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A review by xxivo
Outfield Assist by Cat Giraldo
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I loved this book so so much.
This book gives us some great polyamorous romance and I couldn't wait to get to it. I thus immedeatily started reading when the ARC came in and gosh I greatly enjoyed it from the first second. Nervous Gideon is someone I felt for from the start and the way he meets the other two love interests was absolutely fun. And gosh Kitt and Jules were so great in their own rights too.
One reason that also got me interested in the book was Kit his sexual and romantic orientation. With him being gay and biromantic he's the flipped version of me as I am bisexual and homoromantic. I was interested in seeing how his sexual and romantic attraction related to mine and at the same time curious to learn more about an experience of such life. The book definitely delivered in this and was so great in sharing through so many ways how this worked for him. While reading and learning to understand him I said to myself "this is not me at all but at the same time it's very relatable." This was from the way he kept his full orientation to himself because it feels too complicated to share with the wide world, to others being confused by it at first. It was done extremely well in the book and I loved every bit of this.
I absolutely loved how these three took care of each other so so much. This happens from the start with Kitts diagnosis leading to the other two helping him and from there it only expands in the best way. Gideon gets cared for so much slowly luring him out of his comfort zone and having him open up. But Jules also totally gets doted on by the boys and met with warmth and love every time she needs it. This all warmed my heart throughout the book and it made this book so so great.
I obviously also need to talk about the smutty moments in this book. There were absolutely sweet and wholesome sex scenes, to extremely hot and kinky ones. And while I usually feel books either excel in one or the other this book absolutely delivered in both. The very first few times they were together were so lovely and sweet it made me want to cuddle all of them. And the moments they introduced some kink into their play were so great it made me jealous I wasn't them.
All together this was an amazing book and for sure I'm going to backtrack and read book 1 of this series too.
I received an eARC and this was my honest review.
This book gives us some great polyamorous romance and I couldn't wait to get to it. I thus immedeatily started reading when the ARC came in and gosh I greatly enjoyed it from the first second. Nervous Gideon is someone I felt for from the start and the way he meets the other two love interests was absolutely fun. And gosh Kitt and Jules were so great in their own rights too.
One reason that also got me interested in the book was Kit his sexual and romantic orientation. With him being gay and biromantic he's the flipped version of me as I am bisexual and homoromantic. I was interested in seeing how his sexual and romantic attraction related to mine and at the same time curious to learn more about an experience of such life. The book definitely delivered in this and was so great in sharing through so many ways how this worked for him. While reading and learning to understand him I said to myself "this is not me at all but at the same time it's very relatable." This was from the way he kept his full orientation to himself because it feels too complicated to share with the wide world, to others being confused by it at first. It was done extremely well in the book and I loved every bit of this.
I absolutely loved how these three took care of each other so so much. This happens from the start with Kitts diagnosis leading to the other two helping him and from there it only expands in the best way. Gideon gets cared for so much slowly luring him out of his comfort zone and having him open up. But Jules also totally gets doted on by the boys and met with warmth and love every time she needs it. This all warmed my heart throughout the book and it made this book so so great.
I obviously also need to talk about the smutty moments in this book. There were absolutely sweet and wholesome sex scenes, to extremely hot and kinky ones. And while I usually feel books either excel in one or the other this book absolutely delivered in both. The very first few times they were together were so lovely and sweet it made me want to cuddle all of them. And the moments they introduced some kink into their play were so great it made me jealous I wasn't them.
All together this was an amazing book and for sure I'm going to backtrack and read book 1 of this series too.
I received an eARC and this was my honest review.