A review by books_with_manders
Heart Stopper by Michelle Hercules

2.0

This was mediocre. I rounded up because Charlie was a LARP playing, board game lover - extra points for geekiness. The book started off with promise but the characters were flat, the storyline was rushed and underdeveloped. Troy is the star quarterback who arrives late to be interviewed by Charlie. She writes a scathing article about him. They end up being roommates though and Troy decides Charlie is just so hot when she’s mad. They “prank” each other even though it’s really just them doing destructive shit to each other once and then they just can’t fight their attraction to each other anymore. The plot goes off the rails a bit after that and it felt like soap opera level drama was happening. A car accident, family drama, another prank but now on a friend… throw in magically resolving a horrific 10+ year old trauma in an instant and I was done.