Rush
For the love of the game.
Brandon Chase has always defined himself by one thing: football. Tough and athletic, he is a great college player who enjoys the hard hits and the sweaty grind of the gridiron. But when Brandon is injured, only one person can help him get back on track-a forbidden love he’s desperately tried to put behind him.
Alec Andrews has never quite forgiven Brandon for walking away when their friendship turned into something more. But he can’t deny help to one of his closest friends. As the two spend the long, hot summer working together, their old attraction comes flooding back.
Now as Alec thinks about coming out to his conservative family and Brandon considers revealing he’s a gay football player, the two men must be strong to fight for a love that could be the greatest rush of their lives.
~ Goodreads
| Book DepositoryFluttering Thoughts:
Worldbuilding: A fun baseball world, filled with the tensions of the game players. I loved the Lakeland Village, Virginia setting the most, and Alec & Brand loved it too 😀
Characters: Alec and Brand were adorable in that angsty, delicious way I for one love characters to appear. I loved how their voices were different, their issues different yet still revolving around the same main points. The way they reacted seemed very authentic to me, and considering they were dealing with coming out and accepting themselves and their love, I felt their journeys were emotional roller coasters, intense, beautiful and painful all rolled in one.
Their one on one was hot when it happened, not super focused on but hot for sure 😀
Plot: The story was great, intense emotions and great development in the characters. There’s no hardcore action since this is a romance, which I loved 😀
Writing: First person narrative, past tense, Alec and Brand’s POV. Awesomesauce emotions galore.
Curb Appeal: Hawt cover, hooking blurb, total impulsive buy material.
All in all, this was a great story and gripped me emotionally like whoa. I lost a tinsy bit of the enthusiasm along the way for some reason, a minor sort of disconnect with the story – maybe due to me reading this is 2 session instead of my usual one go.
I fully recommend this read to anyone who’ into New Adult and m/m reading.
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That is a seriously hot cover. Love some sporty romance. I haven’t tried a m/m sports romance though. Hmm. Might have to give it a go 🙂
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Totally try it out 😀 I love m/m and f/f and such romance as well as m/f. You should totally try some out 😀 Grumpy Cat would want you to, nyah~nyah
It sounds like a nice book and it’s always so fun to have a sport environment. I never tried a m/m romance but I don’t know if I could like them. I should try one day to see how they are. Thanks for the discovery.
Melliane recently posted…Bird After Bird by Leslea Tash
It’s my policy to always try new things out, so I encourage you to do the same 🙂
I’ve only read one M/M romance, loved it but I’m not completely acclimated to this subgenre yet, I should probably read more of it
Braine Talk Supe recently posted…Loved It: Ruin Me by Jaime Brenner
Reading more is always my solution to everything xD
This sounds good Livia. I have only read one book by this author but I really enjoyed it. Have a wonderful weekend!
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I will shamefully admit this was my first by her, lol, but it was awesome! Thanks, Kimba, hope you’ll have a fab weekend too! 🙂
I’m glad you enjoyed. I haven’t read anything by this author yet. Hm… might have to try one. Happy Weekend!
Melissa (Books and Things) recently posted…Dark and Deadly: Novellas 1-4
Really enjoyed her writing, though it was my first by her 😀 Thanks, hope you’ll have a fab weekend too!
Yes, this is quite a beautiful cover. The story sounds good too!
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Will definitely give this a shot, Livia! I’ve read Dawn in the past, and her books have always been excellent brain candy for me 😉
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And heart candy, lol, sooooo many feels!