Gametime by Jami Davenport

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Title: Gametime
Author: Jami Davenport
Series: Moo U #4
Published by: Heart Eyes Press
Release Date: April 26, 2021
Format: eARC
Pages: 264
Genres: Sports Romance, Contemporary, Romance
Source: Heart Eyes Press
Reading Challenges: Lenoreo's 2021 COYER Spring
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My rating:

Blurb:

One drunken night and one case of mistaken identity turns a friendship inside out...

You’ve seen the hockey twins around campus--they look identical, but you can tell them apart by their actions. Patrick is the one who’s busy charming women. Paxton is the one in the library.

Until one night when Paxton parties a little harder than usual. Next thing he knows, he’s waking up naked next to Naomi, the girl of his dreams. He bares his heart before an awful realization sets in. He’s not the twin she thought he was...

Naomi is the only child of a hockey legend. Partying hard is the best way she knows how to rebel against her controlling father. After a particularly crazy night, she realizes her big mistake. Her hookup isn’t the guy she’s been crushing on. It’s Paxton, her friend, the guy who gets her, who she can always count on. The guy she’d never want to hurt. And yet, the sex was good. Better than good.

Now she’s wondering if the wrong twin might be the right one after all . . .

My Review:

I received a free copy through Heart Eyes Press in exchange for an honest and unbiased review/opinion.

3 stars — I was really looking forward to Paxton’s story from the glimpses of him I’d had in other books, but I had a hard time connecting with him and Naomi.

I think part of the problem is that the writing style didn’t work as well for me.  I think I’ve tried other books by this author, and we’re just not a match — so take that into account when reading this review.  I don’t know how to describe it, like LEGIT have no idea how to describe it, but it doesn’t give me what I’m personally looking for.

Unfortunately I also didn’t connect with neither Paxton nor Naomi…at least not to the degree I would have liked.  I kind of enjoyed the overall storyline concept, but in the end I didn’t feel enough for either of them.  Paxton made some boneheaded choices with respect to his brother, and that willful non-communication just doesn’t work for me.  I mean, if it was just at the beginning, fine…but it persisted way longer than it should.  Paxton ended up coming across kind of juvenile as a result.  Like, on a high level I understood his struggles, but I wasn’t impressed with how he dealt with things.

And Naomi…I don’t know if I really got to know her enough.  She was very wishy washy, but that was supposed to be part of her story.  I guess it’s that her journey was about finding out who she was outside of pleasing everyone else, and by the end of the book I still couldn’t tell you who she was.  What was she even majoring in?  Stats?  I know she liked numbers, but what were her hopes with that?

As for the two of them together?  Well, we end up getting steamy scenes RIGHT at the start — which is kind of necessary for the plot.  But unfortunately I didn’t know either of them, so I wasn’t invested at that part.  There was a lot of lust and physical chemistry between them.  And I saw some of their friendship chemistry as well, but I think I wanted more.

Sorry for the blah review.  I enjoyed the wrap up at the end, but it came so close to the end I almost wanted more.  And Patrick is shown in a really poor light as well, so I’m wary for his book now.  But it’s a different author, so we’ll see!