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A review by capreacula
The Head Game by Brigham Vaughn
1.0
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Skimmed heavily after the first chapters just didn't agree with me.
I'm pretty sure this is a "It's me" issue: I just don't like the style of this particular author. The style felt too choppy for me. Too little hockey, too heavily laid down queerness. But taste varies.
So if you liked the author's previous books, don't continue reading this review and stick with the books.
I just didn't click with the protagonists: Nico is too in-your-face, August is too stuck-up. In the beginning, his focus on his ex came across - for me - as borderline obsessive.
Also, though the concept of having a player and a referee falling in love is intriguing, they first hook up.
And this first incident is coming along just too clumsy.
If August is as focused on his career, how could he start something when he knows it's really crossing a line careerwise? It didn't feel like the attraction was THAT strong.
Or maybe I'm used to Ezra Palaszczuk' (Egotistical Puckboy) and Ilya Rozanov (Heated Rivalry) levels of charisma. Which I just didn't get from Nico.
Neither did I get any Adam Hayes vibes from August.
Plus point: the medical aspect. Hockey is a dangerous sports and how those checks can affect one's health/brain etc. is highly interesting.
Negative: far tooooo little hockey for my taste.
Since I just came off Ashlyn Kane's and Morgan James' Hockey Ever After series with loads of hockey (great!), I really longed for more.
And, a major peeve: I love it when we get a feeling of comunity among not only the hockey teams but the queer players.
However, come on, having that many gay players around, on each team, almost everywhere?
Any number could be bi or demi or pan, but honestly, it feels too contrived - at this stage - to have this many being so upfront about it. It's a kind of fantasy, I'm aware of this, but when in real life still so many have problems even accepting to wear rainboy jerseys (well, even that sigh of support was scratched recently), it's laid on a bit heavy.
I very much prefer it the way Eden Finley and Saxon James sketched it: that the queer players forma "queer collective" to keep in contact and support each other or like Rachel Reid has is in her Game Changer's series, when one has the guts to come out, others are more accepting of their own orientation.
Skimmed heavily after the first chapters just didn't agree with me.
I'm pretty sure this is a "It's me" issue: I just don't like the style of this particular author. The style felt too choppy for me. Too little hockey, too heavily laid down queerness. But taste varies.
So if you liked the author's previous books, don't continue reading this review and stick with the books.
I just didn't click with the protagonists: Nico is too in-your-face, August is too stuck-up. In the beginning, his focus on his ex came across - for me - as borderline obsessive.
Also, though the concept of having a player and a referee falling in love is intriguing, they first hook up.
And this first incident is coming along just too clumsy.
If August is as focused on his career, how could he start something when he knows it's really crossing a line careerwise? It didn't feel like the attraction was THAT strong.
Or maybe I'm used to Ezra Palaszczuk' (Egotistical Puckboy) and Ilya Rozanov (Heated Rivalry) levels of charisma. Which I just didn't get from Nico.
Neither did I get any Adam Hayes vibes from August.
Plus point: the medical aspect. Hockey is a dangerous sports and how those checks can affect one's health/brain etc. is highly interesting.
Negative: far tooooo little hockey for my taste.
Since I just came off Ashlyn Kane's and Morgan James' Hockey Ever After series with loads of hockey (great!), I really longed for more.
And, a major peeve: I love it when we get a feeling of comunity among not only the hockey teams but the queer players.
However, come on, having that many gay players around, on each team, almost everywhere?
Any number could be bi or demi or pan, but honestly, it feels too contrived - at this stage - to have this many being so upfront about it. It's a kind of fantasy, I'm aware of this, but when in real life still so many have problems even accepting to wear rainboy jerseys (well, even that sigh of support was scratched recently), it's laid on a bit heavy.
I very much prefer it the way Eden Finley and Saxon James sketched it: that the queer players forma "queer collective" to keep in contact and support each other or like Rachel Reid has is in her Game Changer's series, when one has the guts to come out, others are more accepting of their own orientation.