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⋆.𐙚 ̊ 4.0★
Honestly, I’m not 100% sure on my feelings for this book, and I don’t know whether 4.25 is an accurate rating, but I’ll change it later, if needed.
While I certainly enjoyed this book, I never felt particularly inclined to pick it up. I wasn’t bored while reading, and I didn’t dread picking it up, like I felt with The Right Move, but it wasn’t how I felt with Caught Up, where I just wanted to be reading it all the time, and was excited about reading it. I think that if I didn’t like the characters a lot, though, then it would probably be a similar rating to The Right Move, which I rated 3.5 stars.
Speaking of the characters, I loved Isaiah. The funny, sweet character who hides their true feelings is probably my favourite stereotype of character, as two of my favourite characters ever are like that. He was so sweet towards Kennedy, and out of all the MMCs so far, I think he’s the best boyfriend/husband. I wish his complicated relationship with Dean had been more developed, personally. I felt like there was a lot of implication that Dean was quite a big problem with Isaiah’s issues, but then it was brushed over pretty easily near the end. It also felt like it was built up to be something in Caught Up, so I guess I was just kind of expecting more in that regard.
Kennedy Kay wasn’t really what I was expecting. I feel like she’s not as cold as the book was trying to make out? She’s certainly very aloof and kind of standoffish, but I don’t think cold really covers her personality. Maybe it’s just because she’s different with Isaiah, and we never much get to see her around people she’s uncomfortable with, other than her parents, but even then she just seemed to be that: uncomfortable. Not cold. I also feel like, other than her fear of intimacy, there’s not a whole lot to her character, other than her issues with her parents and the problem of sexism* in her line of work. I don’t know, compared to the other characters, she feels kind of boring to me, but I also relate to her in the way of fear of intimacy. I think she’s also the best girlfriend out of all the FMCs so far. Her giving Isaiah the colour blind glasses in the epilogue was so sweet.
*I really loved how Tomforde spoke of such an important topic. I’m not in sports, but I know how much misogyny is involved in lots of women’s jobs regarding sports and also the world of medicine.
Overall, I think I’d give this either a 4 star or a 4.25. I don’t think it’s any higher than a 4.25, nor is it any lower than a 3.5. If it weren’t for the fact that I wasn’t particularly intrigued, and the fact that I had fairly high expectations (as I’m pretty sure this is the fan favourite in the series), it probably would’ve been rated a little higher.
⋆.𐙚 ̊ 4.0★
Honestly, I’m not 100% sure on my feelings for this book, and I don’t know whether 4.25 is an accurate rating, but I’ll change it later, if needed.
While I certainly enjoyed this book, I never felt particularly inclined to pick it up. I wasn’t bored while reading, and I didn’t dread picking it up, like I felt with The Right Move, but it wasn’t how I felt with Caught Up, where I just wanted to be reading it all the time, and was excited about reading it. I think that if I didn’t like the characters a lot, though, then it would probably be a similar rating to The Right Move, which I rated 3.5 stars.
Speaking of the characters, I loved Isaiah. The funny, sweet character who hides their true feelings is probably my favourite stereotype of character, as two of my favourite characters ever are like that. He was so sweet towards Kennedy, and out of all the MMCs so far, I think he’s the best boyfriend/husband. I wish his complicated relationship with Dean had been more developed, personally. I felt like there was a lot of implication that Dean was quite a big problem with Isaiah’s issues, but then it was brushed over pretty easily near the end. It also felt like it was built up to be something in Caught Up, so I guess I was just kind of expecting more in that regard.
Kennedy Kay wasn’t really what I was expecting. I feel like she’s not as cold as the book was trying to make out? She’s certainly very aloof and kind of standoffish, but I don’t think cold really covers her personality. Maybe it’s just because she’s different with Isaiah, and we never much get to see her around people she’s uncomfortable with, other than her parents, but even then she just seemed to be that: uncomfortable. Not cold. I also feel like, other than her fear of intimacy, there’s not a whole lot to her character, other than her issues with her parents and the problem of sexism* in her line of work. I don’t know, compared to the other characters, she feels kind of boring to me, but I also relate to her in the way of fear of intimacy. I think she’s also the best girlfriend out of all the FMCs so far. Her giving Isaiah the colour blind glasses in the epilogue was so sweet.
*I really loved how Tomforde spoke of such an important topic. I’m not in sports, but I know how much misogyny is involved in lots of women’s jobs regarding sports and also the world of medicine.
Overall, I think I’d give this either a 4 star or a 4.25. I don’t think it’s any higher than a 4.25, nor is it any lower than a 3.5. If it weren’t for the fact that I wasn’t particularly intrigued, and the fact that I had fairly high expectations (as I’m pretty sure this is the fan favourite in the series), it probably would’ve been rated a little higher.