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A review by nhw13_bookishcorner
Nice Catching You by Ryan Taylor, Joshua Harwood
3.0
Jacob & Nick
Rating: 2.9 ⭐
Narrator: Nick J. Russo
- College Hockey
- One Bed
- Coming Out
- Friends-to-Lovers
- Opposites Attract
- Jock/Nerd
- Found Family
The narration from Nick was great, per usual, the storyline was okay but not great. Overall, the story was okay but had a lot of potential it didn't quite meet. This is the more of a prequel to the series and setup Nick's backstory before he goes to a professional hockey team in the rest of the series.
It read very high school instead of college, so it threw me off while listening to this story. The opening bit with the bullying was where that feeling starts and then kind of trickles throughout the story. Like Nick and naming his thing "Excalibur" even when he's peeing, just uh no. Nicknames for body parts are okay if done without the cringe scenarios, this had a few that took away from the story. I also didn't understand how two students, one about to be a lawyer after graduation, were not using their brains and available resources to fix the legal problem they were facing. Seriously, a reputable law firm even offered to assist and you waited until the last possible moment to do your research and call them for help. I really couldn't get over that and spent a lot of time yelling at the story as it continued.
I did like the couple itself, once Jacob quit trying to change Nick's mind about coming out. Normally the closeted one doesn't want to come out but he did here, and Jacob kept trying to delay it or talk him out of it. Very strange but at least not dragged too long. I liked the families and friends stepping up to support the couple, especially the majority of the hockey team.
Content Warnings:
- Graphic sexual content between consenting adults
- Homophobic slurs
- University officials collusion
- Bullying
Verse: No
HEA: Yes
POV: Dual
Breakup: No
Cheating: No
OM/OW Drama: No
Ages: 24 & 22
Rating: 2.9 ⭐
Narrator: Nick J. Russo
- College Hockey
- One Bed
- Coming Out
- Friends-to-Lovers
- Opposites Attract
- Jock/Nerd
- Found Family
The narration from Nick was great, per usual, the storyline was okay but not great. Overall, the story was okay but had a lot of potential it didn't quite meet. This is the more of a prequel to the series and setup Nick's backstory before he goes to a professional hockey team in the rest of the series.
It read very high school instead of college, so it threw me off while listening to this story. The opening bit with the bullying was where that feeling starts and then kind of trickles throughout the story. Like Nick and naming his thing "Excalibur" even when he's peeing, just uh no. Nicknames for body parts are okay if done without the cringe scenarios, this had a few that took away from the story. I also didn't understand how two students, one about to be a lawyer after graduation, were not using their brains and available resources to fix the legal problem they were facing. Seriously, a reputable law firm even offered to assist and you waited until the last possible moment to do your research and call them for help. I really couldn't get over that and spent a lot of time yelling at the story as it continued.
I did like the couple itself, once Jacob quit trying to change Nick's mind about coming out. Normally the closeted one doesn't want to come out but he did here, and Jacob kept trying to delay it or talk him out of it. Very strange but at least not dragged too long. I liked the families and friends stepping up to support the couple, especially the majority of the hockey team.
Content Warnings:
- Graphic sexual content between consenting adults
- Homophobic slurs
- University officials collusion
- Bullying
Verse: No
HEA: Yes
POV: Dual
Breakup: No
Cheating: No
OM/OW Drama: No
Ages: 24 & 22