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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
Loved this, really sweet and spicy relationship between Wes and Jamie, thoroughly enjoyed
challenging
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
omg i loved this book! it was sweet and spicy and everything i wantttt
100% will be buying the physical copy so i can reread it!!
edit: i just reread it after buying the physical book hehe (although i hate the actual book it’s all shiny and really hard to hold open and ITS GOT WHITE PAGES EW) but i sucked it up because i love ryan and jamie :)
althoughhh can’t lie i probably won’t read the next book i loved how it ended and i can’t handle wes and jamie having issues or breaking up :(( defo going to go and read every single book written by sarina and elle (need to finish the deal series haha i only read the first one)
100% will be buying the physical copy so i can reread it!!
edit: i just reread it after buying the physical book hehe (although i hate the actual book it’s all shiny and really hard to hold open and ITS GOT WHITE PAGES EW) but i sucked it up because i love ryan and jamie :)
althoughhh can’t lie i probably won’t read the next book i loved how it ended and i can’t handle wes and jamie having issues or breaking up :(( defo going to go and read every single book written by sarina and elle (need to finish the deal series haha i only read the first one)
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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:
Complicated
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Awesome!
I had mixed feelings before starting this book because it's an MM romance, then I thought, hello, it's Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy so it can't be less than awesome and I was right! If you take away that's this is a man-man relationship, this book tells a beautiful love story. Do you even say beautiful love story it it's two men? I still think it is! Wes is a definitive gay guy. He had his uncertainties about his sexuality during his teens but he figured it out and he's now defined in his role and he knows how to handle prejudice and slurs about his sexuality. He's also a hockey player, soon to go pro, as soon as he graduates. He always coaches youngsters at a summer hockey camp and there he met Jamie. They were 13 when they met. Wes had strong feelings for Jamie until one day when they were 18, something happened and Wes broke friendship, went away, never returned calls or texts. Fast forward 4 years later, they are both in the brink of going pro in the NHL, in the last championship of their respective colleges. Jamie's team loses, Wes's team wins. But the brief encounter serves to light up that fire again, and Wes strategizes another meet at the summer camp he stayed away from for 4 years.
Meanwhile, Jamie is ending a friendship with benefits relation and battling feelings for Wes. I have to say, reading about Jamie's awakening sexuality for men was very absorbing and read so real. Wes was so careful to guide Jamie toward their sexual activity, all the time feeling guilty of maybe misguiding Jamie, possibly perverting him, but what he was doing was bringing Jamie to his true self and to real love.
Another great sub-plot here was the issue of gay men in professional sports. You never realize all the heartache and shame a gay man has to face even at the top of his career, be it sports or whatever. In the end, you realize they're good guys with a lot of talent, and the prejudice is just wrong.
As I said, awesome read!
I had mixed feelings before starting this book because it's an MM romance, then I thought, hello, it's Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy so it can't be less than awesome and I was right! If you take away that's this is a man-man relationship, this book tells a beautiful love story. Do you even say beautiful love story it it's two men? I still think it is! Wes is a definitive gay guy. He had his uncertainties about his sexuality during his teens but he figured it out and he's now defined in his role and he knows how to handle prejudice and slurs about his sexuality. He's also a hockey player, soon to go pro, as soon as he graduates. He always coaches youngsters at a summer hockey camp and there he met Jamie. They were 13 when they met. Wes had strong feelings for Jamie until one day when they were 18, something happened and Wes broke friendship, went away, never returned calls or texts. Fast forward 4 years later, they are both in the brink of going pro in the NHL, in the last championship of their respective colleges. Jamie's team loses, Wes's team wins. But the brief encounter serves to light up that fire again, and Wes strategizes another meet at the summer camp he stayed away from for 4 years.
Meanwhile, Jamie is ending a friendship with benefits relation and battling feelings for Wes. I have to say, reading about Jamie's awakening sexuality for men was very absorbing and read so real. Wes was so careful to guide Jamie toward their sexual activity, all the time feeling guilty of maybe misguiding Jamie, possibly perverting him, but what he was doing was bringing Jamie to his true self and to real love.
Another great sub-plot here was the issue of gay men in professional sports. You never realize all the heartache and shame a gay man has to face even at the top of his career, be it sports or whatever. In the end, you realize they're good guys with a lot of talent, and the prejudice is just wrong.
As I said, awesome read!
emotional
funny
lighthearted
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
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
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