title: The Prospects
author: KT Hoffman
publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback
publication date: April 9, 2024
pages: 384
peppers: 2 (on this scale)
warnings: some mentions of transphobia
summary: Gene is a baseball player who's mad that Luis has been traded to his team, but at the same time, Luis is hot and interesting.
tropes: enemies-to-lovers
what I liked: I never found anything I liked about this book, which is a shame because I like the idea of reading a book about a trans professional baseball player.
what I didn’t like:
- way more baseball information than I wanted.
- too soap-boxy about trans information
- no heat between the two characters
- some head-hopping
overall rating: (of 5 stars) --> I don't feel comfortable rating this book. I could not make myself finish it; however, somebody who likes baseball more than I do might find it compelling. In theory, I like this book. In fact, I DNF-ed it.
Love this. Happy Thanksgiving, Carita! I applaud you for picking up a book that is out of your comfort zone.
I would certainly also DNF a book on baseball, whose rules I never bothered to learn.
Thanks, Eva. Happy Thanksgiving to you, too! I’m traveling with Hotchkiss kids in Poland and Slovakia. It’s been an amazing trip, which I will take time to process and then write lots of posts about. Thanks for supporting me in my DNF-ing. I used to read all books to the end, but I’ve decided that there are way too many books out there I’ll enjoy to bother with ones I don’t.