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The Long Game by Elena Armas

4 reviews

readwithde's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

I'm not a big fan of sports romance, but this story was amazing on so many levels! Honestly, the sports stuff was just window dressing.

I'm having trouble coming up with words because this man is the ultimate book boyfriend. He is grumpy, but soft. Athletic. Has an accent. Has tattoos and two cats. Has done emotional healing and work. Talks openly about his feelings. I know it's marked as contemporary, but it might should be fantasy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cursing

Minor: Car accident, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

callidoralblack's review

lighthearted

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cursing

Minor: Alcohol, Medical content, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Bullying

itsmemiana's review

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

CAMERON CALDANI WHERE TF ARE YOU???

this is a tradition for me to say on any Elena Armas book.... I loved this so much.

Elena Armas is officially an auto-buy author (let's be fr, she was the moment I read TSLD). I can't wait for the second book in this series (which I'm sure I know who it's about, and I already love those characters so I really can't wait to love them even more 👀). anything this woman writes, I will eat up like I'm starved (👀 understanders will understand hehe)

Cam and Adelyn were so so cute and I loved how grumpy but in love and obsessed with each other both of them were. I also loved how relatable but strong Adelyn was especially in the second half.

this was cute, funny, angsty and horny (so hot too) in all the right ways.

I've said this before and I'll say it again, if my man ain't written by Elena Armas, I don't want him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Moderate: Stalking, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Excrement, Alcohol, and Abandonment

purplepenning's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

Strong Roy Kent / brunch daddy vibes, but alas — the story as a whole didn't work for me. I'm not sure how a book with a growly retired soccer player coaching a quirky small town U10 girls team while dealing with a menagerie of mischievous farm animals managed to both bore and annoy me, but it did. I couldn't connect with the boss babe main character, thought the story was slow-going until the last quarter, yet still felt the characters were under-developed.

I think I'll just have to accept that this author isn't for me. A previous title was a DNF and this one was one goat and a spunky 8-year-old away from the same fate. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent, Violence, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Abandonment