A review by keytheelibrarian
Hook Shot by Kennedy Ryan

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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? Yes

5.0

TW: suicide, domestic violence, rape, sexual assault, death

y'all 🧍🏾‍♀️. this book built me up, tore me down, broke my heart and then pasted the pieces back together. it's an illness and a medicine, trauma and therapy. it's the wreck that flatlines your heartbeat and the defibrillator that brings you back. it's everything and y'all don't even have to wait to know it's 100000% a 5⭐ read. kennedy ryan has this insane, psychotic habit of pulling you in so deeply into the story that the plotline and characters become your own, only to write in something CRAZY to remind you that she's the puppet master. and i can't even hold y'all, 

i'm a puppet- happily. 

this book is the 3rd in the hoops series and my personal favorite. kenan ross is the man of my dreams, and i do mean that literally. because despite how much i adore his character, despite how much i love the way he's written and can only hope to write so eloquently one day, we would NEVER get along irl 😭. i hate to say that but it's true! lotus, like everyone, is well written and waa easily the best part of this story. she's funny, charismatic, driven, and a perfect match for kenan. reading her personal life story was sobering because while she isn't real, there are so many men and women who can relate to her. i don't want to speak out of turn, but i could imagine that reading this story would be extremely therapeutic for some. 

kennedy ryan does it AGAIN (but who's surprised fr?). i will never shut up about this book and i can see why @layreadings wanted me to read it so bad. age gap, sports romance, kinda second chance romance (?), a 🤏🏾 forced proximity, and instant attraction. 

i love it here. i may or may not have mentioned this before, but k.r. is very quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. 
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