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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
This book had so many of my favorite tropes, but ultimately fell flat for me. The following are from notes I took while reading, so they're not ordered very carefully.
To begin with, there are a lot of inconsistencies or things that don't make sense. In one scene she's in a towel about to shower but moments later he knocks on her door again. After she answers, they have a conversation then he's going down on her and suddenly she's in a tank top and he's pulling her sleep shorts and panties off. And there's no mention of when the towel was switched for clothes.
In another scene she leaves a blind date at a club without telling him anything and her friend who set them up and was also there never asks about it.
That same night she goes home from the club with the MMC, spends the night at his place, and then changes the next morning into an outfit with jeans and boots, which was not what she was wearing the night before. She had to wear his shirt to bed because she didn't have other clothes, so where did these come from?
It's pretty much insta-love because he takes one look at her in a party outfit and after knowing her for more than half his life (they're 23/28 now), he suddenly SEES her and wants her and only her, with extreme singular focus.
He convinced her to go on the road with him for away games, each of which are days at a time, to watch his son for him. And he pitched it as being beneficial to both of them because then she wouldn't have to feel bad about him replacing her broken furnace. Ok but he also had to pay for her dad's nurse (he has Alzheimer's) to then stay overnight every time they're gone (and they even extend the first time they're away an extra day), in which case he should have just hired a nanny. He doesn't want a stranger watching the boy or something, but wouldn't she also feel bad about him having to hire the nurse for more care? And now she's away from her dad and her actual job for days and days at a time every week. How does it benefit her?
He's a lifelong manwh0re but they have very vanilla sex the first and second and third time, but she's got a magical vagina that somehow "ruins him for everyone before" from the very first time. [Eyeroll]
She's been in love with him since she was 9, btw, but he's only now seeing her and strongly pursues her.
There are also editing and formatting issues that drove me crazy. The chapters go back and forth between single spaces between paragraphs and double spaces. Text messages between characters were bold in most chapters, but not bold in some chapters. Random double spaced paragraph breaks where they don't belong. Quotation marks in the wrong places, etc.
Also the kid was convenient to move the story wherever the author needed it to go. He would be in the room with them, but completely quiet with no actions until they'd be done talking. He'd fall asleep--and stay asleep--so they could sleep together at the perfect times. This takes place over months, but we were only shown times when he was being watched by others, they were meeting at a house he wasn't at, or he had fallen asleep, etc. We only got bonding moments with him told in past tense, which was also true for a lot of the MMCs' interactions, or get FMC's interactions with her BFF she's supposedly so loyal to. Frustrating.
What I really did like was the sweet relationship the MMC had with the FMC's father. While it's sad that most of it was told in past tense inner monologues, there are a few very sweet and tender moments where we learned the most about the MMC and the kind of man he is. Wish there were more of those that happened in real time in the story.
I also liked the tiny bit of grovel the FMC did. It was cute. Glad they got their HEA.
To begin with, there are a lot of inconsistencies or things that don't make sense. In one scene she's in a towel about to shower but moments later he knocks on her door again. After she answers, they have a conversation then he's going down on her and suddenly she's in a tank top and he's pulling her sleep shorts and panties off. And there's no mention of when the towel was switched for clothes.
In another scene she leaves a blind date at a club without telling him anything and her friend who set them up and was also there never asks about it.
That same night she goes home from the club with the MMC, spends the night at his place, and then changes the next morning into an outfit with jeans and boots, which was not what she was wearing the night before. She had to wear his shirt to bed because she didn't have other clothes, so where did these come from?
It's pretty much insta-love because he takes one look at her in a party outfit and after knowing her for more than half his life (they're 23/28 now), he suddenly SEES her and wants her and only her, with extreme singular focus.
He convinced her to go on the road with him for away games, each of which are days at a time, to watch his son for him. And he pitched it as being beneficial to both of them because then she wouldn't have to feel bad about him replacing her broken furnace. Ok but he also had to pay for her dad's nurse (he has Alzheimer's) to then stay overnight every time they're gone (and they even extend the first time they're away an extra day), in which case he should have just hired a nanny. He doesn't want a stranger watching the boy or something, but wouldn't she also feel bad about him having to hire the nurse for more care? And now she's away from her dad and her actual job for days and days at a time every week. How does it benefit her?
He's a lifelong manwh0re but they have very vanilla sex the first and second and third time, but she's got a magical vagina that somehow "ruins him for everyone before" from the very first time. [Eyeroll]
She's been in love with him since she was 9, btw, but he's only now seeing her and strongly pursues her.
There are also editing and formatting issues that drove me crazy. The chapters go back and forth between single spaces between paragraphs and double spaces. Text messages between characters were bold in most chapters, but not bold in some chapters. Random double spaced paragraph breaks where they don't belong. Quotation marks in the wrong places, etc.
Also the kid was convenient to move the story wherever the author needed it to go. He would be in the room with them, but completely quiet with no actions until they'd be done talking. He'd fall asleep--and stay asleep--so they could sleep together at the perfect times. This takes place over months, but we were only shown times when he was being watched by others, they were meeting at a house he wasn't at, or he had fallen asleep, etc. We only got bonding moments with him told in past tense, which was also true for a lot of the MMCs' interactions, or get FMC's interactions with her BFF she's supposedly so loyal to. Frustrating.
What I really did like was the sweet relationship the MMC had with the FMC's father. While it's sad that most of it was told in past tense inner monologues, there are a few very sweet and tender moments where we learned the most about the MMC and the kind of man he is. Wish there were more of those that happened in real time in the story.
I also liked the tiny bit of grovel the FMC did. It was cute. Glad they got their HEA.
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Hockey lite
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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
lighthearted
medium-paced
emotional
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:
No
hopeful
inspiring
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
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I didn't do much looking into what this book was when I saw it was a Chirp deal. I saw hockey romance and thought this was one of my favorite genres, sold.
Reid is a hotshot professional hockey player, living the life that comes along with it. He's got puck bunnies at his disposal, all the cash he could ever want and a single, very fulfilling life for a man in his late 20s. He's never settled down and has no desire to do so until he's saddled with the call that will change his life forever. His half sister has unexpectedly passed away and she leaves a three year old son, Evan, behind. Reid is the next of kin. The ONLY next of kin. He's got to decide whether or not to take Evan in and completely change his life or leave the poor boy to the foster system. He decides he can do it, he can be Evan's guardian, but not without some support. Unexpectedly, Reid comes to depend on his sister's best friend, Holland, to help him with Evan. Holland has been close to him his whole life. She grew up next door and he never thought anything of her. Until now. Now he can't shake his feelings for Holland, but is he ready for an actual relationship?
This was cute and a super fast read. It was pretty predictable, but who doesn't love a happily ever after?
⭐⭐⭐
Reid is a hotshot professional hockey player, living the life that comes along with it. He's got puck bunnies at his disposal, all the cash he could ever want and a single, very fulfilling life for a man in his late 20s. He's never settled down and has no desire to do so until he's saddled with the call that will change his life forever. His half sister has unexpectedly passed away and she leaves a three year old son, Evan, behind. Reid is the next of kin. The ONLY next of kin. He's got to decide whether or not to take Evan in and completely change his life or leave the poor boy to the foster system. He decides he can do it, he can be Evan's guardian, but not without some support. Unexpectedly, Reid comes to depend on his sister's best friend, Holland, to help him with Evan. Holland has been close to him his whole life. She grew up next door and he never thought anything of her. Until now. Now he can't shake his feelings for Holland, but is he ready for an actual relationship?
This was cute and a super fast read. It was pretty predictable, but who doesn't love a happily ever after?
⭐⭐⭐