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A review by trinityb2021
Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood
3.5
3.5⭐️
It’s funny how Ali Hazelwood has written the same romance book like a dozen times and I eat it up every time. Big, tall, strong, refrigerator man secretly pines after the small, tiny, FMC. He is reserved and not sure how to express his feelings for her. She believes he hates her. He is overly cautious about making her uncomfortable. Eventually they smash and then fight about a stupid thing and then fall in love. (yes I know her newer books have broken the formula but still)
This is exactly that book. But instead of physicists or chess players or biochemists our main characters are video game developers.
I love Ali Hazelwood’s stupid cheesy writing style and this is a perfect example of that. I think because it is shorter it is both better and worse than a normal full length romance novel. It cuts the fat and the b-plot that can sometimes ruin an otherwise great romance (looking at you Love on The Brain) but it also lacks the side characters and character development that can turn a good trashy romance into a great book (Love, Theoretically).
This book is the ultimate sweet treat romance novel. There is no plot, no character development, no side characters with any personality. I love slow-burn romances so this was a little too rushed imo but still a lot of fun. Ultimate guilty pleasure.
Very funny reading this and Deep End at the same time. Deep End is so focused on kinks that this book seems ridiculously vanilla. Also having an hour of smut in your four hour audiobook must make the book qualify as erotica. A quarter of the time is spent on sex. It was well written as usual with Ali but was a little egregious considering the overall runtime.
It’s funny how Ali Hazelwood has written the same romance book like a dozen times and I eat it up every time. Big, tall, strong, refrigerator man secretly pines after the small, tiny, FMC. He is reserved and not sure how to express his feelings for her. She believes he hates her. He is overly cautious about making her uncomfortable. Eventually they smash and then fight about a stupid thing and then fall in love. (yes I know her newer books have broken the formula but still)
This is exactly that book. But instead of physicists or chess players or biochemists our main characters are video game developers.
I love Ali Hazelwood’s stupid cheesy writing style and this is a perfect example of that. I think because it is shorter it is both better and worse than a normal full length romance novel. It cuts the fat and the b-plot that can sometimes ruin an otherwise great romance (looking at you Love on The Brain) but it also lacks the side characters and character development that can turn a good trashy romance into a great book (Love, Theoretically).
This book is the ultimate sweet treat romance novel. There is no plot, no character development, no side characters with any personality. I love slow-burn romances so this was a little too rushed imo but still a lot of fun. Ultimate guilty pleasure.
Very funny reading this and Deep End at the same time. Deep End is so focused on kinks that this book seems ridiculously vanilla. Also having an hour of smut in your four hour audiobook must make the book qualify as erotica. A quarter of the time is spent on sex. It was well written as usual with Ali but was a little egregious considering the overall runtime.