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Let's Do This by Loren Leigh
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
Horny and heartwarming.
I’m not typically a fan of books that jump immediately into sex within the first few chapters, and this book startled me with the best friends hooking up with no significant build up beforehand of their existing friendship. I would have disliked it under different circumstances or handled by a different author. But Let’s Do This spent the entire book exploring the characters developing relationship and feelings in a way that felt like a slow burn without actually being one. The writing was engaging and the characters well developed and relatable.
The laughter and joy and love was palpable between Burkie and Shaw, and they both put so much effort into caring for the other and communicating where they were at as they slowly figured their feelings out.
This book is low angst, high spice, and so sweet. The found family here felt authentic and the way the teammates showed up for each other and rizzed each other was phenomenal.
I will definitely read more of the IFU team when it comes!
I’m not typically a fan of books that jump immediately into sex within the first few chapters, and this book startled me with the best friends hooking up with no significant build up beforehand of their existing friendship. I would have disliked it under different circumstances or handled by a different author. But Let’s Do This spent the entire book exploring the characters developing relationship and feelings in a way that felt like a slow burn without actually being one. The writing was engaging and the characters well developed and relatable.
The laughter and joy and love was palpable between Burkie and Shaw, and they both put so much effort into caring for the other and communicating where they were at as they slowly figured their feelings out.
This book is low angst, high spice, and so sweet. The found family here felt authentic and the way the teammates showed up for each other and rizzed each other was phenomenal.
I will definitely read more of the IFU team when it comes!
Rookie Recovery by Lex Easton, Jemma Croft, Lex Veia
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Rookie Recovery is full of great banter, hilarious antics, and slow burn deliciousness. There is an element of Found Family common to sports romances, and all the side characters are developed and intriguing enough to leave you wanting more of each of them.
Bowie is lovable, endlessly horny, and so insecure that I just wanna wrap him in a blanket and smother him with junk food. And Jamie is his perfect grumpy, strict, and emotionally constipated counterpart. They are exactly what the other needs and spend the majority of the book discovering exactly that!
This book is adorable, low angst, and fun. There’s a little less hockey in the book than I would have liked (Bowie being injured before the season starts and the book focusing more on his recovery and budding friendship and then relationship with Jamie), but the banter made the book for me. That and the nicknames. And the humor…Okay, just go read this because it was so much fun!