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Stars: 5/5 โญโญโญโญโญ
Steam level: 4/5 ๐ฅต๐ฅต๐ฅต๐ฅต
Enemies to lovers? Yes please!
Emily McIntire has done it again. Her second novel Beneath the Stands, is a beautifully written, enemies-to-lovers/second chance experience.
Becca has grown up in an incredibly manipulative family who has destroyed her sense of normalcy and belonging. Her time away from her hometown to go to school is a reprieve from the life she knows she doesnโt want, but keeps calling her back. She insulates herself with a wall of sass and, at times, self destruction. Her best friend, Alina is all that connects her to her old life.
Eli is a former NBA superstar struggling for his place in the world after an injury takes him out of the game. Having never dealt with the tragedies in his past, he moves forward ignoring all the pain in his life. In doing so, he has alienated Alina, his younger sister, from his life. Something Becca canโt forgive.
When the two reconnect at the university where she is a student and he is a coach, sparks fly. Their romance is steamy and hot, but also shows the quieter sides of both these broken characters. They make each other better.
If youโve read Beneath the Stars (and I suggest that you do), youโll know that Becca and Eliโs romance deviates off course, breaking them both once again. Itโs a heart wrenching example of how fallible these characters are.
Emily does a beautiful job of intertwining the story lines of both books. The first book left a trail of questions about Becca and Eliโs relationship which this one answers. Her prose, as always, is fiery and the chemistry between the lovers is electric. This is a highly recommended read.
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