Genevive Chamblee

2.5 stars

This was a new to me author and honestly im not in a rush to read any others

It was just a bit blah with some weird editing errors? And no real storyline..it just kinda was?

I dont quite know how to explain it to be honest

For a first book in a series there was no stort setting, im not 100% sure even what sport they play...im thinking ice hockey and normally book 2 you have some idea of the characters but im just as clueless as I was at the start of the book.… (plus d'informations)

**spoiler alert** What did I just read? At so many points I thought about just stopping, but since I won an ARC via LibraryThing I persevered. This book did not work for me on any level. Corrigan and Sacha could have been interchangeable other than the creole slang tossed in from time to time in Sacha’s chapters. Sacha is an attorney who works for his family’s firm and is demoted on losing a case defending a client who actively lied to him and withheld information that was then discovered by the prosecution. Corrigan is a hockey player who is starting his freshman year in college late due to meningitis and family issues (his dad had a TBI? This was tossed in and I was skimming heavily). The hockey coach is comically evil (encourages the team captain to racially harass Corrigan who is Black) and this is not addressed at all by the end of the book. There was no plot other than Sacha thinks Corrigan is hot and hasn’t admitted to himself that he might be attracted to men and maybe that’s why he’s never enjoyed sex with women. His family tries to set him up, and also depend on him to never say no to assisting them with work or errands. His dad is a bigot who can’t accept his son might be gay. With so much potential internal and external conflict, none of it felt like there were any stakes. Corrigan never talks to his family on page even though he’s been working to support them for years and theoretically this is his first time leaving home. I was shocked to realize this is the fifth in a series, the whole thing felt underdeveloped.

Thanks to LibraryThing and Hot Tree Publishing for the ARC. This is maybe an overly honest review.… (plus d'informations)