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Endgame: Nora & Parker
Nora Becksley, whose friends call her Becks, is a small town girl who has always been on the straight and narrow. A straight A student, with ambitions to start her own company with her best friend after college graduation.Parker Knightly has always been the popular jock, who never gave bookworm Becks a chance in high school. He was too cool, too bro, and just too busy playing hockey.For two people whose paths haven't crossed in two years, they are now about to see more and more of each other. Parker is interested, but Nora wants nothing to do with him. With Nora transferring to Midwest University, Parker, starting forward and captain for MU hockey, is thinking he is going to win a national championship and the girl...
345 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 5, 2023
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January 30, 2024
A cute hockey romance story, which I don’t have a ton of experience with, but had a lot of potential.
I would encourage the author on a few things to help lift their writing to another level:
- The pacing felt rushed. The paragraphs and some sentences were unnecessarily long. It made a lot of the text feel like stream of consciousness and the thoughts almost stressful to read.
Suggestion: Play with sentence and paragraph length. Some of the sentences used commas where it would’ve helped as periods instead. It’s also rare that a paragraph takes up my entire phone screen, especially for a light romantic read.
- Related to this, I felt like there was a lot of over-explaining, especially in the beginning. There needs to be backstory, but the combination of long paragraphs and just straight telling of unnecessary details took me away from the story at hand.
Suggestion: Consider what you can SHOW instead of tell. Even through dialogue is more interesting to me than inner explaining.
Example: “I have been trying to shed my playboy image and be taken more seriously, but man the puck bunnies are relentless.”
^ I would rather see examples of him trying to change his image rather than him telling me, such as an interaction at the bar.
Suggestion: Another helpful strategy I use is cut the length in half, and then try and cut it in half again. See if you can cut out as many unnecessary words as possible. Doesn’t always have to be this way, but make sure every word has purpose. Does it clarify important details? Does it convey their character/voice?
- I noticed a lack of contractions, and felt like the sentences were choppier. It also didn’t feel how most modern day people talk? But maybe that’s just me.
Example: “I am going to ask you something, and I am really hoping you say yes,” He is looking nervous, what is life right now!?
Suggestion: “I’m going to ask you something, and I’m really hoping you say yes.” He’s looking nervous. (Consider how he’s “looking nervous.” Is he not making eye contact? Shuffling his feet? Blushing? Perhaps insert physical ways of her showing she’s questioning reality haha)
- I noticed consistent grammar misses, such as when someone says someone’s name, you have commas around it.
Example: “I think the coast is clear Becks!”
Should be: “I think the coast is clear, Becks!”
It doesn’t seem like a big deal but happened almost every time and I wished I could just insert the comma haha. I also noticed some tense changes within conversation.
Overall, excited for their first book and looking forward to continuing their passion!
I would encourage the author on a few things to help lift their writing to another level:
- The pacing felt rushed. The paragraphs and some sentences were unnecessarily long. It made a lot of the text feel like stream of consciousness and the thoughts almost stressful to read.
Suggestion: Play with sentence and paragraph length. Some of the sentences used commas where it would’ve helped as periods instead. It’s also rare that a paragraph takes up my entire phone screen, especially for a light romantic read.
- Related to this, I felt like there was a lot of over-explaining, especially in the beginning. There needs to be backstory, but the combination of long paragraphs and just straight telling of unnecessary details took me away from the story at hand.
Suggestion: Consider what you can SHOW instead of tell. Even through dialogue is more interesting to me than inner explaining.
Example: “I have been trying to shed my playboy image and be taken more seriously, but man the puck bunnies are relentless.”
^ I would rather see examples of him trying to change his image rather than him telling me, such as an interaction at the bar.
Suggestion: Another helpful strategy I use is cut the length in half, and then try and cut it in half again. See if you can cut out as many unnecessary words as possible. Doesn’t always have to be this way, but make sure every word has purpose. Does it clarify important details? Does it convey their character/voice?
- I noticed a lack of contractions, and felt like the sentences were choppier. It also didn’t feel how most modern day people talk? But maybe that’s just me.
