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stuffshayreads 's review for:
My Brother's Teammates
by Melissa Ivers
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Thank you to the authors and Love Notes PR for the ARC read!
Things I loved:
- Curvy FMC - I always love to see positive positive representation of a curvy/plus size female body
- Sweet bi-awakening
- MMFM - love when the boyfriends are boyfriends
Things that left me wanting:
- Character development - for a story that’s 400 pages, I would’ve expected more background on the characters and how they got to where they are. I really didn’t feel a connection to any of them. It felt like the history was glazed over. I do attribute some of the length to the four POV’s though
- Story line - this is a brother’s best friends, trope, but the reasoning for a lot of the “forbidden” aspect and how they start their escapades seemed absurd in a way that felt unrealistic for adults in their late 20s. All of the best friends have known the sister for an extended period of time and all of a sudden their view of her switches to lust and then instantaneously to love which just felt forced to me. This part may need to be taken with a grain of salt because insta-love is one of my least favorite tropes. If that’s for you, I think you would enjoy this much more than I did.
Things I loved:
- Curvy FMC - I always love to see positive positive representation of a curvy/plus size female body
- Sweet bi-awakening
- MMFM - love when the boyfriends are boyfriends
Things that left me wanting:
- Character development - for a story that’s 400 pages, I would’ve expected more background on the characters and how they got to where they are. I really didn’t feel a connection to any of them. It felt like the history was glazed over. I do attribute some of the length to the four POV’s though
- Story line - this is a brother’s best friends, trope, but the reasoning for a lot of the “forbidden” aspect and how they start their escapades seemed absurd in a way that felt unrealistic for adults in their late 20s. All of the best friends have known the sister for an extended period of time and all of a sudden their view of her switches to lust and then instantaneously to love which just felt forced to me. This part may need to be taken with a grain of salt because insta-love is one of my least favorite tropes. If that’s for you, I think you would enjoy this much more than I did.