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A review by millibee
Hard Drive by Shae Connor
4.0
Socially anxious computer geek meets softball girlboss at college? I was honestly so here for this!
This was a very cute, quick and easy sapphic romance to read with a little bit of smut to top things off. Annie, our main character who has recently come out as bisexual is a quiet, awkward shut-in who spends most of her time repairing fellow students’ electronics for some extra cash. She also has a habit of frequenting the Tornadoes home softball games so that she can get a glimpse of Eve, the edgy and fiery star player.
Annie was relatable and her social anxieties felt authentic to read. There was a scene where Annie wasn’t sure if Eve had asked her out on a date or had asked to hang out as friends and that, to me, is the epitome of sapphic panic.
Some phrases in the narration and dialogue at times didn’t sit right with me and didn’t seem to fit the profile of a contemporary college student but this was nothing that I couldn’t move past.
I felt that towards the end, the angst was introduced and resolved a bit too quickly, with actions that I personally would have expected to result in heavier consequences, however, I do appreciate the way Annie and Eve resolve their conflict in the end with good communication.
As a lesbian in Australia with absolutely no knowledge of sports, the softball and baseball aspects of the novel were easy to follow and not at all too dry, which is nice because it doesn’t isolate the reader.
Thank you to NetGalley and Entangled Publishing for supplying an ARC in exchange for an honest, voluntary review.
This was a very cute, quick and easy sapphic romance to read with a little bit of smut to top things off. Annie, our main character who has recently come out as bisexual is a quiet, awkward shut-in who spends most of her time repairing fellow students’ electronics for some extra cash. She also has a habit of frequenting the Tornadoes home softball games so that she can get a glimpse of Eve, the edgy and fiery star player.
Annie was relatable and her social anxieties felt authentic to read. There was a scene where Annie wasn’t sure if Eve had asked her out on a date or had asked to hang out as friends and that, to me, is the epitome of sapphic panic.
Some phrases in the narration and dialogue at times didn’t sit right with me and didn’t seem to fit the profile of a contemporary college student but this was nothing that I couldn’t move past.
I felt that towards the end, the angst was introduced and resolved a bit too quickly, with actions that I personally would have expected to result in heavier consequences, however, I do appreciate the way Annie and Eve resolve their conflict in the end with good communication.
As a lesbian in Australia with absolutely no knowledge of sports, the softball and baseball aspects of the novel were easy to follow and not at all too dry, which is nice because it doesn’t isolate the reader.
Thank you to NetGalley and Entangled Publishing for supplying an ARC in exchange for an honest, voluntary review.