Example: “I am going to ask you something, and I am really hoping you say yes,” He is looking nervous, what is life right now!?
Suggestion: “I’m going to ask you something, and I’m really hoping you say yes.” He’s looking nervous. (Consider how he’s “looking nervous.” Is he not making eye contact? Shuffling his feet? Blushing? Perhaps insert physical ways of her showing she’s questioning reality haha)
- I noticed consistent grammar misses, such as when someone says someone’s name, you have commas around it.
Example: “I think the coast is clear Becks!”
Should be: “I think the coast is clear, Becks!”
It doesn’t seem like a big deal but happened almost every time and I wished I could just insert the comma haha. I also noticed some tense changes within conversation.
Overall, excited for their first book and looking forward to continuing their passion!
November 24, 2023
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Spice: 🌶️🌶️.5
🏒 hockey romance
❄️ romantic suspense
🏒cinnamon roll hero
❄️independent heroine
🏒slow burn
❄️multiple POV
🏒banter
Endgame, book 1 in the Midwest University series, is LO Dressing’s debut novel and it was a grand slam ( was trying to come up with a hockey term for this but drew a blank). This book had me hooked from the very beginning. Endgame takes you on a journey through friendship, love and hockey with Nora Becksley (Becks) and Parker Knightly. This story was cute, funny with a little suspense to go along with it.
Nora and Parker went to high school together but were never really friends, though they were neighbors. 2 years after graduating High School they see each other again in a bar and sparks fly. Nora transferring to MU only makes it easier for Parker to finally pursue the girl he’s always wanted. Nora is skeptical and needs Parker to prove himself because his reputation is one of playboy status.
While Nora and Parker are getting closer and closer, little do they know that someone else has his eyes on Nora, and thinks Nora is his and only his.
This book has equal parts hockey and romance and I absolutely love how LO ties it all in together. Not one thing over shadows the other and then the added suspense is chef’s kiss. The banter between the main characters as well as the supporting characters had me cracking up. Carly who is Nora’s best friend and Jenks who is Parker’s best friend, are constantly going back and forth at each other making you laugh out loud. The chemistry between Nora and Parker is everything. Parker is everything you’d want in a sexy hockey player, he’s loyal, compassionate, driven, and 100% committed. The slow burn of the character’s love was absolutely amazing, they didn’t just jump in, they took their time, they dated, they hung out, it took MONTHS for anything other than big make out sessions to happen. It felt real and the love was raw. Also BONUS it references F*R*I*E*N*D*S TV gifs and characters, which made it even more relatable. I loved this book and recommend it for anyone who loves hockey, suspense, romance, banter and a cinnamon roll MMC!
Spice: 🌶️🌶️.5
🏒 hockey romance
❄️ romantic suspense
🏒cinnamon roll hero
❄️independent heroine
🏒slow burn
❄️multiple POV
🏒banter
Endgame, book 1 in the Midwest University series, is LO Dressing’s debut novel and it was a grand slam ( was trying to come up with a hockey term for this but drew a blank). This book had me hooked from the very beginning. Endgame takes you on a journey through friendship, love and hockey with Nora Becksley (Becks) and Parker Knightly. This story was cute, funny with a little suspense to go along with it.
Nora and Parker went to high school together but were never really friends, though they were neighbors. 2 years after graduating High School they see each other again in a bar and sparks fly. Nora transferring to MU only makes it easier for Parker to finally pursue the girl he’s always wanted. Nora is skeptical and needs Parker to prove himself because his reputation is one of playboy status.
While Nora and Parker are getting closer and closer, little do they know that someone else has his eyes on Nora, and thinks Nora is his and only his.
