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A review by nikki_flowers
Collide by Bal Khabra
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
My first hockey romance. It was smuttier than I was expecting (tho in retrospect it was exactly as smutty as I should have expected lol) but I enjoyed the book. I did cringy at times (but I might just be to aroace spec to truly appreciate some of the aspects of romance lol).
I do recommend this book but I have a few criticism (I always do lol even for books I love to death so don’t take this as a sing not to read it)
I would have liked more of Summer’s pov and I wanted stronger development of her female friendship. For a book stating a strong feminist FL it was surprisingly sparse of women and female friendship. Also, how the hockey guys talked about women pissed me off. Pretty much all of Sumer’s guy friends said something along the lines of “you’re my only female friend because I just want to fuck all other women.” Like ew gross. I don’t think I could ever be friends with a guy who saw women solely as sexual objects.
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Pregnancy