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Collide by Bal Khabra

62 reviews

taliaalongi's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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lcc_xx's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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nikki_flowers's review against another edition

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lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

My first hockey romance. It was smuttier than I was expecting (tho in retrospect it was exactly as smutty as I should have expected lol) but I enjoyed the book. I did cringy at times (but I might just be to aroace spec to truly appreciate some of the aspects of romance lol). 

I do recommend this book but I have a few criticism (I always do lol even for books I love to death so don’t take this as a sing not to read it)

I would have liked more of Summer’s pov and I wanted stronger development of her female friendship. For a book stating a strong feminist FL it was surprisingly sparse of women and female friendship. Also, how the hockey guys talked about women pissed me off. Pretty much all of Sumer’s guy friends said something along the lines of “you’re my only female friend because I just want to fuck all other women.” Like ew gross. I don’t think I could ever be friends with a guy who saw women solely as sexual objects. 
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katharina1998's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted relaxing 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

4.0

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wildatheart1339's review against another edition

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3.5

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swamprat410's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

  • Spice meter: 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Full review to come. For now, this book pulls many components from other great hockey romance books and at times feels like either a greatest hits album or Frankenstein’s monster. 

A good college hockey romance needs:
  • A MMC in a leadership role (typically the captain) 
  • A “player” or “man whore” that is still endearing despite being pig-headed at times 
  • A goofy/quirky/lovable teammate (bonus points if the FMC gets along with/befriends first)
  • A rival and/or bro on a different sports team at the school 
  • A hardass coach that deep down cares
  • Puck bunnies that exist in the story for .5 seconds (bonus points if they are stalkers/let themselves into players rooms and wait on their beds) 
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keayra_'s review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Was a great book but was just a bit hard to get into. The love Summer and Aiden have for each other truly helped with that. As well as Kian. I love Kian so much 
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stephkmcg's review against another edition

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lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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romread's review against another edition

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challenging lighthearted slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

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bookish_royal's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Rating: ★★★★.5
Started: 14 January 25
Finished: 14 January 25
 
“You and me, Preston. That’s the only way I want it.”
 
I loved this book so much. Their banter, their softness and their love was so appealing to read.
 
I won’t lie, I thought I was done with college romances after past experiences with the genre but Bal’s version might’ve changed my mind.
 
Summer is so witty, emotional, ambitious and determined. Her personality was such a good one, I had a great time reading about her.
 
Aiden, the man that he is! He says all the right things and even backs them up. His love for Summer was so apparent and the way he treats her was just amazing, he had me swooning (especially his little subby moments)! I love their relationship a lot and the epilogue showing their banter was still their was amazing.
 
I love his teammates so much especially Kian, he’s so dramatic and I loved that. But their group is such an amazing one and I can’t wait to see more of them!
 
Bal’s writing is great and flows really well. I really enjoyed this book and I can’t wait to read more.

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