Title: Thrown a Curve
Series: The Rainbow League, #2
Author: Kate McMurray
Genre: Contemporary/Sports
Length: Novel (210 pages)
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (19 June 2015)
Heat Level: Explicit
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥5Hearts
Blurb: Mason made headlines when, after his professional baseball career was sidelined by an injury, he very publicly came out of the closet. Now he’s scratching the baseball itch playing in the Rainbow League while making his way through New York’s population of beefcakes, even though they all come up short. Plus, he’s still thinking about last summer’s encounter with hot, effeminate, pierced and tattooed Patrick—pretty much the opposite of the sort of man he has long pictured himself with.
Patrick hasn’t been able to forget Mason either, and now that baseball season is back upon them, he’s determined to have him again. Mason is unlike any man Patrick has ever been with before, and not just because he’s an ex-Yankee. All Patrick has to do is convince a reluctant Mason that their one night wasn’t just a crazy fluke and that they could be great together…if only Mason could get past his old hang-ups and his intolerant family.
ISBN: 9781632169709
Product Link: https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=6505
Reviewer: Prime
Review: This is the second book in Kate McMurray’s Rainbow League series and I am utterly hooked! You need to read these books in order, so you really do need to go back to book 1, The Windup.
I am in love with the characters and the setting (I’m always a bit partial to hot guys playing some mostly friendly sports). In fact, I loved these 2 books so much that I am keen to look into Kate McMurray’s other books!
The books so far have followed the men who play for the Hipsters, one of New York’s gay baseball teams in the Rainbow League. The primary plotline for this book is based around Mason, who ended his career as a Yankee after being injured and then deciding to come out of the closet. He still works in sports, but mostly in journalism. He’s been pining for away for Patrick for close to a year (which is about where we left the team after Ian and Ty got together in book 1).
Mason has a lot of baggage to deal with from his family which warps his thinking. Patrick isn’t exactly effeminate but he does not suffer from shyness and very comfortable with himself.
Another story line which is glimpsed at is the love triangle between best friends and Hipster teammates, Carlos and Nate, and Carlos’ boyfriend, Aiden. Carlos spent the entire first book drooling over Aiden. This part of the plot opens up for the next installment in the series, which in am excited at the prospect of reading.
I loved the emotion of the story; both Mason and Patrick are super relatable. The lives they live and their navigation of their fledgling relationship is just real. I loved the drama, even if there was the slightest bit of angst, something I really am not fond of. Overall, anyone who is a sucker for sport related romance is going to eating this one up.
* I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review through http://mmgoodbookreviews.wordpress.com *