The editing was a complete miss, it felt stilted and unnatural in many places, almost reading like a fleshy outline with bullet points on the things to hit on to keep the tropes/build-a-plot thing going, and I honestly don’t understand what happened with this book if I compare it to the last series.
That being said, because I feel like a total jerk and I had so much excitement and hope for this new series, I have to point out that it was really good for what it was.
If you look at it like a cute little love story based on typical sports m/m tropes, it holds up. There’s angst, but it’s pretty predictable and minimal, so it’s not like.. driving the entire book.. kind of. I mean, it does center on the whole “closet-dwelling sports guy” trope, but it lets you know that you won’t be seeing anyone hurting too badly for too long. It gives good vibes and a mostly easy road to a HEA. Though, honestly, I’m not into the need to perpetuate feeling like coming out is going to ruin your entire life, especially in my pretend romance worlds. I’d like to read a book where someone just.. gets to be happy, and it doesn’t matter who with. I get that that’s not realistic, but let’s be real with ourselves and remember that it’s not REALLY realistic to begin with, so 🫠
The thing that gets me the most, though, is that I’ve seen this done so many times. And while it’s about a new sport, it feels like all the other books I’ve already read. Like, pick an outline, paste in your details, and BAM! A book like the others. Yay. The character’s originality and depth from the first series is missing here. I get it, I sound hateful and harsh, but I can’t pretend I’m living and dying for this when I’m not. I have seen what this author can do, and I want so badly for him to KEEP doing it. I want the same energy, especially since it’s technically the same world, and I don’t want to feel these feelings. I WANT to love it as much as the other books he’s written, but I can’t. And I hate it so much and feel so evil. I don’t like me right now…
In any case, I give it a hearty 3.5/5, with an added dash of personal hope that the same passion from his previous series makes a return. My rating, as always, is based on the book and not my opinion of the story/plot/characters. I’m rating it this way based on the fact that the editing was not it at all and no one caught how choppy and odd some of the scenes came out. It could’ve all been fixed with a more careful, attentive editing session.
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