I was doing SOOO good at not requesting too many ARCs and getting overwhelmed and reading them at the very last minute..and here we are. Here's "End Game" by Felice Stevens. It's the second novel in her Brooklyn Kings series.
["In a world where winning is everything, without each other, it means nothing.
The first time I see Brody “Blink” Martin in the locker room, I fall hard.
Big blue eyes, ripped abs…let’s just say there’s a reason the position is called tight end.
But I’m Devlin “Devil” Summers—star quarterback, ladies’ man…and closeted.
So I look but don’t touch.
With the National Championship ours, I take a chance and kiss him.
And when he kisses me back, I’m winning for the second time that night.
From that moment on, we know we’re meant to be together.
Different teams and schedules can’t keep us apart.
Ten years later, we’re both playing for the Brooklyn Kings.
Super Bowl champions.
More in love than ever.
Still hiding who we are.
Then I’m forced to make the decision of a lifetime:
Football or love.
My end game is both."]
It took me a while to start this book. I don't loooove the Sport Or Love aspect of many sports romances; it always comes with so much angst and a good deal of homophobia (and general hate).
But this story was soooo heavy on their relationship, on their love, on the life they were building together. It softened the edge of the angst. That doesn't mean it was easy. There was always toxic people or new contracts or a little sliver of doubt. But they were each other's end game.
Trigger Warnings: homophobia, toxic masculinity in sports, toxic parents, sports injuries, and more.
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