Reviews with content warning for Deadnaming - The Prospects

I basically listened to this entire book yesterday while I was doing various cleaning things around my apartment, and I am happy to say I loved every second of it. The characters are what will definitely pull you in at the beginning, and this little baseball team will feel like a found family by the end. I don't usually gravitate towards sports books, but this one was free on LibroFM for the month so I figured I'd give it a try. I'm so glad that I did!

I will definitely be on the lookout for books that KT Hoffman writes in the future.

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adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wow. such an uplifting book I absolutely adored this!!! Made me remember that I can do everything I put my mind to and that WE CAN WANT THINGS!!!

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4.5

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emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I loved the interrogation of hoping/wanting; Gene’s love of his trans body and his physicality in intimacy; and the tenderness of scenes between Luis and Gene. I also felt like their characterizations were really consistent and faceted! Spice also great, if a long time coming.

I felt that it was *a lot* of baseball. I am used to sports in sports romance being a kind of backdrop that moves the characters from event to event and this was a bit more of a sports homage than I wanted - but I think baseball fans will adore. Also the way conflict was managed/resolved sometimes felt kind of clunky to me? Like a split take where I’d missed something.

Either way! Baseball season is nigh! Trans men are men! Drop Estrada’s hair products, cowards!

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emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? No

4.75

Thanks to The Dial Press for the free copy of this book.

- You’ve seen endless great reviews for this book, and let me tell you, they are all absolutely correct. What a gift of a book THE PROSPECTS is!
- Gene and Luis have my whole heart. What beautiful, soft men, learning to let themselves have what they dream of.
- The supporting cast is wonderful, too. I would gladly read whole books about Vince, Baker, or the Kyles.
- If you’re worried about the baseball, don’t. It’s a sport I feel neutral about and I was still swept along with the story.

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