Review: A GraveTells Review: Full of hot men, saucy drama, and sexy encounters, and I still want more!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 14, 2014
Levi/Liv is one of my favorite characters ever. I love the dichotomy of jock and queen, and the flair he brings to the pages. While this story is about his brother Jude, we get to see a lot of Levi and learn more about his history, what makes him who he is. Something else I love about this series is how tightly woven the stories are. Each one includes memorable scenes with the couple(s) from previous books and their dynamic as a group is both edgy, as you might expect with a bunch of football players and a marine, and has a solid feeling of brotherhood that is irresistible as a reader.The dynamic between the three couples is unique. Bo and Dylan are intense. Levi and Tracy are sweet and dirty. Slayer and Jude are antagonist and kinda adorable. They're either pissing each other driving each each other crazy, and that's just the we're-not-really-gay sex. Jude vacillates between reserved and almost cold and a Liv-like exuberance smothered in sarcasm. Slayer spends half his time alienating everyone with his defensive homophobia and the other half trying to get into Jude's pants, verbally sparring with him both ways.The tangle of relationships the characters all have with each other is more complex than we've seen in previous books, which is totally my thing, and the revelation of events in Offside Chance brings everything full circle in the story. There are so many great moments in this book; I was really sad to see it end. I devoured it in about 12 hours and there's still plenty of room for another book in the series, with unresolved story arcs and new complexities for all three couples so I hope Ms. Celeste keeps on going with it! Jude and Will are just as hot together as any of the other couples and just as complex, and their story feels like it's really just beginning. A note of advice to readers just starting the series: you need to read these in order or you will be completely confused with a lot of the character and event references, so if you're new to Southern Scrimmage start with Six Ways From Sunday.