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Shut Out by Kelly Jamieson
Book #1: Bayard Hockey Series
Source: Purchase
My Rating: 3½/5 stars
My Review:

After an extremely rough year, Skylar Lynwood has resolved to do and be better. Her grades are going to come up, her relationship with her best friend is going to be righted, her volunteer work is going to increase, and there will be no boys to distract from any of her resolutions. Absolutely no boys!

And then Fate giggled . . . .

Jacob Flass had one tremendously bad night which has landed him in the one place be never thought he’d be, college. From the time he could skate, Jacob has been on the ice and has developed a deep and abiding love for hockey. His talent has taken him to the brink of the NHL draft and if it weren’t for that one seriously awful night, he’d be well on his way to forging his future in the NHL. To make matters far, far worse, Jacob’s stint in college has come with conditions and if he doesn’t meet those conditions and keep his nose clean, his chance at a hockey career will be permanently erased. That means good grades, no partying, hard work on the ice, and absolutely no girls.

And then Fate giggled . . . .

To keep one another on track, Jacob and Skylar hatch a plan to fake date. Once word gets out, the puck bunnies will leave Jacob alone and Skylar gets the benefit of a new friend. On the surface, fake dating is super easy. All you must do is convince others you’re a couple and that’s simple when you’re already incredibly attracted to one another. Fake dating behind the scenes is far harder and keeping your feelings at bay is a tremendous effort. For Jacob, he finds comfort in just being near Skylar and for Skylar, Jacob offers not only friendship, but the reawakening of feelings she thought gone after a horrifying event at the hands of her now dead friend. It only takes a hot minute for all the lines to become blurred, the clothes to come off, and all the resolutions to be thrown out the window.

It’s when the clothes come off and the lines become blurred that things go from good to great to ridiculously awful! Friends with benefits/fake dating doesn’t really suit either Jacob or Skylar, but both are too afraid to share their true feelings and reveal all the secrets of their respective pasts. Throw in an angry and vengeful best friend (Skylar’s!) and there is nothing to do, but wait for the inevitable train wreck to happen. What no one counts on is both Skylar and Jacob’s resilience and their intense desire to overcome their obstacles and be together.

The Bottom Line: Overall, I enjoyed most of this read, but found it to be a bit soap-boxy in some areas. Skylar and Jacob are both solid characters I had no trouble getting behind and rooting for, but where I fell a bit off the Skylar-loving band wagon is any time beyond the first one or two times she preaches about the instances of rape and sexual abuse on college campuses. Do NOT misunderstand me, this is a critical and timely topic, but the reader is a bit hit over the head with it too many times in this read. Skylar’s position is made clear early on and reiterated with her volunteer work and activities. She doesn’t need to talk about it at every turn and when coupled with Jacob’s own past, it just becomes a bit too much. The point could have very much been made with a few less beatings of the dead horse. With that being said, I liked nearly every other aspect of this read from the fake dating to real dating trope, the team of hot, sexy, funny, and intelligent hockey players, and the troubled roommates. I can’t say I would recommend moving this book to the top of your TBR, but I wouldn’t ignore it either. After all, there’s a whole team of hockey players . . . . .


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Shut Out A Bayard Hockey Novel edition by Kelly Jamieson Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews

I've read quite a few Kelly Jamieson novels over the past year, and the Bayard Hockey series has been my favorite of hers. I love how she uses first person narrative in this series. It makes it so much easier to connect to her characters. I read the second book prior to its release and really enjoyed it, so the minute I saw the first book was on sale I had to buy it.

I knew what Shut Out was going to be about prior to reading it because the second book builds upon it a little bit. It didn't dampen my reading experience at all. I loved Shut Out. The characters were awesome, and easy to relate to. I loved that the author used them to explore the issue of sexual consent. Both Skylar and Jacob had a history dealing with lack of consent, and I loved how their experiences were different, but both relevant.

