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נקודת תורפה by S.J. Sylvis

16 reviews

emotional 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: Complicated

Theo is the hockey team’s super star. Completely driven to win and play in the NHL for his favorite team owner Tom. Claire is a dancer from the wrong side of the tracks. She is killing herself to get a dancing scholarship while waitressing angus juggling her boyfriend. A housing mixup means that Claire and Theo are roommates. After Claire discovers her boyfriend Chad cheating, Claire and Theo start fake dating to keep Chad and the team’s puck bunnies away. Soon they begin crossing the line to love. 

I really liked that the relationship started as annoyed enemies and grew to friendship before love. I liked that they supported each other 100 percent. The team was hilarious for liking Claire more than Theo. It was sweet when they help take care of her multiple times. The twist with Tom was telegraphed pretty early on. I wish Chad would have had more consequences for being a bad human being.  

Overall it was well written and a fast read. It wasn’t instalove. There was just enough spice, but it wasn’t too much or a main plot. It worked well in the story. The hockey descriptions were believable coming from a hockey school. Will definitely read the feast of the series. 

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emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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lighthearted slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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medium-paced
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No

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funny hopeful slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I really enjoyed the characters in this book, particularly the main male character. He fell first, was really good to the main female character and I liked their relationship. The spice was a little weird. The book would go from 0 to 100 before you had a chance to catch up. There also wasn’t talk of protection or birth control that usually comes along with the sex scenes, you just turned the page and it was happening. That kept my rating relatively low.

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emotional funny tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

From the hype of this book, I went in expecting to really love it. 

Although I can say that I enjoyed it & it has been better than some of my other reads.

I just felt it is missing something. It felt incomplete somehow. The plot twist at the end, wasn’t expecting. 

But even then ‘that’ still felt off. 

I don’t know maybe because it didn’t mean my expectations I’m just feeling off. But I would recommend it.

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hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Theo is a new favorite book boyfriend of mine. Very good read with an HEA.

The book does take a while to get started and drags out getting to conflict though, and the end felt forced/quick.

I'm all for HEAs, but this one felt a little forced. To have everything be okay with her mom after she was so toxic and lied seems far fetched.

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emotional hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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