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Right Man, Right Time by Meghan Quinn

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beckyyreadss's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

I wanted to read this book because I enjoyed Meghan Quinn’s Cane brothers’ series and was wanting to read more of her work. I love hockey romances and I enjoyed the first book in the series, but the second and third book is just so frustrating and annoying and pissed me off. It was so damn long with little plot.

This book has two points of view. The first is Ollie Owens and she is overworked and under-paid and now it’s getting worst, whilst she was trying to enjoy her night out with her best mate, she runs into her nemesis, and she is sleeping with her ex-boyfriend. Now, Ollie is in a state of sheer panic and reaches for the closest guy at the bar and kissed him, and to her delight he was easily the most attractive man she has ever met. The only problem is when she tried to walk away and carry on with her night, he stops her and says three life-changing words . . . “You owe me.” What did this handsome stranger want? A fake relationship to help keep his ex-girlfriend away from him. What she didn’t know is that the person she kissed was professional hockey player Silas Taters. The second point of view is Silas Taters. He is heartbroken, after his childhood sweetheart has been cheating on him for months. He is quiet and he doesn’t trust anyone anymore or let anyone in. This all changed once Ollie entered his life, they have an arrangement that works for both. The college girl keeps his cheating ex who is now working for the team which he plays on. He helps her with her journalling internship. They become fast friend. It wasn’t until Silas started staying the night at Ollie’s dorm that the rules of the arrangement become complicated. Now feelings are involved and even thought they kissed at the right time, Ollie is worried he’s just waiting for the clock to run out.

Again, as with the first book, I loved the bromance between the boys, and I would die for any of them. I love how they all call out each other’s bullshit and make sure they are responsible for the shit they do especially when they aren’t communicating correctly. I love how the boys came together to help Silas to trust again, and that Ollie was the girl for him. I love Ollie’s best friend and how he got more into hockey that Ollie did. That was about it. I liked the lads.

I hate the cheating trope, there is just no need for it. Both main characters were a bit wishy-washy at time, which made me want to smack them both. For someone who is supposed to be the “young one” Ollie was very old for her age and Silas was a child. I hated the miscommunication, and the third-act conflict wasn’t needed at all. For the whole book being about trust and patience, no one had trust and patience. This book should have been smaller than the first book and I would have preferred that compared to whatever the hell this one. I thought it was weird that Silas wanted to spend so much time in the dorms and the classes instead of trying to get Ollie to hang out with him in his domain.

The boys saved this book, and I would like to hope that Halsey’s book is so much better otherwise I'm about to jump off a cliff. Also, Ollie is my male dog's name, and it was just bizarre reading a main character with the same name as my dog.

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.5

Genre: Spicy, contemporary romance, fiction

My summary: Silas is a star hockey player and still reeling two years after walking in on his long-term high school sweetheart cheating on him right before he planned on proposing to her. When the cheating slutbag gets hired in the marketing department of his hockey organization, Silas is at a bar drinking his feelings about it away. Ollie is a journalism intern heading into her senior year of college. Ollie has just found out her arch nemesis in the journalism program assigned her hockey for the final assignment, when Ollie knows nothing about sports, right before Ollie finds out she’s dating Ollie’s ex too. Ollie panics, says she has a new boyfriend and kisses the nearest guy at the bar—Silas. After Silas and Ollie chat afterwards, they realize that fake dating would be mutually beneficial to both of them, and soon what starts as fake starts to turn real and complicated.

My thoughts: This was an overall cute read, with a nice balance of being funny and spicy. I liked Ollie’s feistiness and confidence. I liked Silas being such an emotional and private guy for being a bruising, superstar hockey player. This was my first book by Meghan Quinn—and it definitely won’t be the last! The hype around her books is justified, and I regret not getting around to reading her sooner. I completely started this series out of order, so now I can’t wait to go back and read the others.

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