A review by steca2
Odd Man Rush by Kristen Granata

funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

2.5

Ok so this definitely isn’t the trope for me but the writing was great and I really enjoyed aspects of this book! I wouldn’t say this is best friend joining a married couple either though — Celeste is Kourtney’s high school best friend turned long term secret ex girlfriend turned best friend again… there’s a lot of feelings there to unpack. I also was confused by Jason’s motivation, like I get that he deeply loved his wife and wanted her to be happy, but I wish there were earlier hints to him also being attracted to Celeste. The shift from “never even thought about another woman” to “being deeply in love with both my wife and female best friend” was really quick.

What would have made sense to me would be if the first time Celeste and Kourtney got together was a threesome with Jason before they went to college

Also, the porn/dating site didn’t really make a ton of sense to me

especially when all of the other players showed their support by posting their own videos? That felt so extreme to me and definitely unrealistic bc EVERYONE’s careers would have tanked.

  side note, I also changed the timeline in my head to make sense for Celeste’s career trajectory — in my head she worked for Trent for the entire 10 years he was in Seattle