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Sterling by Samantha Whiskey

efolstad6's review

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adventurous fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

nialanireads's review

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4.0

3.75

This book wasn’t my favorite. I really like Sterling and London but the story just didn’t grip me in like the others. It was cute, and I loved how he helped her overcome her fear but it didn’t click that well for me. The ending was great and everything really tied together. I did get annoyed because she didn’t grovel at all. She said some words in the coat closet but she did the damage by believing Maxim over him. I understand her place with that but at the same time, he’s the love of your life, one little tiny comment from someone he hates makes you change your mind? Yea idk but cute.

under_cover's review

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

joan_reads_9's review

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

1.5

cayolin's review

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challenging emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

vivartois's review

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4.0

Steamy! Liked the tension between brothers.

jessimoore's review

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emotional medium-paced

4.75

spuddytally's review

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5.0

* * I HAD BEEN GIVEN AN ADVANCED READERS COPY IN EXCHANGE FOR MY HONEST REVIEW * *

Another win for Samantha Whiskey ☺️.

After a few Football books and a detour to a sexy alpha vampire, which I surprisingly loved, we are back to my first love of sports Hockey. I know Hendrix gave us some sneaks into what we can expect from our Reapers and who would be joining our family, there but how this was given its own spin was amazing and I loved it.

Seeing that there really are two sides to every story and how if you just stop and listen or give yourself some distance you can see it's not all black and white, there is some grey.

Sterling, and his efforts to help London overcome a small issue that has plagued her since childhood, they devotion he has to is grows a mutual love and respect. But as it normally is with the NHL family a brother causes an issue... But in this case there is 2 brother... And only one of them is Londons.

Sterling is sweet and attentive to London and London cares so much for him that he is the only one who can comfort her in her moments of panic. But there is so much in their way that it takes a lot of self assurance to over come it.

I highly recommend this book

hanaelzohiry's review

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3.0

Alright, I'm giving this book a solid 3.5 stars. It's a great book, but I was definitely at a disadvantage for not having read the prior series. All other books in this Carolina Reapers series have followed each other, but this book was one that started midway through the Raleigh series .... which I definitely haven't read yet.

The story itself though, although it was a good story, was a little bland. Boy meets girl. Girl and boy start crushing on each other. Boy has bad history with family. Girl wants to be independent from her brother. Boy and Girl sneak around until they get outed.. by themselves.

I did love how London (said girl) was very adamant about getting whatever she sets her heart to without the help of her brothers' status, her relationship status or even the friends that she has. We truly love an independent queen. What bothered me though is that the second shit hits the fan, she throws the guy she loves away because someone said something contradicting - never mind the fact that she's spent 6 months getting to really know him.

But I guess that's romance novels.. right?

All in all, despite the dual POV in the chapters that sometimes got confusing, I think this book was good - it had really good cheesy scenes and really spicy scenes. I'll try re-reading it after I read the Raleigh series and see if it changes my perspective of the book!