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Bench Player (Charleston Thrashers #2)
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This was a pretty good sports romance. This was my first Julianna Keyes book, so I obviously hadn't read the first book in the series before this one. However, I don't think you'll lose too much of the story if you don't read the first book. The reason why I couldn't give the book 4 stars is because part of the first half really seemed to drag and I found myself not hurrying back to finish reading it. The book does pick up and I thoroughly enjoyed the last 40%.
Allison is the PR/Social Media Manager for the Charleston Thrashers baseball team. She's in the business of making other people look good despite their mistakes. Connor is a former Thrashers player who has just been released from prison after serving 2 years for insider trading. He wants his job back, Allison is there to help him get his position back on the team. They've known each other for 12 years, but going into this book, Connor only sees Allison as basically a b*ll buster who you do not want to interact with, as it usually means bad news for you.
Allison was not my favorite heroine, at least not initially. She comes off really cold, impersonal, manipulative and willing to do whatever it takes to do her job well and keep it. By the end I grew to like her since Connor makes her show some of that human side.
I really liked Connor and was rooting for him the whole time. He did the crime and did the time and learned his lesson. He accepted responsibility and worked hard to get his starting job back. He humbled himself and really made himself human. I had a lot of respect for him and loved watching him integrate with society again. He took on a mentor role and really just became the type of rehabilitated felon you want as a role model.
Their relationship wasn't my favorite. When they were together, it was mostly sex. I didn't see them really getting to know one another and grow close outside of that, at least not before things go south and they split. In the end, it was cute and believable, but not so much for the first 90% of the book.
Oh and this one has a villain that we'll all hate, so kudos to the author for getting our emotions involved in that one. I'll probably still read the rest of the series when they release since I did enjoy the secondary characters.
Allison is the PR/Social Media Manager for the Charleston Thrashers baseball team. She's in the business of making other people look good despite their mistakes. Connor is a former Thrashers player who has just been released from prison after serving 2 years for insider trading. He wants his job back, Allison is there to help him get his position back on the team. They've known each other for 12 years, but going into this book, Connor only sees Allison as basically a b*ll buster who you do not want to interact with, as it usually means bad news for you.
Allison was not my favorite heroine, at least not initially. She comes off really cold, impersonal, manipulative and willing to do whatever it takes to do her job well and keep it. By the end I grew to like her since Connor makes her show some of that human side.
I really liked Connor and was rooting for him the whole time. He did the crime and did the time and learned his lesson. He accepted responsibility and worked hard to get his starting job back. He humbled himself and really made himself human. I had a lot of respect for him and loved watching him integrate with society again. He took on a mentor role and really just became the type of rehabilitated felon you want as a role model.
Their relationship wasn't my favorite. When they were together, it was mostly sex. I didn't see them really getting to know one another and grow close outside of that, at least not before things go south and they split. In the end, it was cute and believable, but not so much for the first 90% of the book.
Oh and this one has a villain that we'll all hate, so kudos to the author for getting our emotions involved in that one. I'll probably still read the rest of the series when they release since I did enjoy the secondary characters.
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March 30, 2020
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March 30, 2020
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