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Benched

Minnesota Caribou, Book 1

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Benched

By: Colleen Charles
Narrated by: CJ Bloom, Teddy Hamilton
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She's my friend's little sister. But I've ached for her for years...and I won't be denied.

What does the star center for the Minnesota Caribou professional hockey team do in the face of the ultimate betrayal?

Right, I've sworn off women because I caught my fiancee with my brother. Now, they're both dead to me. They represent an ache so deep, I might never recover.

I've never known a goal I couldn't score - or a girl I couldn't score with. Until I see her curled up in a sexy ball in my hospital room.

She's off-limits. Julia Wales is lush, smart, more determined than I am, and 100 percent taboo. For the first time in my life, I want someone I can't have. She's the successful business owner who obeys every rule. I'm the guy who breaks them.

Not since my injury have I shown a woman my scars. Until now...and there's no going back.

Contains mature themes.

©2016 Colleen Charles (P)2020 Tantor Contemporary Contemporary Romance Romance Sports Funny
Excellent Narration • Good Premise • Sweet Couple • Hockey Romance • Cute Moments • Potential Storyline
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This is the first time I’ve read or listened to a book from this author. For the most part, I was entertained. I love hockey, and lived in Minnesota when I was younger, so I was able to actually picture the places mentioned in the book.

I really liked the two main characters of the book, Adam and Julia. I thought that Teddy Hamilton in CJ Bloom did a good job bringing those characters to life. They were a few places where I thought CJ got a little screechy.

The character that I loved the most was the best friend, Sue Ann. Everyone should have a friend like her. There a couple of people in the book who you would love to hate, but they get what’s coming to them.



A Hat Trick!

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Overuse of misunderstandings to advance storyline.
too many times where the FMC especially jumped to conclusions instead of asking questions when presented with conflict / tough situation. I know it's just a fluffy romance, but that's a pet perve for me and it makes it impossible to like the characters when it happens repeatedly.
Still a cute story.
*Spoiler*
And I'm happy the bad guy got arrested finally.

Cute Story

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The orchestrated conflict in the story makes the female main character seem so naive and stupid.

Narrators are great storyline is lacking

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I really liked the concept of this story but overall it fell a little flat. Julia and Adam were a very sweet couple but everything felt really rushed and every time you turned around some drama was coming to light trying to keep them apart. I will probably read the rest of the series but I'm hoping they get better from here.

hockey romance

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Benched is a well-written romantic mystery a with a swriously annoying FMC with body issues and a ton of self doubt. This surprised me because we start the story with her showing up uninvited to the MMC's hispital room. That act of bravery is what sets the the relationship between the MMC and FMC in motion, but it takes being pushed over and over again by the side characters for her to speak up for herself. I actually found myself shouting at my audio book at times because she refused to speak and allowed the miscommunication trope to fester. That said, the mystery is well written and kept me intrigued enough to stay until the end. The steam was fairly light (2 scenes) and didn't last long. The book needs a trigger warning for attempted sexual assault, which happens 2 times and isn't mentioned in the summary of the audio book.

Narration is top notch and flows very well.

Annoying female MC

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Wow! I was on pins and needles.
can't wait to read the rest of them!

Great story line

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I enjoyed the audiobook. Anything with Teddy Hamilton is going to be great. it was a pretty good story. short ut worth a listen

pretty good

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Just too many roadblocks. Not EVERY plot problem needs to be put into one book

Too much

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Honestly, I only started listening to this book because of Teddy. That man could read me a grocery list and I’d melt into a puddle 😂. However, the overall story was not great. It was very much like an x-rated “teen style” book. I got halfway through and I couldn’t take it anymore. It’s a DNF for sure.

So much potential

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The ridiculousness of the ex-wife was too much for me, there just wasn’t enough relief from the FMC & MMC interactions. DNF at 60%

Too much drama for me

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