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gretchenplz's Reviews (542)
This kinda seems like Criminal Minds x Dexter fanfic, but I'm into it at the same time. Definitely continuing on to book #2!
DNF @ 25%
I was genuinely excited to read this book, so I'm really bummed to move this one to the DNF pile. I love a hockey romance and was excited to read one set in my home state, that also mentions my alma mater.
I want to caution anyone who is particularly sensitive to getting roofied/drugged and sexual assault about reading this book, as both events occur in the first 20% of the book. The use of these events as plot devices ended up being too triggering for me to continue.
My own experience with being roofied and thusly assaulted makes the author's casual discussion and use of these topics very difficult to handle.
It is my opinion that these topics shouldn't be used casually as plot devices or "meet-cutes."
I was genuinely excited to read this book, so I'm really bummed to move this one to the DNF pile. I love a hockey romance and was excited to read one set in my home state, that also mentions my alma mater.
I want to caution anyone who is particularly sensitive to getting roofied/drugged and sexual assault about reading this book, as both events occur in the first 20% of the book. The use of these events as plot devices ended up being too triggering for me to continue.
My own experience with being roofied and thusly assaulted makes the author's casual discussion and use of these topics very difficult to handle.
It is my opinion that these topics shouldn't be used casually as plot devices or "meet-cutes."
Cringe. So beyond cringe.
Juvenile writing. Cringeworthy dialogue. No plot. No chemistry.
Do yourself a favor and skip this.
Juvenile writing. Cringeworthy dialogue. No plot. No chemistry.
Do yourself a favor and skip this.
I really like Rafe and Penny as characters and as a couple, but I feel very strongly that this duo could have easily been condensed into one book. I don't think we needed two books when these are really character-driven and not plot-driven anyway. I liked that we go to know Rory more for her personality outside of her book and I love a smitten mafia man.
The banter was great and the spice was spicy, but I think the attention to detail fell off a bit in this book, with some typos I didn't notice in the first two books.
I am excited to get to Gabe and Wren's story next (well, once they come out) because I feel like there's so much to get into with Gabe and Wren. Hoping that we also get a Tayce book or short story because I'm obsessed with her.
The banter was great and the spice was spicy, but I think the attention to detail fell off a bit in this book, with some typos I didn't notice in the first two books.
I am excited to get to Gabe and Wren's story next (well, once they come out) because I feel like there's so much to get into with Gabe and Wren. Hoping that we also get a Tayce book or short story because I'm obsessed with her.
This book was mostly filler and building for what promises to be an action-packed book three.
With all due respect, eliminate the “self-insert fanfiction to self-published novel” pipeline.
I tried for ten days (!!!) to read this book and got less than 200 pages in. Both MCs are insufferable, and the only character I actually liked, who I would have been willing to push through for his book, was Adam, and he doesn’t have a book yet.
Everything about this screams fanfic, from the chapter titles to the absolutely insane back-and-forth "will they/won't they" to keep the fic going to the repeated lines between chapters (because it might have been a minute between updates). I know the formula.
But the thing is, you need to edit it. And this is so not edited.
I tried for ten days (!!!) to read this book and got less than 200 pages in. Both MCs are insufferable, and the only character I actually liked, who I would have been willing to push through for his book, was Adam, and he doesn’t have a book yet.
Everything about this screams fanfic, from the chapter titles to the absolutely insane back-and-forth "will they/won't they" to keep the fic going to the repeated lines between chapters (because it might have been a minute between updates). I know the formula.
But the thing is, you need to edit it. And this is so not edited.
I started reading this immediately after Six of Crows and I, unfortunately, had to DNF after months of trying to get into this book.
I am sad that I didn't finish it because the first book ended so spectacularly and I was ready to be immediately pulled into the next book. I find the ages of the characters very off-putting, I find Kaz to be very mean for no reason. I find many elements of this book to be implausible and it really affected my ability to get into the book and the story. I was so disappointed that the book opens so slowly and spends a significant amount of time world-building, carrying out unnecessary plots just to add twists that don't need to be there.
I found this series on Booktok and was sadly disappointed by the second of this duology. Perhaps I will save it for a rainy day, but I don't find myself drawn to this book in any way.
I am sad that I didn't finish it because the first book ended so spectacularly and I was ready to be immediately pulled into the next book. I find the ages of the characters very off-putting, I find Kaz to be very mean for no reason. I find many elements of this book to be implausible and it really affected my ability to get into the book and the story. I was so disappointed that the book opens so slowly and spends a significant amount of time world-building, carrying out unnecessary plots just to add twists that don't need to be there.
I found this series on Booktok and was sadly disappointed by the second of this duology. Perhaps I will save it for a rainy day, but I don't find myself drawn to this book in any way.
As someone who has sold their soul for enemies-to-lovers lately, it melted my stone-cold heart to read a wonderful friends-to-lovers story.
I loved Hunter and Demi. I thought that this book was the truest to how college hockey players are as a team and as people. I don't have a lot to say other than this book gave me the feels and I really enjoyed it.
I loved Hunter and Demi. I thought that this book was the truest to how college hockey players are as a team and as people. I don't have a lot to say other than this book gave me the feels and I really enjoyed it.