My favorite thing about Shut Out was Skylar and Jacob's relationship. It started out as a fake relationship, but quickly moved into the real category. That wasn't hard to believe because they had great chemistry. What made their chemistry so good was the friendship they built. They cared deeply about each other, and they were both constantly finding ways to build the other person up. It was little things like helping each other study, pushing them in the right direction on a decision, or just complimenting each other that made this romance shine. Their relationship always felt like a positive one, even when things weren't going so well. 

Shut Out was a quick, fun read. It's a book I would recommend to readers who love new adult hockey romances. It has a swoon worthy romance and exciting hockey moments. Oh, and hot hockey guys to drool over. I can't forget those!
3.5 stars -- Do you ever finish a book and just have no idea how to rate it?  I'm a gut feeling rater, and this one left me a bit jumbled.  There were a lot of things about this book that I absolutely LOVED!!!  But at the same time, it took me like HOURS to just finish the last like 10%.  I lost my verve for it somewhere along the way.

Let's talk about about the things I loved first for a change (b/c I usually lead with the bad).  I adored all the little conversations this book ended up having with the reader about very important topics, and I loved the way they were brought up in the book and addressed.  From rape culture to intimate relationship abuse to actual sexual violence for both females AND males to sexual consent to even slut shaming.  I just loved that the conversations were happening in the book, were very important to the story of the characters, but felt natural at the same time.  And we got to see some very different perspectives surrounding this really broad topic, and how confusing it can be, but how important having the conversations and moving our society forward is.  Especially in the context of a college campus.  We even got to see some of the skewed mentality surrounding athletes and how they are treated by the opposite sex, as well as how that can lead to a feeling of entitlement.  The book didn't provide a bunch of easy answers, but just took a frank look.  And it wasn't too cheesy, and not too in your face either.  In the end, this was my favourite part of the book.

I also LOVED the bantering between our hero and heroine.  You could feel their chemistry right from the beginning, and I loved that you could see their friendship grow even when they were both consumed with feelings of lust.  But seriously, they were really pretty cute together, and they definitely made me laugh at times.  They did get a bit cheesy at the end, I struggled through some of the dialogue at times when they were professing feelings, but that could have been just me.

And I enjoyed both characters in general.  I wasn't necessarily in love with either of them, but neither did they annoy the crap out of me.  Not a ringing endorsement, I know, but it's just the way I felt.  Basically for all the things I loved about each of them, there was something else that bugged me.

For example, I really enjoyed that Skylar was struggling to follow in her sisters footsteps, and had a bit of a crisis over what she wanted to do with her life (balancing parental expectations with her own passions).  BUT it kind of annoyed me that she didn't talk to them.  I guess that's kind of realistic, young adults can make some pretty silly assumptions sometimes.  But still.  At the same time I was really impressed with her work with SAPAP and I loved how passionate she was about it.  She really broke it down and made it less awkward, and she was pretty frank about how she was feeling.  I also loved that while we didn't see her journey with her therapist, you could see some of the positive influences it made on her.  BUT!  I couldn't help but feel disappointed with the way she handled the aftermath of Brendan's suicide...and all that shiznit with Ella.  AGAIN, it was probably pretty realistic, but I guess I was wanting something there.  That's probably more on me than her though.

As for Jacob, well, I had mixed feelings about how he responded after the "incident" that the book opens with.  BUT part of that was because the author chose not to go into details about what happened until MUCH later in the book, and so as a reader you're left to try to guess at what happened, and so it made it hard to understand his reactions.  At the same time, I LOVED the way he developed as a character wrt all that, and how he responded to the training he underwent, and how he really took that on and allowed it to impact his life in a positive way.  And I loved how dedicated he was to his hockey career, and I really appreciated the conversation he and Skylar had about while he may have talent, he still works really hard to be that good.  I think people forget that about naturally talented athletes.

Things I disliked how Skylar reacted to Jacob's secret (not listening to his side is just a big NOPE); the sudden introduction to more of Skylar's story than I was expecting (kind of came out of the blue, wish there had been hints); some of the talking during sex really ruined it for me (I just can't read a character saying "Yeah. Oh yeah." and not want to giggle, it doesn't feel natural).  Which is not to say the steamy parts weren't deliciously steamy, I just wish the talking had felt more natural.  Also, they occasionally felt older than 19/20.

