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A review by wmyslak
Superstar by Kate Meader
2.0
This book feels so incredibly misogynistic and hypocritical it drove me insane. I would’ve given it 1 star but I enjoyed the H and h enough to add an extra star for them.
Throughout the WHOLE book the heroine is called ‘bad news’ by everyone (her father, her brother, the H, his brother, journalists, hockey fans/media) all because she broke off an engagement with a hockey player who then went on a self-destructive spiral and ended up moving from the NHL to AHL.
She’s blamed for ALL of it, because why on earth would they hold a man accountable? Let’s just blame his actions on his most recent ex.
Everyone was saying that she ‘has a reputation with athletes’ because of ONE relationship
It drove me insane because not only was it misogynistic but it was wildly hypocritical. It’s insanely common in sports romances that when the main couple is going through tough times/break up, it negatively impacts the H’s game. And yet not a single one of the other hockey players (except Theo, he was great) used critical thinking skills and thought that maybe blaming a woman for a man’s failures is shitty especially since in their own relationships/books they also went through breakups where they fucked up their games, did they call their own wives ‘bad news’? Or is it only okay if the relationship ends in a happily ever after?
Throughout the WHOLE book the heroine is called ‘bad news’ by everyone (her father, her brother, the H, his brother, journalists, hockey fans/media) all because she broke off an engagement with a hockey player who then went on a self-destructive spiral and ended up moving from the NHL to AHL.
She’s blamed for ALL of it, because why on earth would they hold a man accountable? Let’s just blame his actions on his most recent ex.
Everyone was saying that she ‘has a reputation with athletes’ because of ONE relationship
It drove me insane because not only was it misogynistic but it was wildly hypocritical. It’s insanely common in sports romances that when the main couple is going through tough times/break up, it negatively impacts the H’s game. And yet not a single one of the other hockey players (except Theo, he was great) used critical thinking skills and thought that maybe blaming a woman for a man’s failures is shitty especially since in their own relationships/books they also went through breakups where they fucked up their games, did they call their own wives ‘bad news’? Or is it only okay if the relationship ends in a happily ever after?