Book Review: The Mistake by Elle Kennedy

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4 months ago

Synopsis:

He’s a player in more ways than one . . .

College junior John Logan can get any girl he wants. For this hockey star, life is a parade of parties and hook-ups, but behind his killer grins and easygoing charm, he hides growing despair about the dead-end road he’ll be forced to walk after graduation. A sexy encounter with freshman Grace Ivers is just the distraction he needs, but when a thoughtless mistake pushes her away, Logan plans to spend his final year proving to her that he’s worth a second chance.

Now he’s going to need to up his game . . .

After a less than stellar freshman year, Grace is back at Briar University, older, wiser, and so over the arrogant hockey player she nearly handed her V-card to. She’s not a charity case, and she’s not the quiet butterfly she was when they first hooked up. If Logan expects her to roll over and beg like all his other puck bunnies, he can think again. He wants her back? He’ll have to work for it. This time around, she’ll be the one in the driver’s seat . . . and she plans on driving him wild.

Review:

There’s a high chance that my love for Logan in the show has made me feel quite biased towards his book. I mean, have you seen Antonia Cipriano? Surely you can’t blame me. Plus when I absolutely devour a book despite being in a huge slump that’s a cause for a high rating. Don’t worry, I’m not giving this five stars, but I am giving it a 4.5. Even if Logan is a major himbo – one change in the show I am more than thankful for.

Explaining why I enjoyed The Mistake so much is something I’m likely going to struggle with in this review. When it comes to romance books my ratings are based purely on vibes and I loved the vibes of this one. Hockey romances are something I’ve really come to love in the past few years and while this book doesn’t have a whole lot of hockey (like most hockey romances), there’s something about these hockey players I can’t get enough of. Which makes no sense as hockey is not a big sport in the UK. I played field hockey at school but I’ve never seen a single game of ice hockey. Anyway, back to the book.

I genuinely really liked Grace. I know she’s the least favourite girl for most people in this series but I thought she was funny. Her rambling when she’s nervous is something I can heavily relate to and I loved that she wasn’t ashamed about still being a virgin in college. There’s a specific scene that I won’t talk about in detail as it’s a little too explicit to talk about here, but Grace does something while “getting it on” with Logan that is extremely bold/brave for someone that hasn’t had sex yet. It really took me by surprise and honestly made me laugh a little. It was great that Logan was so up for it though. He does give major himbo vibes in the books, but it’s actually quite endearing.

What he wasn’t a himbo about was his family, and this dynamic was very interesting. The weight of knowing that you have to give up your dreams after college because your parent can’t look after themself must be hard to carry. The difference in how Logan presented when he was with his friends compared to working at his dad’s garage was night and day. I did prefer the more serious side of his character as this led to some really interesting developments, but I want nothing more than for him to be happy (once again projecting my love for the show character onto the book).

I think I’ll have to leave my review there. I’ve not really given you enough to justify my high rating, however, this happens often when I read physical books. I don’t annotate them and I didn’t want to put this down to take any notes. The fact that I read this in less than 15 hours when other books have been taking me weeks says all you need to know really.