This book has equal parts hockey and romance and I absolutely love how LO ties it all in together. Not one thing over shadows the other and then the added suspense is chef’s kiss. The banter between the main characters as well as the supporting characters had me cracking up. Carly who is Nora’s best friend and Jenks who is Parker’s best friend, are constantly going back and forth at each other making you laugh out loud. The chemistry between Nora and Parker is everything. Parker is everything you’d want in a sexy hockey player, he’s loyal, compassionate, driven, and 100% committed. The slow burn of the character’s love was absolutely amazing, they didn’t just jump in, they took their time, they dated, they hung out, it took MONTHS for anything other than big make out sessions to happen. It felt real and the love was raw. Also BONUS it references F*R*I*E*N*D*S TV gifs and characters, which made it even more relatable. I loved this book and recommend it for anyone who loves hockey, suspense, romance, banter and a cinnamon roll MMC!
January 16, 2024
🏒Ｒｅｖｉｅｗ🏒
4.5⭐️
This is about Parker and Nora🙃
These two went to high school together but Parker was a total cocky jerk back then and that’s all she remembers.
Nora is now going to the same college as him and they run into each other at the bar.
Parker has ALWAYS had a thing for her but he never did anything about it because he knew that he would have ended up hurting her back then.
Well now he’s grown up a lot since high school and wants to make Nora his. He also wants to change her mind about how she sees him.
And that he does… Alot of banter, a lot of flirting and bringing her favorite drink to her just because😜
She’s very confused about how he is acting and why towards her when he is who he is…. But she is his endgame and proves it to her.
Things get a little sketchy for Nora when a guy she was friends with takes her saying she’s not interested in a bad way…
I love how hard he falls.
I love all the sweet gestures he does.
I love that he has had a thing for her for so long and knew he needed to grow up first before acting on it.
I love all the cute names he calls her.
I love that when she calls him Park it does things to him🥵
I love Parker and Jenks’s friendship!
"𝘐 𝘈𝘔 𝘎𝘖𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘛𝘖 𝘈𝘚𝘒 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘚𝘖𝘔𝘌𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘕𝘎, 𝘈𝘕𝘋 𝘐 𝘈𝘔 𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘓𝘓𝘠 𝘏𝘖𝘗𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘚𝘈𝘠 𝘠𝘌𝘚," 𝘏𝘌 𝘐𝘚 𝘓𝘖𝘖𝘒𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘕𝘌𝘙𝘝𝘖𝘜𝘚, 𝘞𝘏𝘈𝘛 𝘐𝘚 𝘓𝘐𝘍𝘌 𝘙𝘐𝘎𝘏𝘛 𝘕𝘖𝘞!? "𝘖𝘒𝘈𝘠, 𝘈𝘚𝘒 𝘈𝘞𝘈𝘠..." 𝘐 𝘚𝘈𝘠 𝘏𝘌𝘚𝘐𝘛𝘈𝘕𝘛𝘓𝘠 "𝘎𝘐𝘝𝘌 𝘔𝘌 𝘈 𝘊𝘏𝘈𝘕𝘊𝘌 𝘛𝘖 𝘚𝘏𝘖𝘞 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘞𝘏𝘖 𝘐 𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘓𝘓𝘠 𝘈𝘔. 𝘎𝘐𝘝𝘌 𝘔𝘌 𝘈 𝘊𝘏𝘈𝘕𝘊𝘌 𝘛𝘖 𝘚𝘏𝘖𝘞 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘓 𝘔𝘌. 𝘕𝘖𝘛 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘔𝘌 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘕𝘒 𝘐 𝘈𝘔 𝘖𝘙 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘔𝘌 𝘐 𝘞𝘈𝘚 𝘉𝘈𝘊𝘒 𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘕. 𝘓𝘌𝘛 𝘔𝘌 𝘚𝘏𝘖𝘞 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘓 𝘔𝘌." 𝘏𝘌 𝘚𝘏𝘐𝘍𝘛𝘚 𝘏𝘐𝘚 𝘞𝘌𝘐𝘎𝘏𝘛 𝘉𝘈𝘊𝘒 𝘈𝘕𝘋 𝘍𝘖𝘙𝘛𝘏 𝘉𝘌𝘛𝘞𝘌𝘌𝘕 𝘍𝘌𝘌𝘛, 𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘕 𝘓𝘖𝘖𝘒𝘚 𝘔𝘌 𝘚𝘛𝘙𝘈𝘐𝘎𝘏𝘛 𝘐𝘕𝘛𝘖 𝘔𝘠 𝘌𝘠𝘌𝘚, "𝘞𝘐𝘓𝘓 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘎𝘖 𝘖𝘕 𝘈 𝘋𝘈𝘛𝘌 𝘞𝘐𝘛𝘏 𝘔𝘌... 𝘗𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘚𝘌?"