I LOVED the guys Jared lives with, and I enjoyed seeing him develop friendships with them.  They were so funny and cute, and I hope to see their stories.  At the same time, maybe due to the nature of Skylar's story, I was disappointed in the lack of female secondary characters to love.  There were a lot of tiny female parts, but the only major one was Ella, and it was kind of hard to love her.

As an aside, I LOVE reading books by Canadian authors, or about characters that are Canadian...I love seeing things I recognize.  My hubby laughed at me and said now I know how minority groups must feel when they read diverse characters that represent them.  BUT, as a good ole Saskatchewan girl, born and raised, I must say that Saskatoon's team is the BLADES, Moose Jaw is the WARRIORS.  Tsk tsk.  P

So yeah.  See?  Conflicted.  Do I round up or down?  I DON'T KNOW!!!  I'm going to round up and say that the awesome amount of *actual* hockey in this sports romance put it over the top for me.  ;)
Shut Out by Kelly Jamieson
Book #1 Bayard Hockey Series
Source Purchase
My Rating 3½/5 stars
My Review

After an extremely rough year, Skylar Lynwood has resolved to do and be better. Her grades are going to come up, her relationship with her best friend is going to be righted, her volunteer work is going to increase, and there will be no boys to distract from any of her resolutions. Absolutely no boys!

And then Fate giggled . . . .

Jacob Flass had one tremendously bad night which has landed him in the one place be never thought he’d be, college. From the time he could skate, Jacob has been on the ice and has developed a deep and abiding love for hockey. His talent has taken him to the brink of the NHL draft and if it weren’t for that one seriously awful night, he’d be well on his way to forging his future in the NHL. To make matters far, far worse, Jacob’s stint in college has come with conditions and if he doesn’t meet those conditions and keep his nose clean, his chance at a hockey career will be permanently erased. That means good grades, no partying, hard work on the ice, and absolutely no girls.

And then Fate giggled . . . .

To keep one another on track, Jacob and Skylar hatch a plan to fake date. Once word gets out, the puck bunnies will leave Jacob alone and Skylar gets the benefit of a new friend. On the surface, fake dating is super easy. All you must do is convince others you’re a couple and that’s simple when you’re already incredibly attracted to one another. Fake dating behind the scenes is far harder and keeping your feelings at bay is a tremendous effort. For Jacob, he finds comfort in just being near Skylar and for Skylar, Jacob offers not only friendship, but the reawakening of feelings she thought gone after a horrifying event at the hands of her now dead friend. It only takes a hot minute for all the lines to become blurred, the clothes to come off, and all the resolutions to be thrown out the window.

It’s when the clothes come off and the lines become blurred that things go from good to great to ridiculously awful! Friends with benefits/fake dating doesn’t really suit either Jacob or Skylar, but both are too afraid to share their true feelings and reveal all the secrets of their respective pasts. Throw in an angry and vengeful best friend (Skylar’s!) and there is nothing to do, but wait for the inevitable train wreck to happen. What no one counts on is both Skylar and Jacob’s resilience and their intense desire to overcome their obstacles and be together.

The Bottom Line Overall, I enjoyed most of this read, but found it to be a bit soap-boxy in some areas. Skylar and Jacob are both solid characters I had no trouble getting behind and rooting for, but where I fell a bit off the Skylar-loving band wagon is any time beyond the first one or two times she preaches about the instances of rape and sexual abuse on college campuses. Do NOT misunderstand me, this is a critical and timely topic, but the reader is a bit hit over the head with it too many times in this read. Skylar’s position is made clear early on and reiterated with her volunteer work and activities. She doesn’t need to talk about it at every turn and when coupled with Jacob’s own past, it just becomes a bit too much. The point could have very much been made with a few less beatings of the dead horse. With that being said, I liked nearly every other aspect of this read from the fake dating to real dating trope, the team of hot, sexy, funny, and intelligent hockey players, and the troubled roommates. I can’t say I would recommend moving this book to the top of your TBR, but I wouldn’t ignore it either. After all, there’s a whole team of hockey players . . . . .