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lunahale's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Chronic illness and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Homophobia and Biphobia
Minor: Child abuse and Abandonment
briochebun's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Biphobia
Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Vomit
soulwinds's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Cursing and Chronic illness
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Homophobia
Minor: Death, Biphobia, Bullying, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Grief, Abandonment, Gaslighting, and Infidelity
albare's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Biphobia
Minor: Death of parent and Abandonment
pia_h's review
- 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
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Homophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Biphobia, Chronic illness, Cursing, and Infidelity
Minor: Child death, Vomit, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Mental illness, and Sexual harassment
cluckieduck's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, and Excrement
Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Vomit, Death of parent, and Death
evelynyle_88's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Biphobia
Minor: Death of parent and Abandonment
jillkaarlela's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Age rating: 17+ (3-4 steamy scenes but they were🔥!! 2.5/5🌶️)
I love a good queer soccer romance, especially if it’s written by Chloe Liese!! This was a really hot, tension-filled athletic rivals to lovers story, where they are co-captains! It’s also grumpy-sunshine with an age gap (34 and 24) and an only one bed scene🤭. Let me just say, this was the hottest and most tension filled Bergman Brothers novel yet, oh my gosh!! But even while pretending to hate each other, you could still tell they really deeply cared for each other!! I love their relationship so much!! I also loved exploring the mentality of an athlete who is reaching the end of their career, and how they have to cope with basically having to re-find their purpose in life. The previous books with athletes only depicted them at the beginning or prime of their careers. I also loved the discussion about being an openly queer professional athlete!! I also loved seeing an update on the other Bergman couples, since thus does have a 4 year time jump! I can’t wait for the last two books, but I don’t want this series to be over!!
One mmc (Oliver) is bi and the other mmc (Gavin) is gay.
There is also mental health rep!! Oliver struggles with anxiety and panic attacks.
A note for the audiobook: they only used one narrator, even though it was dual pov, so it got confusing to remember whose perspective we were in, and at times confusing. They definitely should’ve used two male narrators in my opinion.
Moderate: Cursing and Sexual content
Minor: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, and Homophobia
dianaschmidty's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Infidelity and Homophobia
Moderate: Abandonment and Violence
thelostartofsecretkeeping's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Moderate: Chronic illness, Homophobia, Sexual content, Cursing, Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content