#ReviewTour~~Big Stick by RC Stephens

by Tera · September 20, 2018

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Big Stick, an all-new standalone Sports Romance by R.C. Stephens is AVAILABLE NOW!

“A sexy NHL player, a sassy heroine, and a heartfelt romance that kept me engaged from beginning to end!” — NYT bestseller Mia Sheridan

Hockey is my life. And it’s a great one. There’s an endless line of women, and I get to hang with my best friend Oli. Everything is perfect until she shows up. Oli’s twin sister, Flynn…hates my guts. I don’t blame her. I’m part of one of the worst nights of her life.

Now she’s next door and seeing her every day is killing me slowly. I wonder if we can ever get back to being friends. The way she looks at me sometimes, well, let’s just say my hockey stick isn’t the only thing that’s feeling hard these days.

But if she finds out the secrets I’m keeping, forgiveness will be the last thing on her mind.

Kerry’s 3.5 Blush Review

Who’s ready for some hockey? Big Stick by R.C. Stephens is a sports romance, enemies to lovers story with a heroine who is not a puck bunnie. The story was fast paced, and then it hit a bump, stalled for a bit then picked back up again. I always enjoy R.C. Stephens’s books, but this is a bit different from what she normally writes.

Myles and Oli have been best friends since the were little. Now they are living the dream playing hockey for the Chicago Blackhawks. Myles didn’t have a great family and spent much of his time growing at Oli’s house with his twin sister, Flynn. There’s not a childhood memory that doesn’t have the three of them in it. Obviously, Myles and Flynn have crushed on each other in the past. It is possible that these two can get back what they lost seven years ago?

Flynn is an attorney living in Chicago, but she’s finding herself homeless after breaking up with her cheating boyfriend. Big brother Oli comes to the rescue letting her crash with him. Flynn had no idea Myles lived next door. Can Flynn and Myles become friends again or will there past keep them apart?

Big Stick is a heartbreaking story of what was lost and how two friends come back together to maybe become more. I enjoyed these characters a lot. And hopefully we get to see more of Oli’s story in the future.

Dawn’s 3 Blush Review

Big Stick by RC Stephens is an enemies to lovers, sort of second chance, hockey romance. It dabbles in a bit of everything. However, there wasn’t much of the hockey aspect involved throughout which was fine by me. It’s a cute read that is centered around three childhood friends. Oli and Flynn who are twins and their best friend, Myles.
They all grew up together. More like siblings. Their story takes place during present day where Oli and Myles are professional hockey players and have remained extremely close. Flynn is now a lawyer working her way up the ladder. She just went through a bad break up with her jerk boyfriend…. With no where to go, she moves into Oli’s apartment which is across the hall from Myles. Just her luck, now she will be forced to see her ex-best friend, Myles, on daily basis.

For most of the book, it’s a mystery as to why Flynn and Myles are not friends anymore, although they have both been crushing on each other since childhood and almost ended up together in the past. There is a lot of back and forth between them that I found frustrating. They would say one thing and do another. Their reasoning for their estranged relationship was a little hard to believe. I also found their dialogue and actions very immature at times for 25 year old adults. However, I did like them. They were so sweet and obviously loved each other. I just wanted them
to get their shit together.

I especially loved the brother/sister bond between Oli and Flynn. They were each other’s ride or die!! I wish there would have been flashbacks to their past. I think that would have totally enhanced their story and made me feel more connected to them. I wanted to see their bond and feel it!

In summary, Big Stick is not the usual read you get from RC Stephens. This one is more carefree. Less intense. It’s a quick, good read with likeable characters.

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About R.C. Stephens

As far back as R.C. Stephens can remember she was a sucker for a good romance. Of course there had to be a prince charming even if he ultimately was a dark knight and there had to be a happy ending.

She watched the movie Dirty Dancing way too many times growing up and Jean Claude Van Damme movies too. Go figure!

After years of saying she would write a book one day, she finally put pen to paper and carved out the plot line for what would eventually become the best selling Twisted Series. Now R.C. is just finishing up her tenth book and can’t seem to stop the stories running through her mind. Visit R.C. on her Facebook page to find out what’s new in her life and what releases she has coming up.