syncotter's review
4.0
I feel like I should give this 3.5, but I'll lean 4.
I genuinely enjoy this story series, and It's sucked me in enough that I keep reading it.
The writing is consistently getting better each novel, and the author's voice continues to get stronger each iteration.
My however, though, is that reading through this series feels a bit like slogging my way through 6 seasons of "The Walking Dead". Nothing -ever- goes right for these two, and it's a bit depressing. It feels like they just can't have a happy moment without an inevitable fight. What really grabbed me in the first novel was just how adorable and happy these two could be together, but that concept seems mired by the constant fights and spats that reasonably I think two adults in the same situation could -probably- talk their way through.
Or maybe not. Maybe I'm being too much of an optimist and Lee's character just is too prideful to allow for it. Either way, I just wish there could be maybe a single chapter of happy love here or there to spread out the fights sometimes!
That said I keep reading it because I'm attached to the characters and I love the coming out story involved in the pro-football scene world. The fact that I'm a sports fan makes reading the chapters on each of the games particularly exciting, and I think -these- sections are exceptionally well done and a lot of fun.
All said, I'm looking forward to reading part 5. Hopefully these two can have a happy ending, lord knows after what they've gone through they deserve it (or at least each other).
I genuinely enjoy this story series, and It's sucked me in enough that I keep reading it.
The writing is consistently getting better each novel, and the author's voice continues to get stronger each iteration.
My however, though, is that reading through this series feels a bit like slogging my way through 6 seasons of "The Walking Dead". Nothing -ever- goes right for these two, and it's a bit depressing. It feels like they just can't have a happy moment without an inevitable fight. What really grabbed me in the first novel was just how adorable and happy these two could be together, but that concept seems mired by the constant fights and spats that reasonably I think two adults in the same situation could -probably- talk their way through.
Or maybe not. Maybe I'm being too much of an optimist and Lee's character just is too prideful to allow for it. Either way, I just wish there could be maybe a single chapter of happy love here or there to spread out the fights sometimes!
That said I keep reading it because I'm attached to the characters and I love the coming out story involved in the pro-football scene world. The fact that I'm a sports fan makes reading the chapters on each of the games particularly exciting, and I think -these- sections are exceptionally well done and a lot of fun.
All said, I'm looking forward to reading part 5. Hopefully these two can have a happy ending, lord knows after what they've gone through they deserve it (or at least each other).
ladylaurenexplorer's review
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Love with angst
oooohh how are you love the angst in this books! It made me tear up, it made me get very horrible butterflies because of situations, and it made me love the characters all over again!
oooohh how are you love the angst in this books! It made me tear up, it made me get very horrible butterflies because of situations, and it made me love the characters all over again!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Suicide
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