Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Prospects by KT Hoffman

15 reviews

fanboyriot's review

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• 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

This book was amazing and it had so many sweet moments.  The characters were written so beautifully and I loved them so much.  I might not know anything about baseball but this book had me so invested.  I loved it so much.  The queer and trans rep was so comforting to read and I really liked the found family tropes.

While there was a bit of mentioned with Luis and Gene’s history in college there isn’t much of an explanation, and they kinda rush into being friends again pretty suddenly.  Their dynamic was really cute though, Gene being an optimistic ray of sunshine and Luis being the shadow of anxiety in the corner of a room.

Read For

✓ Achillean

✓ Teammates

✓ Found Family 

✓ Baseball Romance 

✓ Grumpy x Sunshine

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

Spice Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

Sad Level: 💧

Plot: 5/10

Pace: 7/10

Ending: 9/10

Characters: 10/10

Enjoyability: 9/10

Writing Style: 9/10

Would I Recommend? Yes

Favorite Character: Gene

Favorite Quote: ❝ Gene considers asking him how far, exactly, the stick up his ass is wedged, and if maybe the case is terminal. ❞

POV: Third Person 

Pages: 384

Format: Paperback 

Language: English 

Release Date: 09, April 2024

Rep/Extras: Gay Transman MC, Gay Latine MC, Gay Side Characters, Hearing Impaired Side Character, Panic Disorder/Anxiety Rep, Mental Health

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Medical content

Minor: Racism, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

garbage_mcsmutly's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

Okay so yes this was a baseball romance but I kinda could've done with less baseball lol

Overall this was a great story. The relationship between the two MCs, between the one MC and his best friend, and the MCs' personal journeys. All worthwhile. 

🎧 Single POV, single narrator. 

🌶️ 4/5 for only a few scenes but it gets a bump up for depicting explicit gay trans sex because I rarely see that (this is at least partially my own fault in the books I pick but anyways it's underrepresented is my point) 

🏳️‍🌈✊ The protagonist is a trans man (so is the author). His love interest is Latine. They

are both gay

. I don't have any lived experience as a trans person, a man, or a gay person. But from my perspective this story honored the characters' experiences and humanity by creating complex beings with multiple motivations who were very relatable. So it really worked IMHO.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Deadnaming, Vomit, and Alcohol

solson5212's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I loved the focus on trans joy and trans individuals in sports. I'm a fan of both baseball and a good romance so the two were perfect for me. My only issue with the book was a wording choice used - the use of "hold down the fort." Social justice communities are moving away from this term given its historical basis in colonialism. This move, however, is relatively new, so the author may not have known about it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexism, Transphobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Deadnaming, and Car accident

wjquick32's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

Just when I mentioned how much I love seeing trans rep in my queer romances, here comes a beautiful, heartfelt, moving book about a gay trans man by a queer trans author. I was enthralled, every single page. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Moderate: Transphobia

Minor: Homophobia

njh_books's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book was a nice trip down memory lane to my own softball days (different sports yes, but many similarities). The author knows his baseball and it shined through in the book.

Gene did grind my gears at times...and I found it dragged often in spots.

The book didn't really ever clarify why Luis ghosted Gene when he got drafted. I think that's something they would've had to work through to be able to make it work. I also thought that Luis just dropping out of baseball at the end felt a bit out of character and random, but I guess it allows Gene to have his moment in the sun. Glad they at least won the Triple A Championship together. The scene at the end of the Futures Game was sweet as sugar.

Enjoyed Gene and Vince's relationship too, but really got tired of the miscommunication trope when Gene was having it with both Vince and Luis at the same time.

Baker was a dream manager. Wish I could've played under her--also really enjoyed her storyline. 

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Moderate: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing

evanshb's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Transphobia

Minor: Cursing, Homophobia, Grief, Car accident, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

alexelli's review against another edition

inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Minor: Deadnaming, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Transphobia, Death of parent, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

imstephtacular's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Transphobia, Medical content, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Racism, Car accident, Death of parent, and Outing

wildatheart1339's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing and Transphobia

Minor: Alcoholism, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

caseythereader's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

Thanks to The Dial Press for the free copy of this book.

 - You’ve seen endless great reviews for this book, and let me tell you, they are all absolutely correct. What a gift of a book THE PROSPECTS is!
- Gene and Luis have my whole heart. What beautiful, soft men, learning to let themselves have what they dream of.
- The supporting cast is wonderful, too. I would gladly read whole books about Vince, Baker, or the Kyles.
- If you’re worried about the baseball, don’t. It’s a sport I feel neutral about and I was still swept along with the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia and Transphobia

Minor: Deadnaming, Racism, and Car accident