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bobsvoid's review
4.0
Re-read #???: Doesn't matter, but I've re-read this series and this book so many times. I know Erik is a douchecanoe.... I still fucking love this story (12/12/19)
Disclaimer, I read books 1-4 and 6 before this one several weeks ago. I still think Tate Oooder is my favorite Assassin hockey player, but that’s besides the point
I want to say thank you to Toni Aleo for cutting down the length of this book to an appropriate amount. In her other stories I felt that a lot of chapters were just there for word count and ended up being pointless. I’m so grateful this was a lot shorter which made me actually enjoy reading it.
Erik isn’t a main character you love. His treatment of Piper is awful. The deal that they made is absolutely ridiculous, but I do understand why Piper agrees. Love truly can mKe you blind. I wish Aleo wrote Erik in a better way. He should’ve redeemed himself more for the way he was towards Piper.
Overall this wasn’t bad. It might be my second favorite story in the series after Tate and Audrey. I might also really like this story because of the length too. Doesn’t matter though because I will recommend this story regardless!
Disclaimer, I read books 1-4 and 6 before this one several weeks ago. I still think Tate Oooder is my favorite Assassin hockey player, but that’s besides the point
I want to say thank you to Toni Aleo for cutting down the length of this book to an appropriate amount. In her other stories I felt that a lot of chapters were just there for word count and ended up being pointless. I’m so grateful this was a lot shorter which made me actually enjoy reading it.
Erik isn’t a main character you love. His treatment of Piper is awful. The deal that they made is absolutely ridiculous, but I do understand why Piper agrees. Love truly can mKe you blind. I wish Aleo wrote Erik in a better way. He should’ve redeemed himself more for the way he was towards Piper.
Overall this wasn’t bad. It might be my second favorite story in the series after Tate and Audrey. I might also really like this story because of the length too. Doesn’t matter though because I will recommend this story regardless!
brigit_reads's review against another edition
4.0
I liked this book. Is it a literary masterpiece? No. But I still enjoyed it.
I’m a bit of a sucker for the pregnancy trope, and I loved the premise. I thought the characters were great and well developed for the most part. Piper was an absolute sweetheart, but she still didn’t take shit from anyone. Erik was alright. I didn’t enjoy his internal monologues, and I felt they didn’t match up with his actions. The plot was good and the pacing was perfect. There wasn’t any moments where I got bored or felt like the story was dragging.
If you don’t like the pregnancy trope, obviously don’t read this book, but if you don’t have a problem with it, I say give it a go!
I’m a bit of a sucker for the pregnancy trope, and I loved the premise. I thought the characters were great and well developed for the most part. Piper was an absolute sweetheart, but she still didn’t take shit from anyone. Erik was alright. I didn’t enjoy his internal monologues, and I felt they didn’t match up with his actions. The plot was good and the pacing was perfect. There wasn’t any moments where I got bored or felt like the story was dragging.
If you don’t like the pregnancy trope, obviously don’t read this book, but if you don’t have a problem with it, I say give it a go!
katealfrey's review against another edition
3.0
So. I would say that this was a bit of a backslide from the last one. They probably ended up being my favorite couple in the end, but this would have been an entirely different book with one less commitment-phobic scene.
I have ended up enjoying this series, but I'm still very aware of the heavy-handedness with a lot of the tropes.
I have ended up enjoying this series, but I'm still very aware of the heavy-handedness with a lot of the tropes.
cheryls's review against another edition
5.0
Erik Titov is the ultimate athlete, gorgeous, sexy, all the ladies want him and he's had a lot of them. Piper is a beautiful, sexy woman who is a career hopper and is always helping others before herself. Erik's brother and Piper's sister are married. Piper has always been attracted to Erik but he's never looked at her twice, or that's what she thought. One steamy night led to a family scandal that changed their lives forever. Because their families are interwoven, everyone, eventually, knows what's going on, or at least they think they do. SURPRISE!!! No one really knows in the beginning.
I loved this book! It is part of a series and I read it out of order but I had no problem figuring out other characters and what was going on. It can definitely be read as a stand alone. Sometimes, Erik was a real jerk! At times it was hard to like him but then he'd redeem himself. He's a big, strong, alpha-man, hockey player with a terribly tragic past. Piper was definitely the woman to handle his fragile emotions, if he would only let her in. I can't wait to read the rest of this fabulous series about sexy hockey players and the women who try to tame them.
I was given a copy in exchange for an honest review.
