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The Brotherly Shove by Emily Shacklette
3.75
emotional funny inspiring reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Shout out to Truly Yours PR and the author for the ARC copy. This was my first M/M romance and it was pretty good. It was hard for me to keep the storylines of the two main characters straight because I felt like the dual POVs were the same. I couldn’t remember which one was “out” and which one wasn’t because neither were really vocal about it. However I did enjoy the football perspective seeing as most people can’t understand how men of a certain caliber/career can be attracted to other men. All in all it was a solid read and I I’ve it a 
3.75⭐️