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A review by rellimreads
The Cannon by Leslie Pike
3.0
I usually don’t start with content warnings or include spoilers in my reviews - but I’ll be mentioning these topics.
Content Warning:
Emotional ending to the series. Having lived baseball her entire life Bristol has no intention for falling for a player. Sawyer hasn’t ever had a real family. He immediately falls for her and she realizes he’s not the stereotype she thought.
Lots of fun dates and family functions are the hallmark of this series and I really enjoy that aspect. Relationship-wise Sawyer and Bristol are pretty low angst, however some really tough situations come up for them that make this a particularly emotional listen.
Mallory was adopted by Atticus & embraced as a member of the family - except everyone keeps referring to Brick & January’s son as “the first grandchild” throughout this book. Adopted children are real children and shouldn’t be displaced by birth children. It was disappointing to see this narrative in a book with a grown foster child as it’s central character and with adoption of another grandchild imminent.
I did love the way Pike wrapped it all up for Sawyer, Bristol, & Jude. Plus, there was a series epilogue that was particularly poignant.
Narration:
CJ Bloom & Aaron Shedlock were perfect. I really enjoyed both of their performances and thought they were a great fit for their respective characters.
I received a free copy of this audiobook from Home Cooked Books and am voluntarily leaving an honest review.
Content Warning:
Spoiler
infertility, fostering & adoption, cancer, death of parents (biological & foster)Emotional ending to the series. Having lived baseball her entire life Bristol has no intention for falling for a player. Sawyer hasn’t ever had a real family. He immediately falls for her and she realizes he’s not the stereotype she thought.
Lots of fun dates and family functions are the hallmark of this series and I really enjoy that aspect. Relationship-wise Sawyer and Bristol are pretty low angst, however some really tough situations come up for them that make this a particularly emotional listen.
Spoiler
There’s a cancer diagnosis for two different characters, one major. Bristol is infertile and I loved the way Sawyer responded. They decide to adopt, but this segues into my biggest struggle with the book:Mallory was adopted by Atticus & embraced as a member of the family - except everyone keeps referring to Brick & January’s son as “the first grandchild” throughout this book. Adopted children are real children and shouldn’t be displaced by birth children. It was disappointing to see this narrative in a book with a grown foster child as it’s central character and with adoption of another grandchild imminent.
I did love the way Pike wrapped it all up for Sawyer, Bristol, & Jude. Plus, there was a series epilogue that was particularly poignant.
Narration:
CJ Bloom & Aaron Shedlock were perfect. I really enjoyed both of their performances and thought they were a great fit for their respective characters.
I received a free copy of this audiobook from Home Cooked Books and am voluntarily leaving an honest review.