Review: A Refreshing Duel Voiced Romance!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 29, 2014
My hockey obsession continues, this time with a fantastic “New Adult” read that took my breathaway! I found Breakaway by Lindsay Paige on a “Best Hockey Romance” list on Goodreads. I needed a break from the monotonous and disappointing New York Blades series, and this book was the PERFECT way to break that funk and keep me on my reading streak! (27 books in 2014 – by January 29!)Lindsay Paige and Mary Smith have a fantastic duel voice in this book, told from both Levi and Presley’s perspectives, you can’t help but fall in love with both of them!Levi Carr is dark and twisty – just the way we like our Hockey Hunks, right? He’s had it rough, and he takes his aggression out on Trevor McCarthy – his rival since high school. And when he finds out that McCarthy has a sister, he knows the perfect way to get under his rivals skin! Until… (predictably) her falls for Presley. Hard. I love watching Levi grow and change through this story. So well done, and so great to be inside the male perspective!Presley is a bit different for me. I have sympathy for her – but she lets her brother and dad walk all over her. And that pisses me off. But then, she lets herself fall into Levi and I love her for it – I can only hope that as this series goes on (it’s a trilogy!) that she finds a backbone of her own.The authors have a solid story, albeit predictable. (But that’s why I read romance, isn’t it? For that level of cliche predictability!) The whole using his rivals sister, then falling for her? Levi is a good guy, and this is a strong story.If you’re into YA and want to venture into the world of sports romance? This is the book for you! (But I must warn you – there are some REALLY STEAMY scenes!)