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A review by rosie_p_burke
Back Check by Kelly Jamieson
5.0
Another Win by Kelly Jamieson!!
Tanner is a guy who thinks luck just isn't on his side. He can't keep a relationship going so he just doesn't try. Katelyn is the small town girl who got away. Can these two make a go of it the second time around? Or will history just repeat itself?
I love a good romance book. Not necessarily a smutty book (though those can be a fun read sometimes); but a good ROMANCE book. And Kelly Jamieson has delivered that once again! I love her characters. Tanner isn't just a shmoozy hockey goon. Katelyn isn't just a hick girl trying to make it in the big city. They are real people who screw up. They make mistakes. But in the end, the characters develop themselves and grow. You get to see them have those "light bulb moments" that most romance stories gloss over--over never even have. Kelly doesn't do that and I love her for it!
A big critique of most romance stories is they are redundant or glossy or more "no way in heck" as opposed to fanciful. Kelly offers none of those things. I've read authors in the past that constantly refer back to their other books and/or other chapters in the same book. You feel like they were trying to meet a word count. But in Back Check (and every other Kelly Jamieson book I've read), you don't have that. She weaves a story as it might actually happen. Sure there are memories and some back story-- a story about a couple with an intertwined past would HAVE to have some back story obviously. The difference is that you aren't dulled by the history; you aren't choking down the same information constantly. Instead you are sucked into a world of HOT hockey players and their lively and lovely girlfriends/fiances/etc.
There's heat for sure. Tanner and Katelyn definitely have passion for days. But the passion isn't the make believe kind. It's realistic, in a "I pray to GOD I get to have that kind of sweaty night at least once" and you totally could!
This is part of the Aces Hockey series but can easily be read as a stand alone story.
Tanner is a guy who thinks luck just isn't on his side. He can't keep a relationship going so he just doesn't try. Katelyn is the small town girl who got away. Can these two make a go of it the second time around? Or will history just repeat itself?
I love a good romance book. Not necessarily a smutty book (though those can be a fun read sometimes); but a good ROMANCE book. And Kelly Jamieson has delivered that once again! I love her characters. Tanner isn't just a shmoozy hockey goon. Katelyn isn't just a hick girl trying to make it in the big city. They are real people who screw up. They make mistakes. But in the end, the characters develop themselves and grow. You get to see them have those "light bulb moments" that most romance stories gloss over--over never even have. Kelly doesn't do that and I love her for it!
A big critique of most romance stories is they are redundant or glossy or more "no way in heck" as opposed to fanciful. Kelly offers none of those things. I've read authors in the past that constantly refer back to their other books and/or other chapters in the same book. You feel like they were trying to meet a word count. But in Back Check (and every other Kelly Jamieson book I've read), you don't have that. She weaves a story as it might actually happen. Sure there are memories and some back story-- a story about a couple with an intertwined past would HAVE to have some back story obviously. The difference is that you aren't dulled by the history; you aren't choking down the same information constantly. Instead you are sucked into a world of HOT hockey players and their lively and lovely girlfriends/fiances/etc.
There's heat for sure. Tanner and Katelyn definitely have passion for days. But the passion isn't the make believe kind. It's realistic, in a "I pray to GOD I get to have that kind of sweaty night at least once" and you totally could!
This is part of the Aces Hockey series but can easily be read as a stand alone story.