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Enemies by Tijan
2.0

Enemies was disappointing to say the least, especially as I love a good sports romance.

The Weak Points

I felt there were significant plot inconsistencies and character inconsistencies throughout the book that bugged me the most.

The sports-ness felt lacking as there was a little bit of college football, and some mention to Stone Reeves' career. Also Dusty said she didn't do football, hated football and then suddenly seemed to know all about football. It was just little inconsistencies like that that I didn't like.

The emotional aspect (although seemingly a little far-fetched, which I could have dealt with given it being fiction) was poorly executed again. I felt like some aspects were very over-the-top and very inconsistent.

Dusty - she was very contradictory in character, behaviour and attitude.

All the secondary characters - there was just a distinct lack of thought and craft into every character and consistency in their behaviour.

The plot - why is it always the rich male sportstar that has to swoop in and save the woman? Why can't some rich billionaire woman help out a struggling male sportstar?

Things I Liked

Stone Reeves - he was a solid character, he seemed to genuinely care about Dusty and his grumpy attitude was pretty consistent. Although again he did ridiculous things, dropping a concussed girl outside her house without coat, phone, keys and leaving her without thought.

Overall, I was just massively disappointed in Enemies and I think that led me to picking it apart a lot. It was an easy read and free on Kindle Unlimited, so I wasn't too put out. However, would definitely say there are much better sports romance stories out there.