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OMG I looooved the Jock by him! So happy he's going to give us another sports romance ✨��

I hope Tal doesn't let you down ❤️🤞🏻 sports romances if done write can be really enjoyable

You need to read Him. Just give in.

^^^^ seriously, what Megan just said! It sounds like Him would literally be your perfect fit, and it’s so so so cute and swoony. Still one of my favourite mm romances to date!😌

Lau wrote: "OMG I looooved the Jock by him! So happy he's going to give us another sports romance ✨��"

i loved that one too!!! so many people didn’t like it cause it was insta-love and ott but i drowned in that shit. i was giggling at 3 am. 😭 so glad you also enjoyed it because i feel like more didn’t like it vs did. hopefully this one doesn’t disappoint! 🤞🏻

Mila �� (Semi-hiatus) wrote: "I hope Tal doesn't let you down ❤️🤞🏻 spots romances if done write can be really enjoyable"

yes girl let’s hope!! 🤞🏻 i agree - no matter how “unoriginal�� they are, they can still be written well. i haven’t read a friends to lovers where they’re on opposite teams (they’re also rivals) so this will be new.

Megan wrote: "You need to read Him. Just give in."

i did try. i made it like 5% and gave in. 😬

Imme wrote: "^^^^ seriously, what Megan just said! It sounds like Him would literally be your perfect fit, and it’s so so so cute and swoony. Still one of my favourite mm romances to date!😌"

ah well. 😅
let’s just say i only read 5% and gave up, and then i read enough reviews to know i wouldn’t like it. 😭 i will come back to it soon. idk when and i don’t have any urge or desire to read it soon but i will. 😂

finally a sports romance from tal!! ��

�� cal �� wrote: "finally a sports romance from tal!! ��"

another you mean 😂

I also love Tal's sappy romance. I'm a sucker for it 🤌

Tare wrote: "I also love Tal's sappy romance. I'm a sucker for it 🤌"

FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE! 😭

@elena �� oh hahaha i’m surprised, but fair enough! What about the reviews made you know you wouldn’t like it? I’m genuinely curious😅

elena! this better turns out great because you made me excited 🥲

Imme wrote: "@elena �� oh hahaha i’m surprised, but fair enough! What about the reviews made you know you wouldn’t like it? I’m genuinely curious😅"

for starters, i was not a fan of elle kennedy’s off campus series. i know they’re not the same, but it’s still in mind. some of my friends who don’t read mm have also read “him�� and didn’t even like it. i also dread reading about the miscommunication in this book and i was told it basically continues in book 2, so that’s already frustrating. also, this is a classic mm. it’s overhyped, and we all know how my experiences with overhyped books are. “heated rivarly�� is the best example of that. HR and Him are probably some of the most read, popular and loved mm series yet…�� i also heard about the pining not translating into actions, and how wes invalidates jamie’s bisexuality. not surprised to hear that, mostly from EK. i also just KNOW it will have too much sex for a 300 page story. some people literally said they started this just for the sex. 😐 it’s just a lot of hype over the is duology that it’s hard to not have high expectations.
like i said, i’ll read it, just not now when i have other books i’d rather read.

hala wrote: "elena! this better turns out great because you made me excited 🥲"

girl my whole mental health is relying on this book. it better be as book as the author is making it sound to be. i take no responsibility for future disappointment. ✋��

I love Tal's sappy romance 😍 OTT is hit or miss though. Fingers crossed for this one!

Liya wrote: "I love Tal's sappy romance 😍 OTT is hit or miss though. Fingers crossed for this one!"

YES ME TOO!! hopefully this will be a hit!

Well, I didn’t like HR at all but I really liked Him once they reunited at camp. I was worried about the bi-erasure and miscommunication as well but Wes is confidence on the outside, fragile on the inside. He really believes he’s not worth the trouble Jamie would have to go through to be with him so I was able to forgive the issues I thought I’d have because Wes loved Jamie and it was his feelings about himself that drove his stupid decisions. The second book isn’t even really needed but I actually liked it better than Him in some ways except for Blake. I think that’s his name. He annoyed the hell out of me. I also didn’t think the sex was excessive in either book especially compared to HR. I dont know why people would say they were reading it just for the smut. But you know what you like and won’t like and if you think Him isn’t for you, who am I to say it is?

I absolutely understand not being interested in reading beloved books. Ask Kati how she reacted when I said I feel like the only person alive who doesn’t like Harry Potter. It’s just never been my thing 🤷🏻‍♀�� 💗💗

Megan wrote: "Well, I didn’t like HR at all but I really liked Him once they reunited at camp. I was worried about the bi-erasure and miscommunication as well but Wes is confidence on the outside, fragile on the..."

hmm, i see where you’re coming from. even if wes is confidence on the inside and fragile on the inside, i don’t like how he invalidates jamie’s bisexuality and makes it seem like it only works a certain way. i understand emotions have you make stupid decisions sometimes and makes you think certain ways, but i still think there’s a difference between thinking you’re not enough for someone vs invalidating someone sexuality and thinking they’ll just “go back�� to who they were before. i’ve never heard of blake so i can’t say anything about him but if you think book 2 wasn’t even needed i can already see myself feeling the same. like i said, i’ll read it at some point and hopefully before this year ends but if i never finish reading it i wouldn’t care.

it’s really not that i’m not interested, it’s just how hyped and loved it is that it’s impossible to not have high hopes and expectations only to be disappointed. that itself makes me a little hesitant just because of my experience with hyped books. as for HP, i didn’t grow up with it either and have no interest in finishing the series so i don’t blame you lol.

definitely YES to everything you said!

MarianR wrote: "definitely YES to everything you said!"

YES MARIAN SOMEONE ELSE GETS IT!

so true about tal!!!

therese �� wrote: "so true about tal!!!"

🥰

It was sappy and unrealistic and I loved every word 😀
Hope it works for u as well - looking forward to your review

I hope it’s full of all of Tal’s sappy goodness!!!!! ♥️

AHHH, I HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS ONE, ELENA💞!!!