Review: Fantastic
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 22, 2014
This book really appealed to me from the beginning due to the originality displayed in the plot. The sport-romance idea is what drew me to the author’s previous work, Night games, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Nowadays I feel the romance genre is filled with repetitive and clichéd pieces of work so this was a refreshing change.One of the strongest aspects the book has is the sheer intensity, due to the serious health complications Kyle endures, the competitive sporting element and the slowly developing relationship between Sasha and Brooks the story ended up evoking a lot of emotions from within me. For that reason it deserves high praise.In particular I found Brooks to be a really endearing character. He has been very well crafted by the author and my liking for him certainly helped to keep me engrossed in his journey throughout the story. I also feel credit is due for the inclusion of a female athlete in the male dominated sport that is baseball, it was a really interesting idea and the author certainly pulled it off, following Sasha was compelling.Overall I feel this book could have gone seriously wrong in different hands. It’s a challenging story idea but it has been excellently handled and I would highly recommend it.