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A review by spanglish_literature_karina
Blitz by Devney Perry
2.0
I don't know what to say. I mentioned in my review of Coach that I was expecting more from this series based on some of the hype I had seen on Bookstagram, but it didn't live up to my expectations. Normally, when a series has so much hype, and I find the first book okay, the second one gets better, and I get more invested in the series as it progresses, but I didn't find that happening with Blitz.
Don't get me wrong. I enjoyed Toren's character in Coach. I could tell that he was going to be a character we would dive into later on down the line. I love his backstory and the relationship he has with his family. His aunt Faith and his cousins are his life and being there to help them isn't a burden to him or a chore. He enjoys being around them, and I can tell how much he loved his parents and his uncle. he feels the weight on his shoulders of caring for the family he has left. I wish we would have gotten a bit more of a backstory to Toren's previous life during his friendship with Millie and Ford or even a past relationship, if he even had one. But no, we only see Toren in the present day.
Jennsyn was also an interesting character. The life she has with volleyball, the relationship, and expectations with her mother revolving around the sport of volleyball are good. I think it could have been developed a bit more but it was interesting. The relationship Jennsyn has with her father, or the marriage between her mother and father and how it fell apart, was left very vague. I wish that would have been discussed and explained a bit better. I think those daddy issues contribute to Jennsyn's attraction to older men but that would be a therapy session that needs to be looked at more thoroughly.
I felt that this book was underdeveloped or underexplained. Jennsyn had trust issues with friends. For a big portion of the book, we know that it is because of a friendship that went wrong and how that blew up in her face at Stanford, but it is mentioned a few times, just barely scratching the surface. I wish we could have felt Jennsyn's pain at being stabbed in the back by her "BFF."
There was a lack of details of the characters overall, so I never felt that I connected with either of them. If I don't connect with the characters on an individual level, then I don't see how the attraction between the two can feel authentic. Therefore, I struggled to find the attraction between them believable. The overall plot was fine and I think it could have real potential. However, I was missing a lot of the details that let me get to know the characters. I know Merit will be coming out in a few months so I may just wait to read Rally until then. I will finish the Treasure State Wildcats series, I'm just not jumping into it headfirst like I though I would be.
Don't get me wrong. I enjoyed Toren's character in Coach. I could tell that he was going to be a character we would dive into later on down the line. I love his backstory and the relationship he has with his family. His aunt Faith and his cousins are his life and being there to help them isn't a burden to him or a chore. He enjoys being around them, and I can tell how much he loved his parents and his uncle. he feels the weight on his shoulders of caring for the family he has left. I wish we would have gotten a bit more of a backstory to Toren's previous life during his friendship with Millie and Ford or even a past relationship, if he even had one. But no, we only see Toren in the present day.
Jennsyn was also an interesting character. The life she has with volleyball, the relationship, and expectations with her mother revolving around the sport of volleyball are good. I think it could have been developed a bit more but it was interesting. The relationship Jennsyn has with her father, or the marriage between her mother and father and how it fell apart, was left very vague. I wish that would have been discussed and explained a bit better. I think those daddy issues contribute to Jennsyn's attraction to older men but that would be a therapy session that needs to be looked at more thoroughly.
I felt that this book was underdeveloped or underexplained. Jennsyn had trust issues with friends. For a big portion of the book, we know that it is because of a friendship that went wrong and how that blew up in her face at Stanford, but it is mentioned a few times, just barely scratching the surface. I wish we could have felt Jennsyn's pain at being stabbed in the back by her "BFF."
There was a lack of details of the characters overall, so I never felt that I connected with either of them. If I don't connect with the characters on an individual level, then I don't see how the attraction between the two can feel authentic. Therefore, I struggled to find the attraction between them believable. The overall plot was fine and I think it could have real potential. However, I was missing a lot of the details that let me get to know the characters. I know Merit will be coming out in a few months so I may just wait to read Rally until then. I will finish the Treasure State Wildcats series, I'm just not jumping into it headfirst like I though I would be.