⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.5/5
ARC Provided By The Author In Exchange For An Honest Review
**S. A.**
So finally, the completed standalone was released!! I enjoyed this book a lot, there were a few issues but I liked it and really, went through it in a few hours, just that invested I was.
This book is an MM romance, featuring the love-hate relationship between two MALE teenagers.
This book even though I liked it quite a lot, I still found a few issues within that made me not completely felt in love with it.
I felt like this book was a bit too rushed at the beginning and at the end too, like they got together maybe a little too soon, I wanted more bantering and fighting between them, more pranks too. And then the ending was a bit abrupt too, maybe, I don't know exactly, I was just there, left wanting more. (😭🤔)
There were a bit too much sex scenes... I wished for more emotional connection or more plot/plot twists but well, I'm glad at least we got that plot twist towards the end. (Although, I'm now confessing that usually MM's have a lot of sexual content even more than MF)
Let's just get to the interesting points of this review, before I bore everyone out of their minds with my useless ranting (😎🤯).
The PLOT was a bit rushed a bit at the beginning and at the end, but the story was interesting, sexy and steamy. The plot is centered between the rivalry between two soccer teams of two different schools, and their captains, who specially hate each others guts.
How they would vandalise/prank each other’s schools to piss each other off, they would use foul play during soccer games, they would fight each other in The Pit (like an "arena" were they fight one on one until one taps out or is knocked out)... the kind of things teenagers do between them just because they are rivals and want to show who is better/stronger than the other. (😏🙆🏻♀️)
The ROMANCE is actually great, the chemistry between Asher and Levi is on tune, they are very hot and cute together. Sometimes, I would feel frustrated wishing for a more emotional connection (but we know how this is... 😪😓) than a sexual one. Their romance is sexy, hot and steamy, they go from enemies to lovers in a blink of an eye, actually, one moment they are beating each other up and the next, out of nowhere, they start kissing (abusing 🙊) each other's lips. But towards the end, you can get a glimpse of an emotional connection growing between them, which was beautiful, and it was quite frustrating that the book ended when it was just getting even better. (😭)
There are some good and popular troupes in this book:
♡ Enemies To Lovers
♡ Possesive Hero
♡ Secret Relationship
♡ Rich/Poor
♡ Virgin Gay Sex
♡ Bi-awkening
The CHARACTERS , so in this department I didn't have any problem (shocker! 👏🏼) I liked both mc's the same (lie, I liked Levi a teeny bit more 🤫) and the supporting characters were good too, the friends of both mc's, were loyal, trustful and funny, easy to like, honestly.
💀 LEVI "seven/7", he's the captain of Highnam Academy "soccer" (football) team , the school for rich kids, he hates Asher but also feels an undeniable attraction towards him, that makes him hate him even more, his pranks against Alstone High gets out of hand and backlash him in end. He's very competitive, strong headed, short tempered but he really is emotional and caring towards his important people, he's protective, smart and likes to win in everything he competes or involves himself in, even in sex (this was quite a view 😂🙈). His competitive streak only gets worse whenever Asher is involved or around, he has to stay above him.
EXAMPLES:
“Nah, I really didn’t . Nice place you’ve got here, Seven— not that I can see much of it in the dark. You might wanna sort out your little power problem. We could use some light in here.”
“I hate you so fucking much.” My back was against the wall, and he was right up in my face. Again.
All I could focus on was Asher’s lips, soft but completely unyielding against mine.
Asher’s face was flushed, his pupils blown, and his mouth wide open as he stood there, at a total loss for words. Blood streaked across his lips, the evidence of our brutality.
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That must be a new kissing technique, we are just to amateurs to knew that... 😏🙆🏻♀️
A choked cry tore from my lips, and I fell to my knees next to Asher’s prone body, cradling his head in my hands.
“Asher. Oh, fuck. Asher.” Brushing his wet hair away from his face , I curled over him, my voice dropping to a panicked whisper. “Baby, wake up.” I didn’t even realise I was crying until I felt the tears on my cheeks, hot against the freezing winter air.
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This scene, one of the best, waiting almost 2 months for this (🙌 🙆🏻♀️)
💀 ASHER "ten/10", Alstone High soccer (football ) team captain, the school for the poor kids, the wrong side of the town kids. Asher is quite the popular guy in his school, everyone likes him and respects him, they always expect him to seek revenge against Highnam whenever something happens and he usually delivers. Like Levi, he's very competitive, strong headed (even more than Levi, I would dare say), short tempered (a lot), smart and protective of his friends. He has an strained relationship with his mother, due to different circumstances life has put them through. He's need to compete with Levi and win is always there and NEVER, goes aways, they always need to compete for every single thing, even for who is top during sex, who kisses who... (everything 😂🏆).
EXAMPLES:
“Milo.” Easily moving out of his hold, I gripped him so he was immobile and pressed my knife to his throat, the flat of the blade against his skin. “Meet Ruby.”
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Why did I liked so much whenever he took out Ruby??
Levison Woodford, known as Levi to almost everyone. I called him Seven, after his football number.
“You’re nothing but Highnam scum. A bully with not even two brain cells to rub together, on a loser team . Your little world is so sad that you have to try and provoke me just to make your pathetic life feel a bit better.” The contempt in his eyes froze me in place. “Tell me, Ten. Does it make you feel good to come here and—”
“You’re going to pay for that,” I snarled. “It’s time I introduced you to Ruby. Properly.”
“Do it.” Then his mouth came down on mine.
The supporting characters, Danny & Talia [Asher's best friends and most supportive friends] and Milo [Levi's best friend and best supporter] are all great, the friends are funny, supportive, annoying teenagers but likeable (as likeable as teenagers can be 😂) in all their different forms. They help each other and maintain healthy relationships between them (shocker here, again! 🥳👏🏼). Asher's mother it's the only difficult character, for her reluctance to accept her son's sexuality.
In conclusion , the book was very good and funny, the crazy banter and pranks between the schools were great and amazing (probably one of my favourite parts 🙆🏻♀️), the romance between Asher and Levi was very teenager (-ish 🤣), sexy, hot and cute in the end. But Levi was the one who stole my heart from this book and mainly the reason I rounded up the rating too (🤫😍🤡).
I highly recommend this book, I hope you like it and enjoy it as much as me!
Happy reading everyone!! 🖤🖤
P.S. This book was introduced (22 chapters exactly) in the anthology Brutal Boys.
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