Sunday, September 21, 2025

Review Round Up ~ September 21




New Releases:


My rating: 4 of 5 stars - Would Recommend to a Friend

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I feel like I’ve been saying this a lot lately, but please don’t read anything into the fact that it took me a while to read Play Me. It’s more a reflection of my schedule vs the quality of the book!

Astrid is a a character the has been filtered through most of the Brewers family books and she takes center stage in her role as Renn’s assistant and working with his newest player. She and Gray get off to a rough start, but I ended up loving these two together!

Ms Locke does a great job of introducing us to new characters and building worlds around both Astrid and Gray while also letting us get to know these two. I enjoyed the way they truly saw each other and built something real from animosity. I am also curious about where we may go next!

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars - One of the best

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This is a book that made me a bit mad - not that there was a problem with the book, but with the fact that I couldn’t just sit a read like I wanted to.
That said - about the book!
Hell Bent is a “football” book in that our male lead, Sebastian, is a kicker for the Portland Devils and there is significant game play in the book. The games are actually fairly key to the story line and Ms James does an excellent job of incorporating this with the plot and who Sebastian is as a person.

Our female lead is Alix and I absolutely loved her! She’s such a unique and layered character I could not do her justice here - you just need to meet her!

Ben and a wonderful golden retriever round out our key cast. We have an unusual set of circumstances that bring this group together. Ms James’ uses her distinct style to craft a story that lets us see behind the curtain into how they develop as people and as a unit.
There are some hard topics addressed in Hell Bent. This is very much a case of literature causing the reader to be introspective and think about key life issues as our characters are dealing with them as well.

Loyal James readers will be glad to see favorite Devils pop into the story as well!


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