it seem organic and not forced, balanced and not pushed. The construct and the insecurities here are well plotted. They feed the story arc and help it move forward in a believable way.
All three main characters, Shawn, Justin and Keith work their way into your heart. You can feel the emotions they are feeling and you ache for them when things get rough.
There is also humor and there are points you really want to throat punch someone. And the hockey action is great which really made me happy. A pet peeve of mine is sports romances where there is no actual sport happening!
This is a fun series and I look forward to reading book three.
terriaminute's review
Not read, except for the first scene. Bailing because, although I like the setup, there is a LOT of direct repetition. In one scene. I KNOW there are hockey players and cops and Marines at the party, once was enough. But no, it is repeated at least five times. In one scene.
It's insulting to this reader.
Out.
It's insulting to this reader.
Out.
breakaway71's review
2.0
I had to go back and re-read my review of Rebound to remind myself that the first book of this series was actually enjoyable, because this was just...not a good book. I don't like leaving negative reviews, but I can't in good conscience give this one more than two stars, and even that's a stretch.
The hockey inaccuracies alone would have been enough to have me ripping my hair out. The author gets around this...a bit...but making up a new league with new rules and a new type of schedule, presumably to try and offset the fact that she knows very little about hockey. So many things, though, were just maddening. I can get around nitty-gritty things being wrong, because hockey can be complicated, and I don't expect authors to know every single rule. But this bordered on ridiculous. The first book, I realized, didn't have this problem because hockey was not a huge part of that book. This one...yeah, it was a problem.
Secondly, the characters. All three main characters here were basically the same person. Their mannerisms, the way they talked, their habits and insecurities... They were interchangeable carbon copies of each other. It was boring. It was unrealistic. It was lazy.
I respect authors who can produce enjoyable content in the amounts L.A. Witt does. But the rush jobs are really obvious, and that's what I saw here. There were missing words and typos throughout. There was a disturbing amount of repetition which probably could have cut 100 pages and still left the entire book but in a form much easier to read. A couple more rounds of edits would theoretically have done wonders for this. Unfortunately, what we have is...basically a mess.
The bones of this had promise. I just wish the author had taken the time to deliver on it.
The hockey inaccuracies alone would have been enough to have me ripping my hair out. The author gets around this...a bit...but making up a new league with new rules and a new type of schedule, presumably to try and offset the fact that she knows very little about hockey. So many things, though, were just maddening. I can get around nitty-gritty things being wrong, because hockey can be complicated, and I don't expect authors to know every single rule. But this bordered on ridiculous. The first book, I realized, didn't have this problem because hockey was not a huge part of that book. This one...yeah, it was a problem.
Secondly, the characters. All three main characters here were basically the same person. Their mannerisms, the way they talked, their habits and insecurities... They were interchangeable carbon copies of each other. It was boring. It was unrealistic. It was lazy.
I respect authors who can produce enjoyable content in the amounts L.A. Witt does. But the rush jobs are really obvious, and that's what I saw here. There were missing words and typos throughout. There was a disturbing amount of repetition which probably could have cut 100 pages and still left the entire book but in a form much easier to read. A couple more rounds of edits would theoretically have done wonders for this. Unfortunately, what we have is...basically a mess.
The bones of this had promise. I just wish the author had taken the time to deliver on it.
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