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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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salomecanread's review

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emotional inspiring slow-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

4.25

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garbage_mcsmutly's review against another edition

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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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_jaclynreads's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful 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

3.5

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3readingcircus's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Trans MMC
ASL rep
ADHD rep
Anxiety
Brief Down syndrome mention (minor character)

Loved this book!

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wjquick32's review

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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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ldevampurr's review against another edition

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hopeful inspiring lighthearted slow-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

3.5

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erika_winters's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-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

5.0

I am smiling while writing this; my fingers can’t move fast enough to type through all my happiness as I try to condense my thoughts into coherent sentences. This book brings with it a sense of hope. It discusses the love for baseball, trans joy, queer love, and the most adorable gay men in any romance novel I’ve ever read. Gene and Luis, you have my heart for life. KT Hoffman truly loves baseball and you can see it on every page of this book—from the description of the infield dirt on the bottom of Gene’s cleats to the sparse crowd filling into the old metal seats of their old Beaverton minor league stadium.

Hoffman knows ball; the baseball turn of phrases within the prose was fun to see on the page as a big baseball fan myself. I found myself smiling and laughing along with the characters, and even crying three different times throughout from pain and from pure queer love that is unapologetically shown in the book. I also loved Nancy and Dan, the Beaverton commentators in the booth; it showed the other aspect of the game so many of us love, which is listening to keen insight from sports analysts to bring the game to life for us via the radio and on television; it reminded me of my love of the Mets television booth consisting of Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez, and Ron Darling (GKR). Speaking of GKR, it was lovely seeing Citi Field on the page and the mention of the Mets as a fond baseball team in Gene’s heart from living in Brooklyn with his dads.

From Baker, to Vince, to the Kyles, to Gonzo, every single character was electric and lovable in their own ways (yes, even the stern Baker who tells it like it is in all her coach-like ways). Hoffman knocked it out of the park with this one, and my heart is swelling with joy after reading this. I will forever think of Gene and Luis and the precious love they have for one another. Baseball is forever, and so is my love for these beautifully queer characters.

My hope, along with Hoffman and so many other queer athletes, is that professional men’s sports becomes more inclusive, and with texts like this, even if it is fictional, will inspire people to make this shift happen and result in the change we so desperately need across every career in life, but especially in sports since it is such a toxic arena for straight, cisgendered men to populate. This book gives me hope looking ahead into a bright future where trans men can find their place in baseball and feel welcomed and appreciated. Here’s hoping that it will one day become true, and we can root and stand behind queer professional athletes in cisgendered male sports who are unabashedly themselves, and when that happens, we will welcome them with open arms.

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shaipanda's review

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense fast-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

5.0

Shshsusjjsbskajsjosnsj THIS WAS AMAZINGGG 💕💕💕 by far the best thing I’ve read in a bit and absolutely insanely good for a debut novel
Loved the characters, related to the rep almost a concerning amount lmao and just their story was so well done and lovely

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