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Rookie Move by Sarina Bowen

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paperandspines's review against another edition

I actually was enjoying this and enjoyed the writing but At 42% the MCs had exchanged MAYBE 15 words. It’s a lot of inner dialogue and reminiscing on their relationship which ended at 18 so it is two 20 something’s pining for a teenage relationship. The only spice at this point was TWO descriptive sex flashbacks and it was sex between two teenagers. I draw the line. I know this is an adult novel, but we don’t need details of teens having sex. Absolutely not. These MCs will discuss their relationship (or lack there of) with ANYONE except each other. Oh and also nothing much had happened at this point. Just bored. But the main thing for me was the teen sex scenes. Big ick.

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rustbeltcoastie's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

3.75

The main characters were really sweet and you definitely wanted to root for them. There were a bunch of side characters that I’m curious to learn more about in the later books. I appreciated that the misogynistic puck bunny content that shows up in so many of these hockey romance books was kept to a minimum. While I thought the story did a good job, overall, I am kind of over the trope where the female main character is sexually handicapped in someway, and the male main character saves her with his magical man parts.

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