I liked it! This story incorporated some of my favorite tropes. GFY, Sports, Friends to Lovers, it's all in here. Plus, it's a rom-com featuring KellyI liked it! This story incorporated some of my favorite tropes. GFY, Sports, Friends to Lovers, it's all in here. Plus, it's a rom-com featuring Kelly's awesome dry wit. My favorite kind of humor.
Kelly made the story for me. A science nerd with a hopeless lifelong crush on his straight, athlete, best friend. His sarcasm and self-effacing ramblings were LOL moments.
Kelly's best friend, super star NFL player, non hetero, Britton "Blue" Montgomery was a little harder for me to like. His decisions and reactions sometimes rubbed me the wrong way. I also wondered at a couple of plot flows with him. I came away thinking he was very lucky to have someone like Kelly in his life.
Overall a lovely, enjoyable read.
A huge thank you to Elf Wide Minds and Blue Skies for gifting me this book.
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I liked it! This story incorporated some of my favorite tropes. GFY, Sports, Friends to Lovers, it's all in here. Plus, it's a rom-com featuring Kelly's awesome dry wit. My favorite kind of humor.
Kelly made the story for me. A science nerd with a hopeless lifelong crush on his straight, athlete, best friend. His sarcasm and self-effacing ramblings were LOL moments.
Kelly's best friend, super star NFL player, non hetero, Britton "Blue" Montgomery was a little harder for me to like. His decisions and reactions sometimes rubbed me the wrong way. I also wondered at a couple of plot flows with him. I came away thinking he was very lucky to have someone like Kelly in his life.
Overall a lovely, enjoyable read.
A huge thank you to Elf Wide Minds and Blue Skies for gifting me this book....more
I couldn't possibly be more the wrong reader for this book.
Generally, if I don't like a book I don't comment much on it. It has to be a story that madI couldn't possibly be more the wrong reader for this book.
Generally, if I don't like a book I don't comment much on it. It has to be a story that made me ragey for me to spend time ranting.
I hope this won't come across as a rant because it really didn't offend me in any way. But I spent money on the audiobook and 11 hours listening to the narration (hoping something, anything, would pull me into the story.
I didn't happen. I did not connect with either character. I especially did not connect with them as a couple.
They are 42 and 45 year old men. The BDSM theme came across as fake. The rich guy sub never remained in character. The working man dom fell out of character more often than not. It was almost like I was reading a parody or a make-believe version of BDSM.
Given that I don't prefer romance novels with older characters and that BDSM is not a favorite romance theme for me - this book was bound to be difficult. But I stuck with it because I liked most of the secondary characters and I hoped that the twist or "crisis" of the plot would turn it around for me.
I should have known better. The peak of the plot was pretty much the final nail on this book's coffin. It didn't make sense to me!
(view spoiler)[WHY make such a big deal of your boss asking you to do what you were already doing (and enjoying) anyways? Why the big fuss about it? If you changed your mind about enjoying it down the road, you could cross that bridge if/when you came to it. THEN, the big blow-out at work, in front of bosses and co-workers alike was SO out of character. What was that supposed to prove? His manliness? His "dom-ness"? (hide spoiler)]
It was just the final straw. There was simply nothing I liked about this book other than the inapropriate but funny dialogue between co-workers. Neither the MCs nor their story worked for me.
Sorry, but it was awful.
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I couldn't possibly be more the wrong reader for this book.
Generally, if I don't like a book I don't comment much on it. It has to be a story that made me ragey for me to spend time ranting.
I hope this won't come across as a rant because it really didn't offend me in any way. But I spent money on the audiobook and 11 hours listening to the narration (hoping something, anything, would pull me into the story.
I didn't happen. I did not connect with either character. I especially did not connect with them as a couple.
They are 42 and 45 year old men. The BDSM theme came across as fake. The rich guy sub never remained in character. The working man dom fell out of character more often than not. It was almost like I was reading a parody or a make-believe version of BDSM.
Given that I don't prefer romance novels with older characters and that BDSM is not a favorite romance theme for me - this book was bound to be difficult. But I stuck with it because I liked most of the secondary characters and I hoped that the twist or "crisis" of the plot would turn it around for me.
I should have known better. The peak of the plot was pretty much the final nail on this book's coffin. It didn't make sense to me!
(view spoiler)[WHY make such a big deal of your boss asking you to do what you were already doing (and enjoying) anyways? Why the big fuss about it? If you changed your mind about enjoying it down the road, you could cross that bridge if/when you came to it. THEN, the big blow-out at work, in front of bosses and co-workers alike was SO out of character. What was that supposed to prove? His manliness? His "dom-ness"? (hide spoiler)]
It was just the final straw. There was simply nothing I liked about this book other than the inapropriate but funny dialogue between co-workers. Neither the MCs nor their story worked for me.
An interesting police procedural/crime mystery. The story is captivating and kept me engaged until the end.
Unfortunately I still walked away with quesAn interesting police procedural/crime mystery. The story is captivating and kept me engaged until the end.
Unfortunately I still walked away with questions about both, the victims and the perpetrator.
The MCs are a mixed bag. I really liked Cloister and his K-9 dog. I was fascinated by their working relationship. I am not a fan of Javi. He's a bit of a ladder climbing a*hole more concerned with himself than anyone else. The only other character that stood out was "the mom" and she annoyed the hell out of me.
I struggled a bit with wording and phrasing and there are still quite a few typos. But overall I enjoyed the story.
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An interesting police procedural/crime mystery. The story is captivating and kept me engaged until the end.
Unfortunately I still walked away with questions about both, the victims and the perpetrator.
The MCs are a mixed bag. I really liked Cloister and his K-9 dog. I was fascinated by their working relationship. I am not a fan of Javi. He's a bit of a ladder climbing a*hole more concerned with himself than anyone else. The only other character that stood out was "the mom" and she annoyed the hell out of me.
I struggled a bit with wording and phrasing and there are still quite a few typos. But overall I enjoyed the story....more
This was my favorite, only second to first book. But I'm not sure how to rate it. It is so full of typos that I had to force my way through the story.This was my favorite, only second to first book. But I'm not sure how to rate it. It is so full of typos that I had to force my way through the story. Since this is definitely not the first book released by this author, I can only assume she doesn't really care about the presentation of her art. Such a shame to have such talent and not care what it looks like to the public....more
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