A review by amys_reading_again
The Forward Line by K.G. Erin

4.0

🌟 4β˜†   
 πŸ“š 15/12/24  - 18/12/24
  κ§π‘΄π’š π’‡π’Šπ’“π’”π’• π’˜π’‰π’š 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’–π’Žπ’Žπ’Žπ’Ž, π’šπ’†π’” 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆.   π‘Ύπ’Šπ’π’ π’…π’†π’‡π’Šπ’π’Šπ’•π’†π’π’š 𝒃𝒆 π’π’π’π’Œπ’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’Žπ’π’“π’† π’˜π’‰π’š 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 π’“π’π’Žπ’‚π’π’„π’†π’”, π’†π’”π’‘π’†π’„π’Šπ’‚π’π’π’š π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ 𝒂 π’‰π’‚π’‘π’‘π’š 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓.κ§‚

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 α΄€κœ°α΄›α΄‡Κ€ α΄›Κœα΄‡ α΄‘α΄α΄α΄‡Ι΄κœ± Κœα΄α΄„α΄‹α΄‡Κ ᴛᴇᴀᴍ Ιͺꜱ α΄…Ιͺκœ±Κ™α΄€Ι΄α΄…α΄‡α΄…, α΄›α΄€α΄›α΄œα΄ Ιͺꜱ ΙͺΙ΄ ᴅᴀɴɒᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ʟᴏꜱΙͺΙ΄Ι’ Κœα΄‡Κ€ κœ±α΄„Κœα΄ΚŸα΄€Κ€κœ±ΚœΙͺᴘ α΄€Ι΄α΄… κœ°α΄€α΄„ΙͺΙ΄Ι’ Κœα΄€α΄ ΙͺΙ΄Ι’ ᴛᴏ α΄›Κ€α΄€Ι΄κœ±κœ°α΄‡Κ€ κœ±α΄„Κœα΄α΄ΚŸκœ±.  α΄€α΄…α΄… Ιͺɴᴛᴏ α΄›Κœα΄€α΄› α΄›Κœα΄‡ κœ°α΄€α΄„α΄› α΄›Κœα΄€α΄› κœ±Κœα΄‡ Ιͺꜱ ʟᴏꜱΙͺΙ΄Ι’ Κœα΄‡Κ€ Κœα΄α΄α΄‡ α΄€κœ± α΄‘α΄‡ΚŸΚŸ, κœ±Κœα΄‡ κœ°α΄‡α΄‡ΚŸκœ± κœ±Κœα΄‡ Κœα΄€κœ± Ι΄α΄α΄›ΚœΙͺΙ΄Ι’ ᴛᴏ ΚŸα΄κœ±α΄‡ ʙʏ α΄€κœ±α΄‹ΙͺΙ΄Ι’ ᴛᴏ ᴊᴏΙͺΙ΄ α΄›Κœα΄‡ α΄α΄‡Ι΄κœ± ᴛᴇᴀᴍ α΄€κœ± α΄€ Κ€α΄‡α΄˜ΚŸα΄€α΄„α΄‡α΄α΄‡Ι΄α΄› κœ°α΄Κ€ α΄€Ι΄ ΙͺΙ΄α΄Šα΄œΚ€α΄‡α΄… α΄˜ΚŸα΄€Κα΄‡Κ€.  α΄€ΚŸα΄›Κœα΄α΄œΙ’Κœ α΄›Κœα΄‡ α΄„α΄€α΄˜α΄›α΄€ΙͺΙ΄ ᴏꜰ α΄›Κœα΄‡ ᴛᴇᴀᴍ α΄„α΄€ΚŸΚŸα΄œα΄ Ιͺꜱ ɴᴏᴛ Κœα΄€α΄˜α΄˜Κ α΄€Κ™α΄α΄œα΄› α΄›Κœα΄‡ ᴅᴇᴄΙͺꜱΙͺᴏɴ, ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇʀɴᴇᴅ α΄€Κ™α΄α΄œα΄› ʜᴏᴑ α΄›ΚœΙͺꜱ ᴍᴀʏ α΄€κœ°κœ°α΄‡α΄„α΄› ʜΙͺꜱ ꜰΙͺΙ΄α΄€ΚŸ ʏᴇᴀʀ α΄€α΄› κœ±α΄„Κœα΄α΄ΚŸ, Κœα΄‡ Ιͺꜱ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ΚŸα΄‡κœ±κœ± Κœα΄€α΄˜α΄˜Κ α΄‘Κœα΄‡Ι΄ ʜΙͺꜱ ᴛᴇᴀᴍ α΄α΄€α΄›α΄‡κœ±, α΄€Ι΄α΄… Κ€α΄α΄α΄α΄α΄€α΄›α΄‡κœ±, α΄Šα΄€α΄„α΄‡ α΄€Ι΄α΄… κœ±Κœα΄€α΄‘Ι΄ ΙͺΙ΄α΄ Ιͺᴛᴇ Κœα΄‡Κ€ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴏᴠᴇ ΙͺΙ΄.  