Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Prospects by KT Hoffman

60 reviews

sharkyray's review

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

I fucking loved this book. So much love and sweetness in them figuring things out together. Yay queer love! I also live in the northwest and like baseball so it was a lovely combo of all of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content

Moderate: Transphobia

Minor: Deadnaming

restfulreading's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Homophobia and Transphobia

thepictureofromance's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

If I could give this book 10, 100, 100 stars? I would. 

I was absolutely terrified to read this book. My hopes for it were so high and I was absolutely terrified to be let down. Luckily, I didn’t need to worry. 

Luis was an absolute sweetheart and I definitely fell a lot in love with him. But, for me? Gene was the star of the show. 

I picked up this book because I was absolutely desperate for some trans joy. 

Gene came through with that. I’ve seen my younger self represented in YA romance before but Gene was the first time I could properly relate to the protagonist of a romance book, of any book. That representation means more to me than I could ever possibly put into words. His unapologetic love for his transness and the utter chaos of his ADHD? Yeah, that made me feel SEEN. 

I loved this book so much (even if I still do not really understand baseball as a sport.) I will never stop recommending it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content

Moderate: Homophobia and Transphobia

Minor: Car accident

stylicki's review

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content

Moderate: Misogyny and Transphobia

raccoonfoo's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense 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

5.0

Super cute sports mlm romance. Great perspective of mental health and gender along sports communities. 

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Content Warnings

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

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

egheinze's review

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Abandonment and Dysphoria

salomecanread's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content

Minor: Transphobia

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

3readingcircus's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Racism, Abandonment, and Dysphoria