Reviews

All Hail the Underdogs by E.L. Massey

jennnulsen's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-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

amberdlewis's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

3.25

I had a bit of a love/hate relationship with this book. On the one hand, I really loved the characters and their dynamic together. Despite Rome's rough background, the majority of this book was wonderful fluff. The scenes were the characters were speaking and interacting with each other were definitely the best parts of the book. 

Now, on the other, large chunks of this book fell very much into the "telling over showing" category, of which I was not a fan. It was a lot of "Rome thought this" and "Damien did that" instead of just letting the characters interact and showing what was going on. I also feel that a lot of this book would have worked better if the characters were a little older and in college, especially the part with the baby. Also, I was a little disappointed in the lack of hockey content given the series, that both characters were hockey players, and the importance of hockey to the overall plot. 

Overall, this was a decent read and I more or less enjoyed it. I didn't like it quite as much as the previous books, but I'm definitely looking forward to the next book.

caroline_m's review

emotional funny 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

crimsonyui's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

3.0

ladybird4prez's review

This was cute, but I had forgotten the details of the book description by the time it came off hold at my library and I just dove right in. So, I was very thrown off when it was mentioned they were still in high school. This fact only became more surprising considering the responsibilities they took on later. These are actual babies doing all this? I get why they wanted to, but I don’t know if it’s all that realistic. Also, it’s extremely light on the hockey. In fact, Maura’s signature Habs hat may be the most consistent hockey we get. The pacing and development felt a bit off at the beginning but I thought it started improving, only for the latter half to delve into everything I thought was unrealistic for teenagers. Also felt like maybe some aspects and characters were underdeveloped, but I think I felt that way about the first book in the series too. 
I guess I’m never beating the heartless allegations but I swear it was cute! I kept picking it up! I just don’t know how I feel about it altogether.

pigpink100's review

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

4.5

cosmicxcolour's review

challenging emotional lighthearted relaxing slow-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

ravenyoongi's review

3.75

Good and sweet for what it was. I can definitely tell this author wrote fanfiction lololol……. And it felt like it was just a happy trajectory - there wasn’t the everything goes wrong, every insecurity is brought to light climax at 85%. Which in a way was good and kept things light. Of course, I really love angst so I wouldn’t have minded a litttle but more. But still it was fairly good I liked it.

gaymathnerd's review

emotional hopeful

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

moonchildshine's review

emotional informative lighthearted 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? No

4.25

With this, I conclude that I will love everything that Erica writes. She can write about anything and I would read it. Hell, she can write an essay about her grocery list or something and I would gladly read it.

There's just something about her writing that makes me feel so giddy with excitement and generally happy. I know this ever since I read her drarry fanfiction couple of years ago and all of her other fanfiction in ao3 even if I didn't know the fandom. That's how much I love her writing. And now after I can finally get hold of her books, this further cemented that my obsession with her writing is not limited to fanfiction but everything she writes.

Regarding this book, I still think the ending is too good to be true because it feels like a happily ever after in a fairy tale and in no way reality can be that good. but who cares??? Everyone's happy and I am happy and this is a fiction after all and if I live vicariously through all these characters so whatttt.