Review: Long Shot

Long Shot by Kennedy Ryan
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Iris and August, the two meet and they fell for each other deeply after one meeting.  Iris is attracted to August, but she has a boyfriend, Caleb, which is August NBA rival.   She isn’t ready for what is about to come.  Iris has this dream of having a promising future, but now she is caring Caleb’s baby.  Even though she was not ready to have a baby, but not once did she think of an alternative option.  Caleb vowed to take care of her and the baby, but turns out Caleb is controlling, dictative, abusive, arrogant, and self-centered.  When Caleb finds out that Iris and August may have an attraction towards each other, he does a dirty play on the court, causing August serious injury that could cause him his career.   

The problem I have with Iris is that she is indecisive and naïve.  She gives Caleb more chances than she should.  Caleb is like a leech draining and controlling Iris every emotional being.  Although, Iris did not want to be like her mother, depending on a man, but because of her complicated situation, she becomes trapped under Caleb dictatorship.  The love between August and Iris was powerful and alluring.  They had the perfect connection from the beginning.  Every moment apart, there thoughts longed for each other.  When together their interaction was sincere.   

The writing is very detailed, poetic and well written.  However, this story was hard to read, due to the nature of events.  This book is filled with abuse, rape, and cruelty. I would not consider this a romance novel, but there was a love story between two people.  Yet, there was so much going on between Iris and Caleb, the love story between Iris and August got lost. The narrators:  Sean Crisden was excellent; Jo Raylan sound like she was mumbling through most parts of the audio.   I give this book a 3 out of 5 stars. 

My choice of casting:

• ·         Denise Vasi As Iris
• ·         Deron Williams As August

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