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Double Shifting
by Michaela Grey
2.5-3 star book, rounded up.
There are two main plot devices in this book: amnesia and miscommunication. Dima wakes up after a hockey accident unable to remember the last eight years, but he is married to Rory (whose full name is Lorelei, which, uh, is a men's name now, evidently?). Only, he isn't really married to Rory. And nobody is in love with one another. And there's some family stuff tossed in for dramatic effect. Or something. I don't know.
I keep reading these Michaela Grey books because they fulfill some of my favorite tropes in romance (namely, sports romance). But like... with few exceptions... they aren't very good. I spent a lot of this book just thinking, "Huh?" Like, a significant plot point (and this is not a spoiler) is that they are asked to pretend they're married... by the team manager. Because that's a thing now? Like, that goes so far beyond the realm of what is appropriate in the workplace that it's kind of shocking.
Regarding the characters: Rory is basically a basketcase throughout the novel, and Dima is sort of a nothing character - which is fine, since he has amnesia. I just wish the amnesia were treated more realistically. It's such a good trope. But in action, in this book, it was pretty wasted.
I won't read this book again, but I recommend it to anyone who likes hockey and amnesia, I guess.
There are two main plot devices in this book: amnesia and miscommunication. Dima wakes up after a hockey accident unable to remember the last eight years, but he is married to Rory (whose full name is Lorelei, which, uh, is a men's name now, evidently?). Only, he isn't really married to Rory. And nobody is in love with one another. And there's some family stuff tossed in for dramatic effect. Or something. I don't know.
I keep reading these Michaela Grey books because they fulfill some of my favorite tropes in romance (namely, sports romance). But like... with few exceptions... they aren't very good. I spent a lot of this book just thinking, "Huh?" Like, a significant plot point (and this is not a spoiler) is that they are asked to pretend they're married... by the team manager. Because that's a thing now? Like, that goes so far beyond the realm of what is appropriate in the workplace that it's kind of shocking.
Regarding the characters: Rory is basically a basketcase throughout the novel, and Dima is sort of a nothing character - which is fine, since he has amnesia. I just wish the amnesia were treated more realistically. It's such a good trope. But in action, in this book, it was pretty wasted.
I won't read this book again, but I recommend it to anyone who likes hockey and amnesia, I guess.