I loved this book! It is part of a series and I read it out of order but I had no problem figuring out other characters and what was going on. It can definitely be read as a stand alone. Sometimes, Erik was a real jerk! At times it was hard to like him but then he'd redeem himself. He's a big, strong, alpha-man, hockey player with a terribly tragic past. Piper was definitely the woman to handle his fragile emotions, if he would only let her in. I can't wait to read the rest of this fabulous series about sexy hockey players and the women who try to tame them.
I was given a copy in exchange for an honest review.
conniejoy529's review against another edition
2.0
This almost went into my DNF list, but I made myself finish in the hopes that these characters would somehow get better. I can not believe this book has gotten so many positive reviews. I'm really wondering if I read the same book as everyone else. This is my first read by Toni Aleo, and typically I don't like jumping into the middle of a series, but I stumbled across this one, and since I have a thing for sports romances (Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Rachel Gibson, Deidre Martin) I figured I'd give it a try. I was sadly disappointed. I honestly hated Erik from chapter two. There is no excuses, no if, ands, or buts, he was a complete tool. I mean really, we all love the tortured hero, but this guy was just self-centered, insecure, unfeeling, and at times downright cruel to Piper, and she just kept begging for more. Begging, and crying, that is pretty much all she did. For the entire book. I read this one on Kindle so just to show you that I am not exaggerating, I searched the word tears, it appears 106 times, I mean really, if this chick had to "fight the urge to cry" or have "tears falling down to her swollen abdomen" one more time i think i might have puked. I couldn't for the life of me figure out how or why the author expects us, the readers, to like, respect, or care about these characters. Plus, the writing style was juvenile, the jokes were something a 13 year old boy might make, the crassness of the conversations about women in general were just wrong. I felt like Erik's redemption came out of no where, I mean really no one goes from zero to hero that fast, especially if they have been an a-hole all of their lives. And seriously, the book ends and Piper still hasn't grown a back bone. I just don't get it. How am I expected to believe that these people like happily ever after? This book could have been about 100 pages shorter and still have the same effect. I really truly did not like this at all, and I tried. There were only two reasons i didn't give this book one star, 1) I saw in the reviews before reading the book that the release date was repeatedly pushed back and saw in the back of the book that the author lost her mom in the process of writing it. I understand how that might make someone lost their focus and not do their best work. 2)Her other books also got rave reviews, and even those who gave this one poor reviews say that the previous 3 books were much much better, and just by reading the except for the first book that was in the back of this one, i can tell that already. I want to give her another shot (pun intended) so I plan on reading Taking Shots, hopefully it will prove that she is capable of better work.
talknerdybookblog's review against another edition
2.0
*Note on Hero Gotta Grovel tag ... the Hero never grovels in this book.
Read my review on my blog:
Talk Nerdy Book Blog | Blue Lines Review
Safety: Not Safe (but probably Safe with Exception for most people)
• No cheating
• Does have OW/OM drama
– The Hero wanted to sleep with the Heroine’s (horrible) twin in past books
• No descriptive sex scene with OW/OM
• Does have the Hero and Heroine pushing away
• Does have a separation between the Hero and Heroine
– The Hero was not celibate during his separation from the Heroine; they met up again 6+ months later.
• See Ending for HEA status.
• See Possible Triggers for Abuse and OTT sad parts.
Possible Triggers:
• Physical abuse
• Emotional abuse
• Objectification of women
• No OTT sad parts
Ending:
• HEA
Read my review on my blog:
Talk Nerdy Book Blog | Blue Lines Review
Safety: Not Safe (but probably Safe with Exception for most people)
• No cheating
• Does have OW/OM drama
– The Hero wanted to sleep with the Heroine’s (horrible) twin in past books
• No descriptive sex scene with OW/OM
• Does have the Hero and Heroine pushing away
• Does have a separation between the Hero and Heroine
– The Hero was not celibate during his separation from the Heroine; they met up again 6+ months later.
• See Ending for HEA status.
• See Possible Triggers for Abuse and OTT sad parts.
Possible Triggers:
• Physical abuse
• Emotional abuse
• Objectification of women
• No OTT sad parts
Ending:
• HEA
amb3reads's review against another edition
5.0
5 out 5 Stars
Re-Read in February 2017
Blue Lines is the 4th book in the Assassins Series. I really enjoyed Blue Lines and can't wait to continue with the series. I loved Erik and Piper.
Re-Read in February 2017
Blue Lines is the 4th book in the Assassins Series. I really enjoyed Blue Lines and can't wait to continue with the series. I loved Erik and Piper.
becxreadz's review against another edition
3.0
Best one of the series and I read it first by mistake. This author got way too much money out of me for the quality of this storlyine. Would never recommend this to anyone.