Review: Quick, but good read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 9, 2011
Offiside is about Adam who is a MLS player and is also openly gay. The story starts off with him getting transferred from the LA Galaxy (the team that Beckham played for when he came to the States to play) to the St. Louis Gateway. His new housemate and fellow teammate, Colin, just might make Adam's unwanted transfer worthwhile. But Adam is making Colin think about his sexuality for the first time because his whole life has been about soccer and he's always put off examining his true feelings/identity. Being out is hard, but being an out athlete can have damaging and dangerous  consequences.I haven't been able to find too many sports themed m/m romances, so when one comes along I snatch it up. This one had good characters and a pretty decent plot, but the length takes away from the development of the story. The ending seemed somewhat rushed to me. It's a nice wrap-up of the story, but it just came too soon. I feel like the author could have fleshed it out a bit more.FYI: this is not erotica, so don't be expecting a bunch of sex. In fact, there's hardly any at all. It's more about being an out person in the public eye.