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The Blueprint by S.E. Harmon
4.0

A thoroughly enjoyable sports romance with lots of feels

I really liked this sports romance from S.E. Harmon.

As it's book one in a duology, I knew I'd only be getting the start of the romance but what's here is very well done.

It would work just as it is, with a pretty strong HFN ending but I'm glad to know there will be more.

I thought the narrative worked well in introducing not only each character but the thread of sexual awakening that Blue goes through.

I loved Kelly, he's a study in contrasts that I found inherently loveable. Blue was a chill kinda guy but he took a bit more warming to, not because he was deliberately putting them through the ringer but because he was harder to get a read on.

I liked that he'd already started to wake up to his feelings before he was called out on them by his mate on the team, who I loved to bits!

I also loved the setting, Kelly's family and his friends, and the teammates who seemed to gave Blue's back.

A really solid bisexual awakening without it feeling too much 'gay for you'.