α΄€κœ± α΄€α΄›α΄›Κ€α΄€α΄„α΄›Ιͺᴏɴ Ι’Κ€α΄α΄‘κœ± ʙᴇᴛᴑᴇᴇɴ α΄›α΄€α΄›α΄œα΄, α΄Šα΄€α΄„α΄‡ α΄€Ι΄α΄… κœ±Κœα΄€α΄‘Ι΄, α΄„α΄€ΚŸΚŸα΄œα΄ α΄‘α΄€Κ€Ι΄κœ± α΄›Κœα΄‡α΄ α΄€ΚŸΚŸ α΄›Κœα΄€α΄› Ιͺα΄› α΄‘Ιͺʟʟ α΄€ΚŸΚŸ ᴇɴᴅ ΙͺΙ΄ α΄›α΄‡α΄€Κ€κœ± α΄€Ι΄α΄… Κ€α΄œΙͺΙ΄ α΄›Κœα΄‡ α΄›α΄‡α΄€α΄κœ± α΄„Κœα΄€Ι΄α΄„α΄‡κœ± ᴏꜰ α΄‘ΙͺΙ΄Ι΄ΙͺΙ΄Ι’ α΄›Κœα΄‡ α΄„Κœα΄€α΄α΄˜ΙͺᴏɴꜱʜΙͺᴘ.  Κœα΄α΄‘α΄‡α΄ α΄‡Κ€, ʙʏ α΄›Κœα΄‡ ᴇɴᴅ ᴏꜰ α΄›Κœα΄‡ κœ±α΄‡α΄€κœ±α΄Ι΄, ᴇᴠᴇɴ Κœα΄‡ ᴄᴀɴɴᴏᴛ ᴅᴇɴʏ α΄›Κœα΄‡ κœ°α΄‡α΄‡ΚŸΙͺɴɒꜱ Κœα΄‡ Κœα΄€κœ± κœ°α΄Κ€ α΄›α΄€α΄›α΄œα΄, α΄€κœ± α΄›Κœα΄‡Κ Ι΄α΄€α΄ Ιͺɒᴀᴛᴇ α΄€ 4 ᴑᴀʏ Κ€α΄‡ΚŸα΄€α΄›ΙͺᴏɴꜱʜΙͺᴘ. 
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The Good
β‡’ I loved the communication and the gained consent in the spicy scenes.  Hearing Tatum tell them exactly what she wants and how she wants it was πŸ₯΅πŸ₯΅πŸ₯΅. 

β‡’ I liked how all the characters were their own person, with a clear difference in personalities, how they think and what they want.  The male characters relationship between each other helps to strengthen the relationship with Tatum, and I was so glad when finally Callum joined the relationship.


The Bad
β‡’Some parts of the storyline felt rushed, and other parts felt like they had been introduced but never fully developed.  I would have also loved to have delved more into why Callum was a control freak, why Jace was a Dom and why Shawn needed praise.  And why was the MM spice fade to black, there was such a set up for it and I was ready for it, and then nothing.   

β‡’There are grammatical errors all through this, and it could have done with another couple of rounds of editing.  It wasn't so bad that it took me out the story, but there are enough that I was noticing them.



TROPES
 β«Έ Why Choose  MMFM
 β«Έ Hockey Romance
 β«Έ Collage Romance
 β«Έ LGBT
 β«Έ Multiple POV
 β«Έ Praise
 β«Έ  Forced Proximity 
 

TWs
 β«Έ Sexism / Misogyny 
 β«Έ Homophobia