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Everything was way too easy for the characters in this novel--it's pure fantasy fiction all the way, with a strong serving of eroticism thrown in for flavor. There's a decent story at its core, but the writing here falls short of what it could have been.
Jaycee is desperate. She's been raising her younger siblings since their flighty, need-a-man-to-be-complete mother died. She's working at a fast food joint and taking college classes when she can, doing everything possible to keep the tiny, beat-up mobile home roof intact over all their heads. Her brother Jon babysits their little sister Bitsy while she's gone, which is most nights--neither one of them have much of a life, but keeping their family together is what's most important to them.
Then Jaycee decides to steal some autographed baseballs from a professional ball player's home, and their whole life changes....
There's total insta-love here. Reed falls head-over-heels in lust with Jaycee, and she resists for about a millisecond, but seems to lose her mind, her self-control, her ability to stand upright, you name it--the second he gives her his "little boy" look. (Ew.) Soon they're sleeping together, and the sex is, of course, amazing. He wants to move her whole family in with him, make their lives perfect, and starts throwing the L word around.
So he does.
The only real conflicts in this novel are Jaycee's token resistance, which one look, kiss, etc. from Reed makes her totally forget about, and the fact that Reed's mother is a total witch, which causes them grief for about oh, thirty seconds. Even the big drama surrounding Jaycee's original plan to steal from Reed and the local thug who she was doing it for is solved quickly and neatly, almost as an afterthought--blink, and you might miss that bit of drama.
A lot of sex and awkwardly-phrased conversations make up the bulk of this novel. There's so much potential for real drama here--resentful younger brother, bitchy wives/girlfriends of other players, the Shumways having trouble fitting into Reed's world--but none of it really happens.
Nice cover, though.
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Jaycee is desperate. She's been raising her younger siblings since their flighty, need-a-man-to-be-complete mother died. She's working at a fast food joint and taking college classes when she can, doing everything possible to keep the tiny, beat-up mobile home roof intact over all their heads. Her brother Jon babysits their little sister Bitsy while she's gone, which is most nights--neither one of them have much of a life, but keeping their family together is what's most important to them.
Then Jaycee decides to steal some autographed baseballs from a professional ball player's home, and their whole life changes....
There's total insta-love here. Reed falls head-over-heels in lust with Jaycee, and she resists for about a millisecond, but seems to lose her mind, her self-control, her ability to stand upright, you name it--the second he gives her his "little boy" look. (Ew.) Soon they're sleeping together, and the sex is, of course, amazing. He wants to move her whole family in with him, make their lives perfect, and starts throwing the L word around.
So he does.
The only real conflicts in this novel are Jaycee's token resistance, which one look, kiss, etc. from Reed makes her totally forget about, and the fact that Reed's mother is a total witch, which causes them grief for about oh, thirty seconds. Even the big drama surrounding Jaycee's original plan to steal from Reed and the local thug who she was doing it for is solved quickly and neatly, almost as an afterthought--blink, and you might miss that bit of drama.
A lot of sex and awkwardly-phrased conversations make up the bulk of this novel. There's so much potential for real drama here--resentful younger brother, bitchy wives/girlfriends of other players, the Shumways having trouble fitting into Reed's world--but none of it really happens.
Nice cover, though.
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.