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A review by winter_is_reading
The Jock by Tal Bauer
5.0
Another 5 star Tal Bauer book
This was full of tropes I’m a total sucker for: a sweetheart cowboy, a closeted jock, vacationing in Paris, falling in love fast and hard, well-written sports scenes, and the queer-ification of Texas football. (Tal Bauer returns to the last trope in You & Me, another 5 star read for me.)
So I fell fast and hard with the story and book characters too. It was a total emotional roller coaster, fair warning!
I REALLY wished the second book wasn’t a “I’m dating your dad” story, since I don’t care for that trope but wanted to follow up on Wes and Justin.
CW: Texas, homophobia, hate crimes, brutal violence, unsupportive family, all the football terms
Spice: 5/5
This was full of tropes I’m a total sucker for: a sweetheart cowboy, a closeted jock, vacationing in Paris, falling in love fast and hard, well-written sports scenes, and the queer-ification of Texas football. (Tal Bauer returns to the last trope in You & Me, another 5 star read for me.)
So I fell fast and hard with the story and book characters too. It was a total emotional roller coaster, fair warning!
I REALLY wished the second book wasn’t a “I’m dating your dad” story, since I don’t care for that trope but wanted to follow up on Wes and Justin.
CW: Texas, homophobia, hate crimes, brutal violence, unsupportive family, all the football terms
Spice: 5/5