Crashing the Net edition by Samantha Wayland Literature Fiction eBooks
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Mike comes to Moncton wanting nothing more than to play for the Ice Cats and finally live on his own terms. He’s broke, bruised, and covered from head to toe in cheap lube, but he isn’t going to let that stop him. All he needs is a place to live and some time to figure out how to reconcile who he really is with who everyone wants him to be.
Dumping three gallons of lube on the new kid is just another day at the office for Alexei. He knows exactly who he is a goalie on the ice, a prankster in the locker room, and a man who knows better than to share his private life with anyone. He’s let people in before and it’s taught him that if he can’t have what he really wants, it’s better to be alone.
Despite their apparent differences, an unlikely friendship grows. Neither of them could ever have guessed how much they really have in common.
Crashing the Net edition by Samantha Wayland Literature Fiction eBooks
Eh. Surprisingly Crashing the Net didn’t really live up to its potential, which possibly I over-estimated….but still….MM hockey romance with no twinks and a sexy, bossy Russian….it sounded right up my alley. 22-year-old Mike Erdo joins the Moncton Ice Cats and finds himself standing in the locker room drenched in gallons of lube. Apparently that, or something similar; is the welcome that all new team members get from their practical prankster goalie Alexei Belov. Despite this inauspicious beginning – Mike and Alexei become very good friends – largely due to the 10-year older Alexie seeing a haunted look in Mike’s eyes and taking him under his wing.The story is short and I didn’t have time to really connect with the characters. The D/S aspect of Mike and Alexei’s relationship wasn’t over done – but it just didn’t float my boat either. Some of the characters’ behavior seemed a bit “off” to me. Alexie learning Mike was gay, grabbing him and planting a big ole smooch on him (without any idea as to whether Mike was attracted to and interested in him); finding out Mike was indeed attracted to him and having fabulous sex with him – and then “realizing/deciding” it couldn’t possible work and back-peddling (what kind of idiot does this with their best friend??) Mike’s parents – suspecting he was gay and hoping that if they just pushed enough girls on him – that he would “get over the phase” and roll over and produce 2.5 grandkids...(at least they didn’t kidnap him and ship him off to a re-programming camp, so there’s that….)
Crashing the Net just left me underwhelmed.
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Crashing the Net edition by Samantha Wayland Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
This is another in a long list of reasons why I automatically 1-click any of Samantha Wayland's books as soon as they are published. Every book has the perfect combination of romance, timid vulnerability, and raw lust. Her characters are imperfect with pain and scars from the past coloring how they look at the present and future, but when they find their one (or in the case of most of her books, two), together they start to heal the old wounds.
I had been anticipating this book since I heard it was being written. I loved these characters in their minor roles in the hat trick series and couldn't wait to hear their story. It didn't disappoint.You don't need to have read the hat trick series to read this one. This happens before the series. Mike and Alexei were perfect together. When they start coming out to each other, my heart was constricting as I could tangibly feel the uncertainty and vulnerability each was feeling at not knowing how the other would view them if they knew. But my heart soared with their first kiss. It got scorching after that...whew!!
Overall great book, with well developed characters and plot- it completely sucked me in
Automatic 1-click for future books absolutely, they keep getting better
After reading a short by this author, I dove right into this one, and I really enjoyed it. Both characters were lovable, and they were very compatible both in and out of the bedroom (rough sex for the win!).
Now for my quibble - reading this book was like shifting gears without the clutch. It kept jumping from one POV to another or from the bedroom to the middle of a game with no transition or indicator at all. This is something that could have been solved just by formatting - I’ve seen several authors use a few asterisks or plus signs or other symbols as a way to let the reader know the POV or scene is changing, and that would have worked well here.
Still, I quite enjoyed it overall, and am looking forward to reading more from this author.
Samantha Wayland is that author for me. It doesn't matter when she releases or what book I'm reading at the time. When her book is available to buy I drop everything and read it without even reading the blurb. Once again, she proved that this is a good plan for me with her books.
If you've read her other trilogy, this book takes place in the same hockey world as her Hat Trick series, but doesn't interact with that series at all besides a quick glimpse of some of the same characters. So honestly, this is a great place to start if you've never read Samantha Wayland before because this book is only $.99 (at the time of writing this review...I'm not sure if she will leave it at that price long-term.) This book is also a complete stand-alone so for those of you that don't like to commit to series, this is a good one.
This book features Alexei and Mike. Alexei is the seasoned goalie for the Moncton Cats, but Mike is a youngster...only 22 years old and in his first season on a pro NFL team. As such he's subject to a bit of newbie hazing. What Alexei doesn't realize is that Mike is sporting some serious bruising from an incident a couple of days before so the hazing doesn't go as well as Alexei hoped. As a result of his apology, the two men form a strong friendship that develops over the entire season. This is my only teeny-tiny complaint about this book. As their friendship develops, a lot of that time is glossed over in the story. I understand why the author wrote the story that way, but something about that little section just felt off to me.
But otherwise the story is fabulous. Because almost a season of time passes, this becomes a friends-to-lovers story which I really ADORE. The thing is...both of these guys are pro athletes and deeply in the closet. Neither realizes the other is gay so they don't act on the attraction. And even after they do, there are still barriers between them.
I enjoyed the fact that Alexei was so much older and more experienced than Mike, but Mike didn't let that stand in the way of what he wanted. I also really enjoyed the different aspects of the way they interact. One of the things they do constantly as friends is debate and argue about things. But when it comes to the bedroom, Mike wants Alexei completely in charge. I liked that the story showed how a person can have a really strong personality and still be submissive in the bedroom. Both these guys are definite alphas and all that involves in pro hockey.
There wasn't a ton of time spent on the sport of hockey, but the scene where it showed the two men playing was AWESOME. I loved watching their reactions to threats to the other on the ice and how alpha, protective male they both got over the other out on the ice. It made for a really fun hockey game with some interesting revelations.
I adore hockey stories. I love friends-to-lovers stories. And I truly enjoy m/m romances featuring two alpha males. Yep, this was a good one.
Eh. Surprisingly Crashing the Net didn’t really live up to its potential, which possibly I over-estimated….but still….MM hockey romance with no twinks and a sexy, bossy Russian….it sounded right up my alley. 22-year-old Mike Erdo joins the Moncton Ice Cats and finds himself standing in the locker room drenched in gallons of lube. Apparently that, or something similar; is the welcome that all new team members get from their practical prankster goalie Alexei Belov. Despite this inauspicious beginning – Mike and Alexei become very good friends – largely due to the 10-year older Alexie seeing a haunted look in Mike’s eyes and taking him under his wing.
The story is short and I didn’t have time to really connect with the characters. The D/S aspect of Mike and Alexei’s relationship wasn’t over done – but it just didn’t float my boat either. Some of the characters’ behavior seemed a bit “off” to me. Alexie learning Mike was gay, grabbing him and planting a big ole smooch on him (without any idea as to whether Mike was attracted to and interested in him); finding out Mike was indeed attracted to him and having fabulous sex with him – and then “realizing/deciding” it couldn’t possible work and back-peddling (what kind of idiot does this with their best friend??) Mike’s parents – suspecting he was gay and hoping that if they just pushed enough girls on him – that he would “get over the phase” and roll over and produce 2.5 grandkids...(at least they didn’t kidnap him and ship him off to a re-programming camp, so there’s that….)
Crashing the Net just left me underwhelmed.
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