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jess_always_reading's review against another edition
fast-paced
0.25
Oof. This book was so bad. I ended up hate reading it from about 1/4 in.
The premise was interesting and I was drawn in by the claims of representing a poly relationship and being queer-and-kink-friendly. None of those things are true. It's written more like erotica-Mary Sue wish fulfillment fanfiction than any kind of thoughtful story.
I'll be honest, I didn't come in with high expectations, the title says it all. However, I was expecting slightly better than this absolute mess. The relationships are all Insta-love and feel forced. The "kink-friendly" claim is upsetting given it portrays terrible kink practices including a lack of safe words and informed consent. Very irresponsible given the amount of mis and disinformation already out there. The poly aspect is incredibly forced especially with one character (it's giving lack of consent ick). The one queer relationship read more like two straight bros complete with a very 'no homo' attitude from one in particularCompton can't be into any other man but Sanford, he's a 'special' case .
Add on unrealistic sex, horrifically unethical practice by a medical professional, unchecked workplace sexual harrassment, domestic violence red flags, a disabled character whose disability is completely forgotten/ignored until it's used as a plot device, and cringy turns of phrase and love confessions and I just can't recommend this to anyone. Stay away, there's so many better stories.
The premise was interesting and I was drawn in by the claims of representing a poly relationship and being queer-and-kink-friendly. None of those things are true. It's written more like erotica-Mary Sue wish fulfillment fanfiction than any kind of thoughtful story.
I'll be honest, I didn't come in with high expectations, the title says it all. However, I was expecting slightly better than this absolute mess. The relationships are all Insta-love and feel forced. The "kink-friendly" claim is upsetting given it portrays terrible kink practices including a lack of safe words and informed consent. Very irresponsible given the amount of mis and disinformation already out there. The poly aspect is incredibly forced especially with one character (it's giving lack of consent ick). The one queer relationship read more like two straight bros complete with a very 'no homo' attitude from one in particular
Add on unrealistic sex, horrifically unethical practice by a medical professional, unchecked workplace sexual harrassment, domestic violence red flags, a disabled character whose disability is completely forgotten/ignored until it's used as a plot device, and cringy turns of phrase and love confessions and I just can't recommend this to anyone. Stay away, there's so many better stories.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, Medical content, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
liaareads's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
i won’t lie, i’ve been jumping back and forth beween ratings, but i think i’ve settled. yes it is more smut than plot, but i need the break after bawling my eyes out from BoT (even tho i’m still not done yet). but i flew through this like real bad. had the literal time of my life reading this lmaooo. could it have been shorter? yes. do i really care atp? nah not really. boy did i have a time, i read this at literally every possible convenience lmaooooo
rachel, i honestly don’t know how i feel about her. like i see where she’s coming from with not wanting to be in the spotlight because she’s been in it all her life, but at the same time, it’s like, girl, not everything is about you… but then the fact that she’s like 5’0…. um 🧍🏽♀️ chile anyways so, but she was okay, not my favorite fmc
jake, he’s definitely my favorite mc in this book (and maybe i’m biased for a few reasons but myb) he’s such a golden retriever, and honestly, i didn’t find him as annoying as i thought i was going to. his jealousy needed some work, like chill out, but other than that, oh i loved himmm
caleb, where do i start? my assumptions about him from the first few chapters diminished almost immediately. based on how jake was in the prequel, i did not think caleb was going to top him (no pun intended) but whewww chileeee 🌚
and ilmari, i won’t lie, it took some time for me to actually like him fr bc he just seemed a little random in the group, but you know what, let’s just say that all my assumptions just flew out the window with this one.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Sexism
Minor: Addiction
miwi1010's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Homophobia, Sexism, Violence, Medical content, and Pregnancy
underscoresyd's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, and Outing
Moderate: Homophobia, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Pregnancy
beebowbabe's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
I had no idea a why choose sports romance would make me think so much about my relationships and the flexibility of the human experience
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, Sexism, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
immovabletype's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Vomit, Pregnancy, Outing, and Alcohol
There's a lot of behavior from various players toward the FMC in the capacity of her job that is meant to be cute but would absolutely be sexual harassment irl.michelem's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Started out great with "That One Night" or whatever it was called. Then fizzled. Didn't need to be as long as it was. The FMC was weak. I was so excited. A woman in a male dominated career had to have some backbone. She really didn't have much of one and her personality... nonexistent. Guy 1 super needy. Guy 2 aloof. Guy 3 was the best IMO, but don't come at me with that ginormous sounding part. The book is maybe 10% plot, 90% smut. Do with it what you will.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Sexism
kb33's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Medical content
Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Blood, and Outing
abbys_reads's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
jachnax's review against another edition
Okey so I have a lot to say about this book.
