ABOUT THE BOOK
I asked for his criteria for bed buddies–that’s the PG version.
He swore at me and said he didn’t do groupies.
And just like that, our friendship was off to a great start.
Reese Forster was the starting point guard for the Seattle Thunder.
Gorgeous. Cocky. Loved by the nation.
He’s also attending preseason basketball training camp where I used to work.
Correction: where I work again, because I was fired from my last job.
And dumped.
And I might have a tiny bit of baggage, but that’s normal. Right?
Reese and I shouldn’t have become friends.
We shouldn’t have become roommates.
And we really shouldn’t have started sleeping together … (Except we did.)
I’m adorably psychotic. He’s in the NBA.
This is not a disaster waiting to happen, at all.
MY REVIEW
Have you ever read a book that left you emotionally wrecked? The kind of book that stays with you long after you’ve turned the final page. This book does that and more.
Reese Forster is an NBA star who is at the top of his game with baggage from his angry alcoholic brother making his life a living hell. When Reese attends a remote basketball camp in Minnesota he meets Charlie, a nutty, question-popping, down-on-her-luck, camp employee who is Reese Forster’s number-one fan and number-one pain in his ass. Why is he drawn to this kookie chick? Maybe it’s her word vomit episodes, maybe it’s the sadness he sees in her eyes, maybe it’s the fact that she needs someone in her corner.
Charlie has been dumped, has lost her job, and has decided to face her past by working at the summer camp she left so abruptly a few years ago without a word of goodbye. As she reconnects with her friends at the camp, the emotional trauma of trying to explain her abrupt exit is devastating until she meets Reese Forster, her favorite basketball player. Who knew they would become friends? Especially, with all of her guilt over her ex, Damian, the man she planned to marry, the man she planned to have a family with, the man she left.
Charlie is a complex and multi-dimensional character who is easy to relate to. Her struggles and triumphs throughout the book are incredibly moving, and I found myself invested in her story from the very beginning. It took me a minute to figure out her oddities, but then I realized when she panics she starts asking random, inappropriate, funny, and seriously interesting questions. Sort of like Tourettes. What I loved about Reese was that he answered her questions. Something no one has ever done before. With all of his professional obligations and personal turmoil, he listened to her and saw beneath all of her craziness to the lonely and heartbroken woman she was. The icing on the cake is when Charlie faces her demons and comes through for Reese when he needs her most.
The supporting characters are just as well-developed and nuanced, and they all add something unique and valuable to the narrative.
No one writes grief and anguish like Tijan. Her characters are beyond broken and have so much potential to become whole again that when they meet their other half, it is a passionate and haunting journey to find the everlasting love that was meant to be.
One of the things that sets Tijan apart from other writers is her willingness to tackle tough subject matter. Her portrayal of a heartbreaking disease is both poignant and unbelievably real.
If you’re looking for a book that will make you feel all the feels, look no further than Teardrop Shot. It’s a masterpiece of storytelling and a powerful reminder of the resilience of the human spirit and the importance of love and connection in our lives.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Tijan is a New York Times Bestselling author that writes suspenseful and unpredictable novels. Her characters are strong, intense, and gut-wrenchingly real with a little bit of sass on the side. Tijan began writing after college and once she started, she was hooked. She’s written multi-bestsellers including the Fallen Crest series, Ryan’s Bed, Enemies and others.
She is currently writing many new books and series with an English Cocker she adores.
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