christilovesbooks_smut 's review for:

Before We Came by Sloane St. James

4.0

challenging emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Before We Came, book 1 of the series Lakes Hockey by Sloane St. James @sloanestjames. An IG book friend recommended this series & I immediately downloaded it! Sloane is a new to me author. At times, it seemed hard to get into & at other times I devoured it. This was probably me as I had a project I was dealing with. 

I thoroughly enjoyed this book about Birdie & Lonan! Wow! Some of these tropes! 😳 MF, kidnapped as a child, hockey, brother’s best friend/sister, light praise k!nk, hockey, 3rd act break up (boo!) & make her jealous which backfires.