Never Been The Same

Finished this just today, and it totally fulfilled my wish for a low-angst, super sweet small-town romance. The sports aspect is really prominent which I like since so many sports romance are often only centered on the romance. There were some enjoyable side characters as well; I loved the interactions with Ollie (such a responsible and accepting big brother) and the scene where Finn was coming out to his parents was hilarious.

The reason I didn't give 5 stars though:

1. The book was very descriptive. Which is good, but there was too much description. There were lengthy details about each other's bodies, and Ty and Finn kept calling each other ???beautiful??? or ‘gorgeous', it became rather uninteresting. The extensive description took time away from character development; I would have liked to see more insight into Finn's personality and hobbies aside from talking to others and dating Ty.

2. I appreciated the rare Australia setting, as a nice change of pace and place. Nothing wrong with the setting, but I feel like the Aboriginal culture part could have been more deeply ingrained into the book. That native culture was really important for Ty as a part of his identity, however the narrative barely mentioned the Aboriginal history of Ty for the first half of the book.

....and this is basically why four stars.

Note: I wrote this review voluntarily after receiving an ARC- and it's honest!