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Now they can go and be awful together

Him by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy

May 5, 2024 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

Jamie Canning always wondered why his best friend from elite summer hockey camp ghosted him. He has an idea though, and it’s the semi-drunken hookup they had during their last week of camp. Still, to Jamie, one bad decision shouldn’t break up a seven-year friendship. Years later at the Frozen Four (cringe) college national championship, Jamie and Wes manage to chat a bit. It is still awkward, but they both push through it with the hopes that they can at least be friendly acquaintances. So, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Camp counselors, College sports, dude bros, Elle Kennedy, gay romance, Hockey players, hockey romance, jock, queer romance, Sarina Bowen, Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy, summer camp, they were roommates, toxic masculinity

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:42 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Camp counselors, College sports, dude bros, Elle Kennedy, gay romance, Hockey players, hockey romance, jock, queer romance, Sarina Bowen, Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy, summer camp, they were roommates, toxic masculinity ·
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All for the Game: Obsession and its Russian fanbase

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

The Raven King by Nora Sakavic

The King's Men by Nora Sakavic

December 3, 2023 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

It’s hard to kill a man when everyone’s eyes are on him. Make them love you, make them hate you. I don’t care. Just make them look at you. ― Nora Sakavic, The King’s Men “The court doesn’t care what my name is or where I’m from or where I’ll be tomorrow. It lets me exist as I am.” ― Nora Sakavic, The King’s Men “Everything I needed, you already gave me. You let me stay.” ― Nora Sakavic, The King’s Men The name of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Sports Tagged With: abused children/teens, brothers, child abuse, childhood sexual abuse, College sports, enemies to lovers, found family, gay romance, graphic violence, LGBTQ, mafia, Mafia Dynasty, Mafia Prince, nora sakavic, not ya, queer love, torture

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:72 · Genres: Fiction, Sports · Tags: abused children/teens, brothers, child abuse, childhood sexual abuse, College sports, enemies to lovers, found family, gay romance, graphic violence, LGBTQ, mafia, Mafia Dynasty, Mafia Prince, nora sakavic, not ya, queer love, torture ·
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Pay the Players

The City Game: Triumph, Scandal and a Legendary Basketball Team by Matthew Goodman

April 7, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

March Madness concluded last week. I can legally say that I had some financial skin in the game (which sadly didn’t pay off). I also enjoyed the games on the March Madness app, brought to me by whatever sponsor the NCAA is using these days. Oh yeah, and the players got zero dollars. Zero. Big time college sports has always been a con where self-righteous (mostly) white men bleat about scholarships and academia while collecting money hand-over-fist off unpaid labor. There’s truth to what legendary […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction, Sports Tagged With: basketball, CCNY, College Basketball, College sports, Matthew Goodman, New York City, The City Game, true crime

Jake's CBR14 Review No:53 · Genres: Non-Fiction, Sports · Tags: basketball, CCNY, College Basketball, College sports, Matthew Goodman, New York City, The City Game, true crime ·
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