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Blindside Hit by Michaela Grey

1 review

kj468's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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? No

2.0

Ugh, I didn't enjoy this book, sorry. There were some *moments* that I enjoyed, but overall, I did not enjoy the experience of reading this book and lowkey wish I hadn't picked it up.
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pov: dual 3rd person
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rep: MLM; Gay MCs, lots of queer side characters
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tags: HURT/COMFORT (so much); sports romance; hockey; closeted MC; injury; family included; ugly x pretty
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ratings: funny: 1.5 // ease: 2 // spice: honestly don't remember // plot: 2 // romance: 2.5 // overall: 2
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Likes:

As I said, there were some moments and scenes I enjoyed, but I won't list them because spoilers
Adam's family was pretty good.

Dislikes:

Very mind-readery at times. Sometimes characters jump to conclusions and I have no idea how they got there, like I can't even see it a little. And then another character will magically intuit what one character is thinking, and I can't understand how the other character figured out what was in their head -- it wasn't obvious.
- EX (minor spoiler): at one point, Etienne thinks Adam broke up with him (which I didn't understand why, tbh). And then half an hour later, Adam shows up to comfort Etienne because he ~knows~ Etienne thought Adam broke up with him. And I just ??? didn't ??? get it at all????
Stuff happens at really awkward and weird moments. It's like the author had a preconceived list of scenes they wanted to include and just kind of shoved it all into the book irrespective of if it actually fit the moment in the book.
- EX1: They're making out ~with intentions~ and suddenly, Adam abruptly pulls back to ask Etienne if he's going to be able to put aside his "self-hatred" (over his "ugly" face) and not resent Adam for being "pretty". It's such an awkward time to have that conversation, and also it comes out pretty accusatory IMO.
- EX2: I could be wrong, because honestly some stuff was pretty confusing, but I'm pretty sure they go water skiing. In Seattle. In January. And don't mention that is freaking cold???
How even old are these characters??? Etienne is playing for the minors and Adam is a rookie in the NHL (I think NHL). So I assumed they were, like, young 20s. But then Adams *younger* sister gets married, and also she's an assistant hockey coach at a college, which doesn't seem to fit with her being like 19-21???
There's SO MUCH hurt/comfort. Slight spoiler, but it's Adam who keeps getting injured. He literally hits his head 3 times in the book, which got super old to me.
Pretty light on hockey, especially since Adam is injured in one form or another for most of the book
Side characters filtered in and out, seemingly whenever it was convenient for the plot. Some plot points showed up for literally a scene and were never mentioned again, making them feel a lot more like plot *devices* rather than plot points (Etienne's dad is a great example of this)
At the end, I had so many unanswered questions (Etienne's career, Adam's sister's relationship, Thunder's coach, etc...). Maybe these get answered in other books by the author, but I really don't care enough to pick up any of the author's other works. I'm sorry for the two days I spent reading this book.

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