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Coming in First Place (Between the Teeth, #1)
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bookshelves: coming-of-age, contemporary, favorites, ice-hockey, lgbtq, queer, second-chance
May 19, 2021
bookshelves: coming-of-age, contemporary, favorites, ice-hockey, lgbtq, queer, second-chance
I love everything Taylor writes. Fact. And I always find her writing style, the pace and depth, the little detail that magnifies a feeling or a situation making you go "wow!" so peculiarly hers that I think I'd recognise it anywhere.
The interaction between the "prickly porcupine" and the "labrador retriever" (thanks, Xia!) works perfectly in her hands, and Coming in First Place is no exception.
David Chapman is difficult and isolated, enclosed in a world made of parental rejection, sneering teammates, and a desire to prove himself that burns him from within.
Jake Lourdes is pretty much his opposite - well-loved by family and friends, popular, attractive, and full of enthusiasm.
Their clash is inevitable (although one could argue that the clash is entirely in David's head) and when Jake shows him no hidden agendas, no second-guessing, but only genuine interest and attraction, David is "thrown off the ice" (apologies, but I had to do it!), so out of his carefully-measured depths that we see him scrambling desperately for something to hold on to. That something happens to be Jake.
The tentative HFN that closes this first volume of this trilogy left me wanting for much more and I'm looking forward to seeing where Taylor will take Chaps and Lourdy. Plus, Mike Brouwer is a character here (and every time he’s on page my heart melts a little).
BR with Chiara.
The interaction between the "prickly porcupine" and the "labrador retriever" (thanks, Xia!) works perfectly in her hands, and Coming in First Place is no exception.
David Chapman is difficult and isolated, enclosed in a world made of parental rejection, sneering teammates, and a desire to prove himself that burns him from within.
Jake Lourdes is pretty much his opposite - well-loved by family and friends, popular, attractive, and full of enthusiasm.
Their clash is inevitable (although one could argue that the clash is entirely in David's head) and when Jake shows him no hidden agendas, no second-guessing, but only genuine interest and attraction, David is "thrown off the ice" (apologies, but I had to do it!), so out of his carefully-measured depths that we see him scrambling desperately for something to hold on to. That something happens to be Jake.
The tentative HFN that closes this first volume of this trilogy left me wanting for much more and I'm looking forward to seeing where Taylor will take Chaps and Lourdy. Plus, Mike Brouwer is a character here (and every time he’s on page my heart melts a little).
BR with Chiara.
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Reading Progress
March 1, 2020
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May 10, 2021
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May 19, 2021
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coming-of-age
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contemporary
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favorites
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ice-hockey
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lgbtq
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queer
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second-chance
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May 19, 2021 09:17AM
Perfect review, Cris!!
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Thanks, Xia! Really looking forward to reading the rest of this!
My pleasure to BR with you :) and in the end your review had all the feels as well!! 😂😂
Lots and lots of feels! 😂
Yes the Mike mentions! MY HEART.I worried at first, when another grump/sunshine pairing was revealed. But there's nothing about this one that mirrors Mike and Liam. Can't wait for the rest!
