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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Levi and Asher's story was quite good, sports romance is one of my favorite tropes for MM stories, and this one will have you reading it in o time, I love Becca's writing, the way she describes everything really drags me into the book world. The enemies to lovers with some angst was a cherry on top for me, it really gets to you in a good way. Bravo!
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I loved this, this is a 4.5 stars for me! Maybe it's because I've read actually garbage right before this, or because it's genuinely good and perfect for me, but this was everything I needed. Ergi recommended to me and said it was the good kind of trash but I unironically loved this I'M TELLING YOU MY STANDARDS ARE IN HELL
I've been in my sports MM romance phase for a while now, but I never get bored of the angry tension. The rivalry. The drama. The straight men not straighting the moment they realise the annoying asshole is kinda hot. "growl he is my sworn enemy", Jason you are a repressed homosexual (and that's ok! aren't we all!).
Savage Rivals does this so nicely too, with a dose of over-the-top-ness that only happens in fiction, with a touch of British this time (thank you for calling real football football i love you and i don't even like this sports one bit). Rich pricks school football team captain x Poor "scum" school football team captain. They hate each other, can't stand the sight of the other, and will antagonise each other at every corner. That's already pretty gay. Add in an unhealthy obsession from both of them and a school rivalry gone too far, and that's the perfect set up for the "revenge went soterribly deliciously wrong" trope that I love.
Oh you hate him so you're going to purr in his ears, plaster your chest to his back and think about him 24/7? Really? Oh that's because he is your rival... suuuuuure, jan. I love it. They had such an awesome chemistry. And I liked how, in comparison to the drama of the plot, the relationship itself was pretty unproblematic and straightforward. Maybe the most unrealistic aspect of this book was angry teenage jocks having such an healthy communication and acceptance mechanisms lol. I am not complaining, though! It was lovely and really sold me on how attached and good they are for each other.
I loved how both of them had friendships that was relevant to the story, especially on Asher's side. Talia is awesome, I love MM books that don't villify girls especially when it's a main character's former love interest. That was lovely.
I love how they behave with each other and are so protective and I love the jersey number nickname "Seven", "Ten", that was so soft. They were just adorable. I feel like it just hit all the good spots for me, with a satisfying and believable shift between rivals (can't bring myself to call them ENEMIES) to lovers. I like how they take the time to figure themselves out and are just like "ok you're hot we're doing this". I also think that their rivalry was super fun and balanced enough that I was never sure who would best who in their fights.
Their first kiss and the whole start of their "how did this happen" relationship was soooo good and the tension was perfect. I really liked it a lot. As characters I also loved both Asher and Levi to death, they had similar personalities but it didn't bother me too much, I think that they played off each other so well.
tl;dr: Very self-indulgent read with great dynamics, a fun and dramatic high school drama & an absolutely adorable couple with high chemistry <3
I've been in my sports MM romance phase for a while now, but I never get bored of the angry tension. The rivalry. The drama. The straight men not straighting the moment they realise the annoying asshole is kinda hot. "growl he is my sworn enemy", Jason you are a repressed homosexual (and that's ok! aren't we all!).
Savage Rivals does this so nicely too, with a dose of over-the-top-ness that only happens in fiction, with a touch of British this time (thank you for calling real football football i love you and i don't even like this sports one bit). Rich pricks school football team captain x Poor "scum" school football team captain. They hate each other, can't stand the sight of the other, and will antagonise each other at every corner. That's already pretty gay. Add in an unhealthy obsession from both of them and a school rivalry gone too far, and that's the perfect set up for the "revenge went so
Oh you hate him so you're going to purr in his ears, plaster your chest to his back and think about him 24/7? Really? Oh that's because he is your rival... suuuuuure, jan. I love it. They had such an awesome chemistry. And I liked how, in comparison to the drama of the plot, the relationship itself was pretty unproblematic and straightforward. Maybe the most unrealistic aspect of this book was angry teenage jocks having such an healthy communication and acceptance mechanisms lol. I am not complaining, though! It was lovely and really sold me on how attached and good they are for each other.
I loved how both of them had friendships that was relevant to the story, especially on Asher's side. Talia is awesome, I love MM books that don't villify girls especially when it's a main character's former love interest. That was lovely.
I love how they behave with each other and are so protective and I love the jersey number nickname "Seven", "Ten", that was so soft. They were just adorable. I feel like it just hit all the good spots for me, with a satisfying and believable shift between rivals (can't bring myself to call them ENEMIES) to lovers. I like how they take the time to figure themselves out and are just like "ok you're hot we're doing this". I also think that their rivalry was super fun and balanced enough that I was never sure who would best who in their fights.