After reading my first adult romance book I wanted to tip in the more smutty area of books and try how I would like that. I heard about a lot of different books and I was just never feeling the way that that would be an actual good book with an actual good writing style.
This was the first book I thought might actually good....boy was I wrong.
The writing style feels like you are reading a fanfic and it's really repetitive, cringey and doesn't make much sense, but I was ready to overlook that and at the beginning it was looking good.
The plot with Rachel getting the Doctor thing and all was actually interesting and I wanted to see where that would go and it actually made sense. Her relationship with Jake (I have read the novella) was fine enough. I was okey to overlook of the whole "You are mine" stuff I really dislike.
I was even positive cuz this book actually mentioned consent and I was hoping this would just be a lil cringey smut to enjoy.
But this has so much misogyny, sexism, homophobia sprinkled in there. Rachel is the typical 'I'm not like other girls' and she is 'one of the boys' until a certain point I just couldn't stand it.
She was so unbearable, honestly all of them were...
The only one I liked kinda was Mars but idk if with further reading that would've changed but I just couldn't pull through anymore. It got to a point where I didn't even enjoy the smut of this anymore.
I also heard that with the journey of Jake and Caleb there comes even more homophobia and I dont think I could've beared that, so I decided to stop.
I dont know what else to say. I actually could say a lot more....
This is a bad wattpad smut story nobody should need to pay for.
The quality is not existent and i can not believe that this book which badically is nothing but bad porn was actually TRADITIONALLY PUBLISHED
The end
...
I hate this book
After reading my first adult romance book I wanted to tip in the more smutty area of books and try how I would like that. I heard about a lot of different books and I was just never feeling the way that that would be an actual good book with an actual good writing style.
This was the first book I thought might actually good....boy was I wrong.
The writing style feels like you are reading a fanfic and it's really repetitive, cringey and doesn't make much sense, but I was ready to overlook that and at the beginning it was looking good.
The plot with Rachel getting the Doctor thing and all was actually interesting and I wanted to see where that would go and it actually made sense. Her relationship with Jake (I have read the novella) was fine enough. I was okey to overlook of the whole "You are mine" stuff I really dislike.
I was even positive cuz this book actually mentioned consent and I was hoping this would just be a lil cringey smut to enjoy.
But this has so much misogyny, sexism, homophobia sprinkled in there. Rachel is the typical 'I'm not like other girls' and she is 'one of the boys' until a certain point I just couldn't stand it.
She was so unbearable, honestly all of them were...
The only one I liked kinda was Mars but idk if with further reading that would've changed but I just couldn't pull through anymore. It got to a point where I didn't even enjoy the smut of this anymore.
I also heard that with the journey of Jake and Caleb there comes even more homophobia and I dont think I could've beared that, so I decided to stop.
I dont know what else to say. I actually could say a lot more....
This is a bad wattpad smut story nobody should need to pay for.
The quality is not existent and i can not believe that this book which badically is nothing but bad porn was actually TRADITIONALLY PUBLISHED
The end
...
I hate this book
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, and Medical content
Minor: Outing