Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Offside by Avery Keelan

7 reviews

abidavisf's review against another edition

funny hopeful 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? No

3.75

An enjoyable and funny romance with characters you like straightaway. Chase is an angel, and I want to wrap Bailey in cotton wool and treat her like the queen she is.

The book is probably a little long for what it is. The plus of that is that you get a good amount of actual hockey time. This isn’t just a romance where one of the love interests happens to play hockey; you actually get the ins and outs of the games and what happens in each period which is what I live for.

There were elements of the story that I think we could have explored further, including Chase’s father and the way he processes

his death

. Because of the length of the book and the time between finding out about his dad and then determining the day of the party, it took me longer than it should have to realise why the party happened in the first place. Had the book been shorter or we been reminded more of his dad, the significance of that night would have made sense much sooner.

There were also several sub-plots that were fairly brief and therefore now feel unnecessary as they didn’t add a great deal to the plot or at least set us up for a sequel, e.g.

Derek’s relationship with Jill. It just ended and that was that. No repercussions? Did she break up with Eddie? Who knows?!

Another thing that, now that I’ve finished, feels like it was unnecessary if it wasn’t going to be explored more is

Sophie’s pregnancy

. We never heard about it again after that one scene so it feels like it didn’t need to happen. Either that or we should have gotten at least one other scene explaining what the outcome was. (In general, I’d actually very much like to hear the confirmed outcome for all of that group: Luke, Kristen, Amelia, Jill and Paul. I hope Eddie got out.)

I’d also like to know that

Nikki is okay. Luke blew up her life and potentially her relationship. We never got to hear about any of her involvement (if any) so, from the information we were given, it is clear that she was as much a victim as Luke.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Infidelity, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Car accident, Classism, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Vomit

dreezy's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Cursing, Medical content, Violence, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Bullying, and Sexism

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Classism, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Blood

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Car accident, and Death of parent

kat7794's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Cursing, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

beckyremillard's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, Car accident, and Pregnancy

culzean's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Vomit, Gaslighting, Violence, Classism, Cursing, and Death of parent

lilyemmaaa's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Car accident, Alcohol, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

kearstenkeepsreading's review against another edition

funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

I really enjoyed this book! It’s starts with Bailey getting dumped on her birthday by her garbage rat of a boyfriend, Luke. Followed by a stream of events that puts her in the path of Chase Carter, public enemy number one of her ex boyfriend and the hockey team he plays for. Bailey vows she hates Chase and that he’s nothing but trouble, but after he steps up for her when no one else would her chilly disposition starts to warm towards him. 

It’s definitely a bit of a slow burn but it was wonderful to see relationship and character development as the book went on. Chase is truly everything book boyfriend dreams are made of. 

There were two things that kept me from giving this book 5 stars and that was Chases excessive use of the word “hot” and the fact that the book was about 150-200 pages too long. There was a lot of unnecessary fluff throughout with classes and games that didn’t add to the story. Also I understand Chase is supposed to be a college guy but my goodness pick another way to describe Bailey other than “hot”. 

All in all I really did enjoy this book and am excited for the next in the series.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking, Sexual content, Violence, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, and Emotional abuse