4.25 stars!
(This was my second read-through; I'm trying to make myself write reviews more often, so here I go...This is gonna be kinda stream-of-consciousness things, though, so bear with me.)

This was one of those "don't judge a book by its cover" situations. The cover is like "be aggressive, but make it THEATRE" *jazz hands, oh wait I mean FISTS* ... I'm glad I got over that and gave the book a chance.

Anyway, this book hit all the right notes. When I really think about it, the story (Preston's side) is a bit outlandish. So I just don't really think about it! Problem solved.

Preston and Jeremy also get very rough during the smexy times. Also, Preston doesn't ever seem to lose his verbally combative nature toward Jeremy. It kinda bothers me that he always tells Jeremy that eating certain foods will make him fat and slow. But, then I tell myself that it didn't bother Jeremy, and I don't need to get defensive in his honor. So maybe it's not my normal style to like to read books with pain kinks or snappy tones, but somehow this book made me like it. Whatever works!

I really adored that once Preston trusted Jeremy, that was IT for him. I loved the co-dependency between them (was it healthy? Meh, it's fiction).

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I love how Ella chose Preston to be hers. Heck, I love how Preston thought that Ella was Jeremy's daughter for most of the book and never even asked about it.

How bad is the Coach though? Absolutely worthless.

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If your players are adults, you shouldn't be arranging for their time off without consulting them. I think Preston probably would have gone along with what his father wanted anyway, but I don't think it was the Coach's place to set it up with the father directly.

On my second time reading it, I had forgotten about the

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c*ck-shaped Santa cookies.

Omg, I'm never forgetting that part again. Pure gold.

I need the recipe for Jeremy's mom's taco salad (that's not a euphemism). It just sounded amazing and now I'm craving it.

Some details:
1st person POV (dual)
Present Tense
HEA? :

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Yes

3rd Act Breakup? :

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No

Strict Top/Bottom? :

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Yes

Bigger Top or Bigger Bottom? :

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Top is bigger

Angst: 3.5 / 5
Spice Frequency: 3.75 / 5
Spice Level: 3 / 5

Tropes:
Sports
Enemies-To-Lovers
Touch Aversion
Hurt/Comfort

Kinks:
Pain

Triggers:

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Torture (on-page)
Physical Assault (between MCs)
Physical Assault (not between MCs)
MC with other person (not cheating)
Abuse by Parental Figure

Other:
Scar Representation
Mental Health