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A review by lisaluvsliterature
Hit Me With Your Best Shot by Sara Ney
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Once again Sara Ney just swept me into her book from the very start! I couldn’t put it down and was so happy that the day I started I actually had a lot of different times I got to pick it up and read. As usual, the author had me laughing constantly. Between the banter, the fun texting, and the craziness, it was all so good! Gio was a sweetie, and of course I fell in love with him. And I loved how Austin was just all there in your face, honest about it all, especially about her favorite hockey team. And even her favorite player didn’t escape her brutal honesty when he wasn’t playing his best.
Oh my gosh, the way Gio convinced her to roast him at the game before she realized that she was actually talking to Gio, that whole scene was hilarious! When Gio saw Austin’s chinese crested dog in the background of their FaceTime call, oh my gosh, that whol bit was hilarious! He was so scared and calling the dog a demon. My sister had a chinese crested Maltese mix, so her dog had hair, but they are cuties even with their “ugliness”.
There was a bit of a twist towards the end that led to the final dramatic act of the story. One that I didn’t see coming because the author didn’t leave some of the usual breadcrumbs that make it obvious that is what is coming. But again, the way that ended up being shared with Gio, and how it was handled, another sign at the hockey rink, loved it!
I did have one bone to pick with Austin’s professor character, as a librarian who teaches research. Wikipedia is not a source, no, but it is a great place to jump off and actually find sources in the links at the bottom of the pages. Most teachers/professors know that these days and do tell their students about it. Sorry, had to get it out there because that bugged me, lol.
One other teeny tiny negative I had is that some of the things with Austin’s job, her not listening at a staff meeting, I feel like it was foreshadowing something else that would have led to more with the story towards the end. So I feel like nothing ever came from that, and it seemed like it was out of place for me a bit that it had some of the emphasis it did at that point.
In the end though, I loved this story. I loved the characters, especially hoping with that epilogue that we will get Nova’s story with Gio’s teammate Luca in a future book!
Oh my gosh, the way Gio convinced her to roast him at the game before she realized that she was actually talking to Gio, that whole scene was hilarious! When Gio saw Austin’s chinese crested dog in the background of their FaceTime call, oh my gosh, that whol bit was hilarious! He was so scared and calling the dog a demon. My sister had a chinese crested Maltese mix, so her dog had hair, but they are cuties even with their “ugliness”.
There was a bit of a twist towards the end that led to the final dramatic act of the story. One that I didn’t see coming because the author didn’t leave some of the usual breadcrumbs that make it obvious that is what is coming. But again, the way that ended up being shared with Gio, and how it was handled, another sign at the hockey rink, loved it!
I did have one bone to pick with Austin’s professor character, as a librarian who teaches research. Wikipedia is not a source, no, but it is a great place to jump off and actually find sources in the links at the bottom of the pages. Most teachers/professors know that these days and do tell their students about it. Sorry, had to get it out there because that bugged me, lol.
One other teeny tiny negative I had is that some of the things with Austin’s job, her not listening at a staff meeting, I feel like it was foreshadowing something else that would have led to more with the story towards the end. So I feel like nothing ever came from that, and it seemed like it was out of place for me a bit that it had some of the emphasis it did at that point.
In the end though, I loved this story. I loved the characters, especially hoping with that epilogue that we will get Nova’s story with Gio’s teammate Luca in a future book!