Cannonball Read 18

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Yet another fake engagement story with old friends who have secretly loved each other for ever

Only on Gameday by Kristen Callihan

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3.5 stars Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin for this ARC. My opinions are my own. Introverted and shy Penelope Morrow grew up an only child, but was more or less enveloped by the five children of the Luck family (all named, rather implausibly, for months – the boys, January, March and August, with the twin girls being called May and June), since their mothers were best friends. Outgoing, charming and overachieving, all three Luck boys are handsome and very talented American football players, like […]

I find the trend of not using condoms the first time the characters have sex terrifying

Only on Game Day by Kristen Callihan

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I’m glad to see Kristen Callihan publishing again, even if I can’t recommend this particular book. Only on Game Day is very much in keeping with her new adult Game On series. I suspect this is the start of a series centering the Luck family. Three Luck brothers, January, August, and March are at various stages in their football careers – January sidelined after a career ending injury, August the first round draft pick quarterback, and March a college star. There are Luck sisters too – […]

Give me a man who can cook and bake amazing things instead of an athlete any day.

Make It Sweet by Kristen Callihan

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3.5 stars CBR14 Bingo: Dough (the hero is a retired hockey player who bakes and cooks the most amazing food – there is some serious food porn in this book). Lucian “Luc” Osmond was a star hockey player with brilliant career prospects, tons of friends and teammates, not to mention a beautiful fiancee. Then one especially hard tackle has the doctors proclaim that if he continues to play, he’s likely to end up brain damaged or dead. So he has to give up the sport […]

Bingeworthy

Idol by Kristen Callihan

Fall by Kristen Callihan

Exposed by Kristen Callihan

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I felt a little bruised and battered by some of the books I’ve read recently. I have a bunch of books I’m really excited to read, and a bunch of books that are my happy place, but none of them were working for me. I saw several people raving about Scottie in Kristen Callihan’s Managed. What I remember about Scottie is that I loathed him. I thought it might be worth revisiting him, but obviously I would have to reread Idol first, because I couldn’t […]

Extremely Readable Romance About People Who Need Therapy

Dear Enemy by Kristen Callihan

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I have a lot of unread books on my kindle, but I still went looking for new books in the Amazon Prime library last night. I clicked on Kristen Callihan’s Dear Enemy, which I remembered hearing about, but I couldn’t remember what I heard. I decided to read a few pages before bed just to see if I wanted to read it. Hours later I was almost half way through and showed no signs of stopping. With a couple of breaks for naps, I finished […]

A magical sports world where every athlete is uncommonly attractive and devoted to true love

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Kristen Callihan is a hot name in NA, for her Game On series, which are football romances between the athlete heroes — all of whom are as astonishingly dedicated to academic/intellectual pursuits as to football — and heroines who are very outspoken about how little they are impressed with the formers’ football fame. The books tend toward insta-lust that becomes love *quite* quickly. I’m not bothered by insta-lust/love unilaterally, but if you read too many of that type of story in a row, the heat […]



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