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yazaleea's review against another edition
3.0
3.9 stars, I hate goodreads rating system. This would be a 4 star, but I still liked Book 1 better and I want the rating to show this but ughh.
This was super cute, like book 1 it dragged a bit at the end but I liked it. « Night, Angel. Goodnight, Troublemaker » was so damn cute too.
RTC
This was super cute, like book 1 it dragged a bit at the end but I liked it. « Night, Angel. Goodnight, Troublemaker » was so damn cute too.
RTC
dsauriol1991's review against another edition
4.5
A really great read! I love seeing the demiromantic rep here with Darren, how it emphasized that he was never broken even before his realization. The way the relationship between him & Jeremy grows is so well done. They truly build a sold base before anything more happens between them. They have fantastic banter from the start but they also give each other the space they need to be vulnerable. It’s super well balanced and it was a joy to read!
jg1987's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 Stars
[b:The End Zone|58707307|The End Zone (Atlanta Lightning, #2)|Riley Hart|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1628176984l/58707307._SX50_.jpg|91306934] is the second book in the Atlanta Lightning series by [a:Riley Hart|7013384|Riley Hart|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1364660147p2/7013384.jpg]. This instalment features two secondary characters from book one, Darren and Jeremy. I liked their chemistry even when they were still in their ‘just friends’ stage, and it just got more intense as their relationship developed. I still didn't really care much for the football storyline, but I still quite enjoyed the book. I would be happy to read more in this series.
[b:The End Zone|58707307|The End Zone (Atlanta Lightning, #2)|Riley Hart|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1628176984l/58707307._SX50_.jpg|91306934] is the second book in the Atlanta Lightning series by [a:Riley Hart|7013384|Riley Hart|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1364660147p2/7013384.jpg]. This instalment features two secondary characters from book one, Darren and Jeremy. I liked their chemistry even when they were still in their ‘just friends’ stage, and it just got more intense as their relationship developed. I still didn't really care much for the football storyline, but I still quite enjoyed the book. I would be happy to read more in this series.
hemmel_mol's review against another edition
1.0
Do not read this novel right after series 1. It is exactly the same, except the protagonists are absolutely shallow. Darren plays football, is a people pleaser with a close bond to his family and no father. He starts a secret relationship because he identified as straight and his close friends wonder about his behavior. He texts constantly with Jeremy and they use nicknames.
There was one difference with book 1: Darren was the one always making jokes about how good he was with sex.
It was really hard to trick myself into thinking these were other people. And now imagine those two characters often meeting up with their copies from the first book. It made the confusion complete.
Narration was alright.
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There was one difference with book 1: Darren was the one always making jokes about how good he was with sex.
It was really hard to trick myself into thinking these were other people. And now imagine those two characters often meeting up with their copies from the first book. It made the confusion complete.
Narration was alright.
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jesstangerine's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
juz's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
ltcreads40's review against another edition
5.0
This was a fun and steamy friends to lovers romance featuring Anson's best friend, Darren and West's best friend, Jeremy. Darren and Jeremy were an excitable couple who started out as friends which turned into more as more time passed and the more they got to know each other. I loved their banter and their nightly calls, it definitely kept both men interested in one another as time passed. I highly recommend this book!
tagoreketabkhane31's review against another edition
4.0
The second book in the Atlanta Lightning series, this one follows the best friends of West and Anson from the first book, their friends Darren and Jeremy. Darren is the start quarterback of the Lightning, and Jeremy is the best friend and former friends with benefits for West. Both characters meet during Wes and Anson's wedding, and start a frienship, united in their happiness for their friends for finding each other and getting married. Darren is also the first to learn that Jeremy and his ex husband Bobby have officially divorced, and that is where Darren steps in to deflect any questions that Jeremy is is keeping from Wes and Anson.
As the months go on (and this is where I really love reading Hart and her works, because she is one of the few authors who does a great job of pacing her plot to calendar months that don't make me feel like I missed some important details), we start to see that while Jeremy and Darren have a great friendship because of their similarities in their humor and outlooks on life, it is how they compliment each other that makes their relationship believable. I think this is also where #ownvoices really does matter - Hart being a black woman, writing a black main character, really showed through in how Darren came alive on the page. I never not saw him as anything other then a black man, even as he was coming to terms with his sexuality, and as a person of color, reading that in this interracial romance, was interesting to contrast that with other authors that have attempted to write BIPOC characters and it coming up flat (looking at you Charm Offensive)
It was also really nice reading about the complex identiy that Darren found for himself. While the summary of the book labels him as bisexual for the reader, in the narrative Darren finds out that he is more Demiromantic, and I though this was a good push for Hart to show that sexuality, not only it being on a spectrum, is complex. While Jeremy and Darren are both complete characters, I appreciated that extra layer of depth to Darren.
I will say, that towards the end of the book, I got a little annoyed with the circular pattern that the narrative started to take with Jeremy worried about Darren being committed and then Darren worried that Jeremy would leave him - while there is no third act breakup, the fact that these two who were constantly communicating suddenly are miscommunicating did not seem realistic to me given what I had read in the past, and I also got a little annoyed that Wes and his status of a former Senator was not highlighted. Again, its the politico in me, but you're telling me an out former Senator is runing a center in Atlanta and is married to an NFL player, and that isn't a bigger buzz? Lies.
Another great book from Hart, and I can see why she is such a fan favorite. I can't wait to check out more of her backlist.
As the months go on (and this is where I really love reading Hart and her works, because she is one of the few authors who does a great job of pacing her plot to calendar months that don't make me feel like I missed some important details), we start to see that while Jeremy and Darren have a great friendship because of their similarities in their humor and outlooks on life, it is how they compliment each other that makes their relationship believable. I think this is also where #ownvoices really does matter - Hart being a black woman, writing a black main character, really showed through in how Darren came alive on the page. I never not saw him as anything other then a black man, even as he was coming to terms with his sexuality, and as a person of color, reading that in this interracial romance, was interesting to contrast that with other authors that have attempted to write BIPOC characters and it coming up flat (looking at you Charm Offensive)
It was also really nice reading about the complex identiy that Darren found for himself. While the summary of the book labels him as bisexual for the reader, in the narrative Darren finds out that he is more Demiromantic, and I though this was a good push for Hart to show that sexuality, not only it being on a spectrum, is complex. While Jeremy and Darren are both complete characters, I appreciated that extra layer of depth to Darren.
I will say, that towards the end of the book, I got a little annoyed with the circular pattern that the narrative started to take with Jeremy worried about Darren being committed and then Darren worried that Jeremy would leave him - while there is no third act breakup, the fact that these two who were constantly communicating suddenly are miscommunicating did not seem realistic to me given what I had read in the past, and I also got a little annoyed that Wes and his status of a former Senator was not highlighted. Again, its the politico in me, but you're telling me an out former Senator is runing a center in Atlanta and is married to an NFL player, and that isn't a bigger buzz? Lies.
Another great book from Hart, and I can see why she is such a fan favorite. I can't wait to check out more of her backlist.
nena28's review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
mackenzie32's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0