Their first kiss and the whole start of their "how did this happen" relationship was soooo good and the tension was perfect. I really liked it a lot. As characters I also loved both Asher and Levi to death, they had similar personalities but it didn't bother me too much, I think that they played off each other so well.
tl;dr: Very self-indulgent read with great dynamics, a fun and dramatic high school drama & an absolutely adorable couple with high chemistry <3
MM Romance
Rivals To Lovers High School Sports Romance
4 stars
I read this as part of the Brutal Boys On Devil’s Night Anthology but it ended on a cliffhanger at chapter 22 so I’m now revising my previous review as I’ve read this in its entirety. I must have liked this book more than I thought because I remembered most of what I read and that was early October. I can’t even remember what I read yesterday so Levi and Asher made an impression. I did skim over what I had read already just to get myself in the right mindset but I was a bit disappointed to find out there were only 6 new chapters. The anthology gave me 75% of the story and I wish it had given less so I’d get more of them now.
Levi and Asher are both team captains of rival high school football teams (soccer for us yanks). They both can’t stand each other but love trying to get under the other’s skin. The tension between them is delicious and when they finally snap, it’s hot AF. It’s also brutal. I loved it. Since this is high school, emotions are all over the place and both boys are coming to terms with their sexuality so this is new for both of them. However, they still have to pretend they hate each other due to the team rivalry and this rivalry is about to escalate in a way no one was prepared for.
I loved Levi and Asher as rivals and as a couple. Both of them were questioning how the fuck this even happened when there was so much animosity between them yet neither of them could stay away from the other. I also loved the two epilogues with one taking place 4 months after and the other one set 7 years later. I loved seeing how their relationship grew over time and how happy they both still were.
After reading the full book, I’m bumping up my rating to 4 stars. This rating is more for the couple than the actual story itself. I wonder if I would have liked this story more had I not read the first 75% of this book in the anthology a month ago because I remember being shocked and saddened with how the story ended. I hated having to wait to read the full book and even though I reread this now, I still knew what was going to happen so it didn’t impact me the same way it would have if I had gone in blind. This may be a very real case of, it’s me not the book but I can’t seem to get Levi or Asher out of my head so I changed my 3 star rating to 4 stars
Rivals To Lovers High School Sports Romance
4 stars
I read this as part of the Brutal Boys On Devil’s Night Anthology but it ended on a cliffhanger at chapter 22 so I’m now revising my previous review as I’ve read this in its entirety. I must have liked this book more than I thought because I remembered most of what I read and that was early October. I can’t even remember what I read yesterday so Levi and Asher made an impression. I did skim over what I had read already just to get myself in the right mindset but I was a bit disappointed to find out there were only 6 new chapters. The anthology gave me 75% of the story and I wish it had given less so I’d get more of them now.
Levi and Asher are both team captains of rival high school football teams (soccer for us yanks). They both can’t stand each other but love trying to get under the other’s skin. The tension between them is delicious and when they finally snap, it’s hot AF. It’s also brutal. I loved it. Since this is high school, emotions are all over the place and both boys are coming to terms with their sexuality so this is new for both of them. However, they still have to pretend they hate each other due to the team rivalry and this rivalry is about to escalate in a way no one was prepared for.
I loved Levi and Asher as rivals and as a couple. Both of them were questioning how the fuck this even happened when there was so much animosity between them yet neither of them could stay away from the other. I also loved the two epilogues with one taking place 4 months after and the other one set 7 years later. I loved seeing how their relationship grew over time and how happy they both still were.
After reading the full book, I’m bumping up my rating to 4 stars. This rating is more for the couple than the actual story itself. I wonder if I would have liked this story more had I not read the first 75% of this book in the anthology a month ago because I remember being shocked and saddened with how the story ended. I hated having to wait to read the full book and even though I reread this now, I still knew what was going to happen so it didn’t impact me the same way it would have if I had gone in blind. This may be a very real case of, it’s me not the book but I can’t seem to get Levi or Asher out of my head so I changed my 3 star rating to 4 stars
2.75 ⭐️
As 3 estrelas seriam um pouco generosas, mas a verdade é que li isto a voar, por isso ficamos nas 2.75
As 3 estrelas seriam um pouco generosas, mas a verdade é que li isto a voar, por isso ficamos nas 2.75
4 Stars
I could not put this down. What a great enemies to lovers story. So much intense dislike easily transitions into insanely hot sexual tension. I loved every minute of it!
I could not put this down. What a great enemies to lovers story. So much intense dislike easily transitions into insanely hot sexual tension. I loved every minute of it!
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was somewhere between a three and a four for me. It really was a recipe for everything I love in MM romances BUT I was in a bit of a ~darker~ mood and once they got on in this one I was a bit uninterested.