Blog Tour & Review : Gametime

                              

GAMETIME BY JAMI DAVENPORT

Release Date: April 26, 2021

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One drunken night and one case of mistaken identity turn a friendship inside out...

You’ve seen the hockey twins around campus--they look identical, but you can tell them apart by their actions. Patrick is the one who’s busy charming women. Paxton is the one in the library.

Until one night when Paxton parties a little harder than usual. Next thing he knows, he’s waking up naked next to Naomi, the girl of his dreams. He bares his heart before an awful realization sets in. He’s not the twin she thought he was...

Naomi is the only child of a hockey legend. Partying hard is the best way she knows how to rebel against her controlling father. After a particularly crazy night, she realizes her big mistake. Her hookup isn’t the guy she’s been crushing on. It’s Paxton, her friend, the guy who gets her, who she can always count on. The guy she’d never want to hurt. And yet, the sex was good. Better than good.

Now she’s wondering if the wrong twin might be the right one after all . . .

This is the first book in the Moo U universe that I have read.  Huge fan of this author's hockey books so I knew I wanted to read this one for sure.  The whole series takes part as part of Sarina Bowen's True North world.  Love all of that.  This is a college hockey team and I would say typical college shenanigan's occur. 

This is Paxton's book but we see quite a bit of his twin Patrick as well.  The premise and that girl drunk sleeps with the wrong twin--who she is friends with.  He knows, she doesn't.  Lots of miscommunication occurs.  It's a lot of angst for me.  YA books are way out of my realm but I usually don't mind NA books.  This read as I would have expected.  

It takes a long time to get things sorted between these two.  I really wanted to slap someone and just say get on with it. But, during that time, watching the evolution of Pax as a young man and potential NHL star was worth the read.  He has a lifetime of baggage that his coach is trying to get him to shed.  That change in him was HUGE!  Naomi is an ok character. Nothing about her or their relationship had me saying YES go get the girl!! 

I find myself drawn more to Patrick to see if he can redeem himself in any way.  Should be interesting going forward with these two.  

*Complimentary copy provided for an honest review. 

Gametime by Jami Davenport - Excerpt 


The hockey house was lit tonight. And I don’t mean by lights.

By drunken hockey players—myself included.

My twin brother, Patrick, had exited long ago with two hotties on his arm. We might be identical twins in appearance, but my brother always got the girls, and I got his leftovers. He was way more gregarious and outgoing. I was the quiet, serious one.

I sat down on one of the worn, beer-stained couches and tried not to think about what else it might be stained with. It’d probably be a petri dish of… Okay, I wasn’t going there.

Being alone on a Saturday night after the first hockey game of the year was bad enough. I was a junior at Burlington University in Vermont, fondly known as Moo U by the locals and pretty much everyone else in the state.

Watching my brother revel in his hockey-team star status after a typically fantastic game brought out the ugly in me. I was jealous of him, and I hated being jealous of my brother. He was the best guy I knew and deserved all the good things in his life. Yet being the one always in his immense shadow proved more and more difficult. I played my supporting role as I always had, bolstering him in any way possible, sending the puck his way, and deflecting defensemen intent on mowing him down. That used to be enough, but this year was different. This was my year to break out. My year to establish myself.

Beer made me sleepy, and apparently, shots of whiskey made me grouchy.

I’d sworn things would be different this season. I’d have more fun, get more involved, shed my role as the smart, nerdy brother, while Patrick was the fun, partying brother.

Did I mention Patrick even had a cool nickname? The team called him Trick because he’d had a hat trick his freshman year, when a hockey player scored three goals in one game. I, on the other hand, was merely known as Pax, short for Paxton. No good story there.

A blonde staggered by and spilled some of her beer on my jeans. I did a double take.

Oh, my God.