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A review by meghansio
The Penalty Box by Deirdre Martin
3.0
I love nerd/jock stories. I'm a sucker for them. Although I had decided last year to skip any more of this series, when I ran across this one, i had to read it. And I am glad that I did, it was enjoyable.
Although Katie also lived in a world of Denial (I've only read two books this year and both have Katherine's that live in a world of denial), I enjoyed her much more because she admits to her mistakes and accepts the consequences without doing a complete 180. I loved the nerd and the sociology angle. To be honest, that would be a sociology book I would be interested in reading. I loved that there was hockey in the novel-as it should (one of my issues with a prior-read book) but I liked that it wasn't necessarily the Blades hockey team. I enjoyed that there are flawed characters-something that Martin does well and not all of them find tidy closure.
I liked Paul although I didn't like that his real interest in Katie didn't occur until she was 'hot' and only that brief 'he'd always liked Katie...' bit. But I liked that he made bad decisions (one night stand with Liz) as well as good ones (SPOILER; breaking up with Katie to save himself the pain but not being a dick to her about it or after END SPOILER).
I also liked that the relationship kept growing even when they were not actually together and that the "love" wasn't instant. I liked that it was allowed to grow in normal time like a normal relationship.
Although Katie also lived in a world of Denial (I've only read two books this year and both have Katherine's that live in a world of denial), I enjoyed her much more because she admits to her mistakes and accepts the consequences without doing a complete 180. I loved the nerd and the sociology angle. To be honest, that would be a sociology book I would be interested in reading. I loved that there was hockey in the novel-as it should (one of my issues with a prior-read book) but I liked that it wasn't necessarily the Blades hockey team. I enjoyed that there are flawed characters-something that Martin does well and not all of them find tidy closure.
I liked Paul although I didn't like that his real interest in Katie didn't occur until she was 'hot' and only that brief 'he'd always liked Katie...' bit. But I liked that he made bad decisions (one night stand with Liz) as well as good ones (SPOILER; breaking up with Katie to save himself the pain but not being a dick to her about it or after END SPOILER).
I also liked that the relationship kept growing even when they were not actually together and that the "love" wasn't instant. I liked that it was allowed to grow in normal time like a normal relationship.