4.5⭐️
This is about Parker and Nora🙃
These two went to high school together but Parker was a total cocky jerk back then and that’s all she remembers.
Nora is now going to the same college as him and they run into each other at the bar.
Parker has ALWAYS had a thing for her but he never did anything about it because he knew that he would have ended up hurting her back then.
Well now he’s grown up a lot since high school and wants to make Nora his. He also wants to change her mind about how she sees him.
And that he does… Alot of banter, a lot of flirting and bringing her favorite drink to her just because😜
She’s very confused about how he is acting and why towards her when he is who he is…. But she is his endgame and proves it to her.
Things get a little sketchy for Nora when a guy she was friends with takes her saying she’s not interested in a bad way…
I love how hard he falls.
I love all the sweet gestures he does.
I love that he has had a thing for her for so long and knew he needed to grow up first before acting on it.
I love all the cute names he calls her.
I love that when she calls him Park it does things to him🥵
I love Parker and Jenks’s friendship!
"𝘐 𝘈𝘔 𝘎𝘖𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘛𝘖 𝘈𝘚𝘒 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘚𝘖𝘔𝘌𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘕𝘎, 𝘈𝘕𝘋 𝘐 𝘈𝘔 𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘓𝘓𝘠 𝘏𝘖𝘗𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘚𝘈𝘠 𝘠𝘌𝘚," 𝘏𝘌 𝘐𝘚 𝘓𝘖𝘖𝘒𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘕𝘌𝘙𝘝𝘖𝘜𝘚, 𝘞𝘏𝘈𝘛 𝘐𝘚 𝘓𝘐𝘍𝘌 𝘙𝘐𝘎𝘏𝘛 𝘕𝘖𝘞!? "𝘖𝘒𝘈𝘠, 𝘈𝘚𝘒 𝘈𝘞𝘈𝘠..." 𝘐 𝘚𝘈𝘠 𝘏𝘌𝘚𝘐𝘛𝘈𝘕𝘛𝘓𝘠 "𝘎𝘐𝘝𝘌 𝘔𝘌 𝘈 𝘊𝘏𝘈𝘕𝘊𝘌 𝘛𝘖 𝘚𝘏𝘖𝘞 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘞𝘏𝘖 𝘐 𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘓𝘓𝘠 𝘈𝘔. 𝘎𝘐𝘝𝘌 𝘔𝘌 𝘈 𝘊𝘏𝘈𝘕𝘊𝘌 𝘛𝘖 𝘚𝘏𝘖𝘞 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘓 𝘔𝘌. 𝘕𝘖𝘛 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘔𝘌 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘕𝘒 𝘐 𝘈𝘔 𝘖𝘙 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘔𝘌 𝘐 𝘞𝘈𝘚 𝘉𝘈𝘊𝘒 𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘕. 𝘓𝘌𝘛 𝘔𝘌 𝘚𝘏𝘖𝘞 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘓 𝘔𝘌." 𝘏𝘌 𝘚𝘏𝘐𝘍𝘛𝘚 𝘏𝘐𝘚 𝘞𝘌𝘐𝘎𝘏𝘛 𝘉𝘈𝘊𝘒 𝘈𝘕𝘋 𝘍𝘖𝘙𝘛𝘏 𝘉𝘌𝘛𝘞𝘌𝘌𝘕 𝘍𝘌𝘌𝘛, 𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘕 𝘓𝘖𝘖𝘒𝘚 𝘔𝘌 𝘚𝘛𝘙𝘈𝘐𝘎𝘏𝘛 𝘐𝘕𝘛𝘖 𝘔𝘠 𝘌𝘠𝘌𝘚, "𝘞𝘐𝘓𝘓 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘎𝘖 𝘖𝘕 𝘈 𝘋𝘈𝘛𝘌 𝘞𝘐𝘛𝘏 𝘔𝘌... 𝘗𝘓𝘌𝘈𝘚𝘌?"
