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A review by jelkebooks
The Prospects by KT Hoffman
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I received a galley of this book through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
This did start of quite cute, I'm not going to lie about that. Gene is just a sunshine of a character, and I loved his optimism. The set up for the romance was also interesting, and the little interactions they had together were quite cute. I also really liked the cast of side characters. I was having a blast. However, this book took a turn for me. I don't know, I just think it tried to do too much, and it got lost in it all. By the end I just was bored, and not really that invested anymore.
As someone who knows absolutely nothing about baseball, there was just too much of it in here. It might seem contradictary because I typically want more of the sport in a sports romance, but there was just too much. I feel like the book didn't do a good enough job making the many, many, seemingly endless baseball scenes accesible for people who only know the bare minimum about the sport. It's a shame because based on the acknowledgements it is clear that K.T. Hoffman is really passionate about it. So I just ended up kind of zoning out during like at least 50% of this book, because there is just too much of it in here.
That makes it so that the romance gets a bit of a backseat. Even though I do think they had their cute moments at the start, I do think their romance was a bit underdeveloped, and once they actually get together (about halfway through) the only scenes Gene and Luis have together are sex scenes, and the third act conflict. It just made the parts of the book I was made to like fall flat to me as well. On top of that as the relationship started happening I feel like the side characters started taking a back seat. I feel like so many of the things I enjoyed at the start just dissapeared as the book continued. So yeah, I really wanted this to work for me, but it really just didn't. However, so many people seem to love this one so take this review with a grain of salt, I guess.
This did start of quite cute, I'm not going to lie about that. Gene is just a sunshine of a character, and I loved his optimism. The set up for the romance was also interesting, and the little interactions they had together were quite cute. I also really liked the cast of side characters. I was having a blast. However, this book took a turn for me. I don't know, I just think it tried to do too much, and it got lost in it all. By the end I just was bored, and not really that invested anymore.
As someone who knows absolutely nothing about baseball, there was just too much of it in here. It might seem contradictary because I typically want more of the sport in a sports romance, but there was just too much. I feel like the book didn't do a good enough job making the many, many, seemingly endless baseball scenes accesible for people who only know the bare minimum about the sport. It's a shame because based on the acknowledgements it is clear that K.T. Hoffman is really passionate about it. So I just ended up kind of zoning out during like at least 50% of this book, because there is just too much of it in here.
That makes it so that the romance gets a bit of a backseat. Even though I do think they had their cute moments at the start, I do think their romance was a bit underdeveloped, and once they actually get together (about halfway through) the only scenes Gene and Luis have together are sex scenes, and the third act conflict. It just made the parts of the book I was made to like fall flat to me as well. On top of that as the relationship started happening I feel like the side characters started taking a back seat. I feel like so many of the things I enjoyed at the start just dissapeared as the book continued. So yeah, I really wanted this to work for me, but it really just didn't. However, so many people seem to love this one so take this review with a grain of salt, I guess.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Homophobia and Transphobia