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First Down
by Grace Reilly
If you’re finished reading all Elle Kennedy has to offer and want something with similar vibes to her Off Campus series, look no further!
James the football star is living with his brothers Cooper and Sebastian and looking for a tutor for his Creative Writing class when he meets Bex at a party. Who kisses him and then runs away, for James to later find out that she’s his buttface teammate’s ex girlfriend. They agree to a fake dating ploy in exchange for Bex tutoring James so as to try to get Buttface Darryl to accept the breakup and leave her alone. Interestingly, the tutoring plot was lost quite quickly once these two developed real feelings and their fake dating (surprisingly easily) developed into real dating. The couple had blatant chemistry and some steamy scenes, too!
What bothered me most was the toxic masculinity traits that James showed. He could be mildly possessive at times, which could have been manageable on its own, but James went over the top when Bex was threatened by Buttface and nearly cost himself his career. Then he decided he was willing to throw away everything he’d worked for for so long for a girl he met maybe 5 months ago. Yes, he loved her, but it should have been Bex who needed to decide if she was the one willing to make the sacrifices to follow James’ career, not him contemplating giving up football to stay with Bex. Bex knew from the very beginning that James was more than likely going to get drafted and play pro, she KNEW that she needed to make a decision, and James should have realized that if she chose not to follow him then they weren’t meant to be. I didn’t like the cop out way that this plot line ended here, since it took the decision off of Bex and we never got to know what she truly would have chose.
James the football star is living with his brothers Cooper and Sebastian and looking for a tutor for his Creative Writing class when he meets Bex at a party. Who kisses him and then runs away, for James to later find out that she’s his buttface teammate’s ex girlfriend. They agree to a fake dating ploy in exchange for Bex tutoring James so as to try to get Buttface Darryl to accept the breakup and leave her alone. Interestingly, the tutoring plot was lost quite quickly once these two developed real feelings and their fake dating (surprisingly easily) developed into real dating. The couple had blatant chemistry and some steamy scenes, too!
What bothered me most was the toxic masculinity traits that James showed. He could be mildly possessive at times, which could have been manageable on its own, but James went over the top when Bex was threatened by Buttface and nearly cost himself his career. Then he decided he was willing to throw away everything he’d worked for for so long for a girl he met maybe 5 months ago. Yes, he loved her, but it should have been Bex who needed to decide if she was the one willing to make the sacrifices to follow James’ career, not him contemplating giving up football to stay with Bex. Bex knew from the very beginning that James was more than likely going to get drafted and play pro, she KNEW that she needed to make a decision, and James should have realized that if she chose not to follow him then they weren’t meant to be. I didn’t like the cop out way that this plot line ended here, since it took the decision off of Bex and we never got to know what she truly would have chose.