A review by ailinnr
The Assist by Rebecca Jenshak

1.0

1 star

So I didn't like this one much BUT it's not as bad as it looks.

The thing is... I wasn't too into this relationship. It kind of lacked the buildup and the overall spark that I usually look for in romance-book couples, but there are some positive highlights that I want to give props to this book for. It's the first time I read a NA sports romance where the MP isn't the best in the team he plays in and is in constant support of his teammate whom he KNOWS is the best and whom he wants to achieve his ultimate goal. I was very impressed by this because usually it's the opposite of this, at least for the first book in the series. Secondly, there's not much slut-shaming, probably nothing of it -or if there is, it's minimal and I forgot about it- which I'm also surprised about, but it's obviously a good thing so props for that as well.

Now, for the bad... well it really just felt like a normal, boring relationship that then turned into the longest couple-break EVER

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(like seriously I had never experienced such a long break between the couple where it wasn't even acknowledged that they were apart it just... was... them literally saying nothing to each other and living their lives apart since the other person didn't talk to them, like what??), and our FP is so incredibly weak? She gets constantly ghosted by him and she just... literally does nothing about it, like literally nothing, she just lets it be and assumes they were just casual even though they were pretty fucking serious and he's acting fucking shitty

, so I was even more bored. But that doesn't necessarily mean it was a bad book. I just didn't connect with the couple. But I don't regret this read and I am interested in reading the next books so I'm going for it.