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Same Time Next Year by Tessa Bailey

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catsandmetaphors's review against another edition

fast-paced

Loveable characters? No

1.0

I don't even know why I bother with anything Tessa Bailey writes when her books are clearly not to my taste. The premise of this one seemed cute, so I only have myself to blame for picking it up.

Look, I love explicit sex scenes as much as any other romance enthusiast, but something about Tessa Bailey's imagery and use of language gives me the heebie-jeebies.

The relationship development in this novella is nonexistent, which can't be explained away with the length of the story. The characters are (as usual) almost caricature-like and extremely one-dimensional.

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bookshelvesandbookcorners07's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

- loved the fact that the main male character would do anything for the female
- definitely a must read for people who like steamy romance
- since it was less than 200 pages, there wasn’t too much of a connection to the characters

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toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I was utterly charmed by this. I'm glad I didn't know it was a hockey romance because otherwise I don't know if I would have cared to pick it up. Nothing against the genre but there just seems to be so many of them??? Anyway though, this ticked a bunch of my boxes. He falls first, fake marriage, friends to lovers, and even though she only had 120-ish pages to make me believe in this couple - damn it, Tessa did it. AND I only cringed two times! Unfortunately those two times made me go down to 4 stars, but since I hated the other Tessa Bailey book I read back in 2022, me loving this is a big big deal.

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britwalsh16's review against another edition

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funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I definitely enjoyed this book, it was a fun read to finish off my year. Very spicy, but overall such a cute story.

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gemin1reader's review against another edition

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lighthearted

3.0

A very smutty, cheesy sports romance. Nice easy (and vaguely New Year themed) book to kick off 2024!

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emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I was kindly gifted a kindle for Christmas by my parents and whilst I was setting it up and bought Kindle Unlimited, I saw this book available and considering Tessa Bailey was my top author of 2023 and I wanted to read this book and was fuming it wasn’t becoming a paperback, it made sense that this book was my first Kindle read.

This novella has two points of view. The first is Britta and she is adored by all, and she is an ambitious waitress working at Sluggers. The popular bar holds a special place in her heart and is a regular hangout for the Bridgeport Bandits, the local hockey club. Her half-brother is on the team, so Britta has a strict no-dating policy for his teammates. But she does have a soft spot for one particular player on the team. The second point of view is Sumner, and he is on the brink of breaking into the NHL, but his time is running out with his work visa is about to expire. Sumner’s only chance to stay in Bridgeport is to marry an American and to get his green card. Otherwise, it’s back to Canada. On New Year’s Eve, the team begs Britta to marry Sumner that very night. Sumner is embarrassed yet hopefully, but he’s desperately in love. But Britta balks at first. Until something about Sumner’s soulful brown eyes and ripped physique makes her reconsider.

I loved that this book is based on New Year rather than Christmas, obviously the week between Christmas and New Year is just completely missed and then it’s like all about the hopes of the new year. I love Britta and that she has no desires to be married and that she was independency and then she’s getting all jelly legs around Sumner. I loved Sumner and that he’s always loved her and that all the team knew even the stepbrother, but they just didn’t say anything, but they knew what they were doing by pushing him to marry Britta and that Britta also needed Sumner. I loved how much of a golden retriever he is and how much of a black cat Britta is.

I know it was a novella, but I just wanted more and more. I wanted Sumner and Britta to confront Britta’s father. I wanted something to be said – a father to be punched. It would have been magnificence. Sumner had his family behind him, and we saw them, but I wanted to see more of the hockey boys rather than just Sumner and Britta’s stepbrother.

I wanted this book to be so much longer, and I would this to be a series where the hockey players all find love.

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tguccione's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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hollymileham's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

this was okay, i basically just read it so id meet my reading goal no shame here
i like the tropes and everything but it would have been a lot better if things were more fleshed out

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bergha1998's review against another edition

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emotional funny sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I don’t know if I have related to a character as much as I do Britta in a really long time. I was in full tears at the end, because trust issues caused by a parent hit a little too close to home. The whole book is cute and funny, but damn that was an emotional sucker punch for me.

Romance, Fake Dating, MMC falls first, 3 1/2 🔥

“There’s even a chance I could trust him someday—and that? That would be an even bigger leap than love for me. Because I don’t know how to trust.”

“That letting people close meant opening myself up for an eventual blow that I won’t see coming. They will eventually choose someone else over me. They will decide tomove on, and I’ll be left lonely and reeling, wondering if I was the problem.”

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capriqueen's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

A quick fun read. The characters were mostly endearing. What keeps it from 4 stars is there was some cringey stuff

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