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soulwinds's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Chronic illness and Cursing
Moderate: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content
Minor: Biphobia, Bullying, Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
albare's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Biphobia and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Death of parent and Abandonment
girlreading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders
cluckieduck's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, and Excrement
Minor: Death, Vomit, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol
evelynyle_88's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content
Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent and Abandonment
maggies's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Some gripes:
- The audio version should have had two narrators. I didn't feel that Tim Paige distinguished between Oliver and Gavin enough, and since it's dual POV, that got a bit confusing over time.
- This is not enemies-to-lovers no matter how it's marketed.
Insta-love is a way more accurate trope for this book, even if it took them a while to figure out that's what it is. - Also, lots of reviews say that this is Roy Kent and Ted Lasso if they were gay and I strongly disagree. This is fan fiction about S1 Roy Kent and S3 Jamie Tartt if they were gay.
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content
Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
jillkaarlela's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Age rating: 17+ (3-4 steamy scenes but they were🔥!! 2.5/5🌶️)
I love a good queer soccer romance, especially if it’s written by Chloe Liese!! This was a really hot, tension-filled athletic rivals to lovers story, where they are co-captains! It’s also grumpy-sunshine with an age gap (34 and 24) and an only one bed scene🤭. Let me just say, this was the hottest and most tension filled Bergman Brothers novel yet, oh my gosh!! But even while pretending to hate each other, you could still tell they really deeply cared for each other!! I love their relationship so much!! I also loved exploring the mentality of an athlete who is reaching the end of their career, and how they have to cope with basically having to re-find their purpose in life. The previous books with athletes only depicted them at the beginning or prime of their careers. I also loved the discussion about being an openly queer professional athlete!! I also loved seeing an update on the other Bergman couples, since thus does have a 4 year time jump! I can’t wait for the last two books, but I don’t want this series to be over!!
One mmc (Oliver) is bi and the other mmc (Gavin) is gay.
There is also mental health rep!! Oliver struggles with anxiety and panic attacks.
A note for the audiobook: they only used one narrator, even though it was dual pov, so it got confusing to remember whose perspective we were in, and at times confusing. They definitely should’ve used two male narrators in my opinion.
Moderate: Cursing and Sexual content
Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abandonment
samanthameyer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Sexual content
thelostartofsecretkeeping's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Medical content, and Abandonment
whackettreading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content