October 15, 2023
Hockey romance meets scary stalker
Endgame: Nora & Parker (Midwest University Series)
By @lo_dressing
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️
📍Sports romance
📍Romantic suspense
Nora Becksley "Becks" is a straight A, goal-oriented former high school volleyball player, planning on graduating early. She's a bookworm with a sweet disposition and kind word for everyone she meets.
Parker Knightly is the popular hockey star who's made his rounds with the girls in high school and college. Except for Nora. Now he needs to convince her she's not just another puck bunny. She's his endgame. The one he wants forever with.
Little do they realize someone else has his sights set on Nora. She's his and no one else can have her.
This is a great story about love, redemption, and taking chances.
Endgame is available on KindleUnlimited and Paperback.
Endgame: Nora & Parker (Midwest University Series)
By @lo_dressing
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️
📍Sports romance
📍Romantic suspense
Nora Becksley "Becks" is a straight A, goal-oriented former high school volleyball player, planning on graduating early. She's a bookworm with a sweet disposition and kind word for everyone she meets.
Parker Knightly is the popular hockey star who's made his rounds with the girls in high school and college. Except for Nora. Now he needs to convince her she's not just another puck bunny. She's his endgame. The one he wants forever with.
Little do they realize someone else has his sights set on Nora. She's his and no one else can have her.
This is a great story about love, redemption, and taking chances.
Endgame is available on KindleUnlimited and Paperback.
November 4, 2023
Parker is endgame
This story was so cute I loved it. Nora (becks) and Parker have known each other forever. Parker knew she was more than just another puck bunny so he waited till he was put together to pull the trigger and boy did it pay off. Parker and Nora are so dang sweet together! I can’t wait to see more of them in the next book hopefully! I cannot wait for janks and Carly’s book!
This story was so cute I loved it. Nora (becks) and Parker have known each other forever. Parker knew she was more than just another puck bunny so he waited till he was put together to pull the trigger and boy did it pay off. Parker and Nora are so dang sweet together! I can’t wait to see more of them in the next book hopefully! I cannot wait for janks and Carly’s book!
October 11, 2023
Spice Rating: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Read If You Like:
+ College Hockey
+ Damsel in Distress
+ Slow Burn
+ Multiple POV
+ Witty Banter
+ Strong Friendships
+ Friends TV Show References
Review:
This was such a great debut novel!! I really loved the character development and the build-up of romantic tension between the FMC and MMC. The Minnesota setting was absolutely perfect and it really brought me back to my college days! Plus the spicy scenes did not disappoint!! I am looking forward to book 2 and can't wait to hear the story between our secondary characters!
Read If You Like:
+ College Hockey
+ Damsel in Distress
+ Slow Burn
+ Multiple POV
+ Witty Banter
+ Strong Friendships
+ Friends TV Show References
Review:
This was such a great debut novel!! I really loved the character development and the build-up of romantic tension between the FMC and MMC. The Minnesota setting was absolutely perfect and it really brought me back to my college days! Plus the spicy scenes did not disappoint!! I am looking forward to book 2 and can't wait to hear the story between our secondary characters!
October 7, 2023
Good but felt like it was dragged and not enough steam
November 5, 2023
Pensacola Loves Minnesota
Met your sister on the plane from Pensacola to Minnesota and she recommended this book! What a fun, page turning read!
Met your sister on the plane from Pensacola to Minnesota and she recommended this book! What a fun, page turning read!
November 10, 2023
omg💜
This book was unbelievable 😍 I really enjoyed how it jumped right in. Such a good story! Can not wait for Carly and Jenks.
This book was unbelievable 😍 I really enjoyed how it jumped right in. Such a good story! Can not wait for Carly and Jenks.
November 16, 2023
4.5 :)
December 2, 2023
I will say nothing because I have nothing nice to say
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January 28, 2025DNF
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