{"id":6091,"date":"2021-01-12T13:29:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T21:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/?p=6091"},"modified":"2021-01-12T13:29:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T21:29:16","slug":"review-in-the-penalty-box-lynn-rush-kelly-anne-blount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/2021\/01\/12\/review-in-the-penalty-box-lynn-rush-kelly-anne-blount\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: In the Penalty Box &#8211; Lynn Rush &#038; Kelly Anne Blount"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bookreview\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/53137949.jpg?w=1280\" alt=\"Review: In the Penalty Box &#8211; Lynn Rush &#038; Kelly Anne Blount\" title=\"Review: In the Penalty Box &#8211; Lynn Rush &#038; Kelly Anne Blount\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignright\"><strong>In the Penalty Box<\/strong><br>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/authors\/lynn-rush\/\">Lynn Rush<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/authors\/kelly-anne-blount\/\">Kelly Anne Blount<\/a> <br><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/publishers\/entangled-teen\/\">Entangled: Teen<\/a> <br><strong>Publication Date:<\/strong> January 5, 2021 <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/genres\/young-adult\/\">Young Adult<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/genres\/romance\/\">Romance<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 400 <br><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/sources\/netgalley\/\">NetGalley<\/a> <br><br><p>I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.<\/p>My rating: <span class=\"ubb-buy\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><\/span><br><br><br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p><b><i>The Cutting Edge<\/i> meets <i>Friday Night Lights<\/i> in a sizzling new hockey romance from bestselling authors Kelly Anne Blount and Lynn Rush.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Willow<\/b><br \/>\nFigure skating was supposed to be my whole world. But one unlucky injury and now I\u2019m down...but I\u2019m definitely not out. I just need to rehab\u2014a boatload of rehab\u2014and who\u2019d have thought I could do it on the boys\u2019 hockey team?<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the infuriatingly hot captain of the team seems to think I\u2019m nothing but sequins and twirls. What\u2019s a girl to do but put him in his place? Game on.<\/p>\n<p><b>Brodie<\/b><br \/>\nHockey is my whole world. I\u2019ve worked my tail off getting my team in a position to win the championships\u2014hopefully in front of major college scouts, too\u2014so what\u2019s a guy to do when a figure skater ends up as our new goalie?<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the distractingly sexy skater thinks I\u2019m nothing but a testosterone-laced competitive streak. And surely she\u2019s only biding her time to heal, then she\u2019s gone. Game over.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><center><span class=\"ubb-buy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1682815765\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/amazon.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Amazon\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/book\/in-the-penalty-box\/id1509039516\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/apple.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Apple\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/in-the-penalty-box-lynn-rush\/1136846457?ean=9781682815762\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bn.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Barnes & Noble\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/in-the-penalty-box-1\" 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\/><\/a><\/div><\/p><\/div><\/center><br>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2021-01-12T21:29:16+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"\\r\\n\\r\\nContent warnings: \\r\\n\\r\\nAfter being injured, Willow's back home from her Olympic training program to finish her rehab as quickly as possible, even if that means sometimes sharing ice with the l\",\n\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"Llama Reads Books\"\t},\n\t\"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\\\/blog\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/12\\\/review-in-the-penalty-box-lynn-rush-kelly-anne-blount\\\/\",\n\t\"itemReviewed\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Book\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"In the Penalty Box\",\n\t\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\"name\": \"Lynn Rush, Kelly Anne Blount\",\n\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"\"\t\t},\n\t\t\"isbn\": \"1682815765\"\t},\n\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": 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sometimes sharing ice with the local high school hockey puckheads. When a goalie injury &#8211; and a stray puck &#8211; bring her to the hockey team captain&#8217;s attention, Willow suddenly finds herself spending time with Brodie and agreeing to act as his team&#8217;s goalie &#8211; just until she recovers enough to go back to training, of course. But as she spends more time with the team, and especially Brodie, she starts to love hockey, and, well, maybe Brodie, too. But any sort of relationship is against team rules, and she&#8217;s got her eyes on the Olympics anyway. What could possibly be worth losing that dream?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cEverything falls into place when I\u2019m on the ice.\u201d She straightened up a little, slowing the pace. \u201cI can\u2019t think clearly anywhere else.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cSame,\u201d I said.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>One of the things I loved about both Willow and Brodie was how much they loved their respective sports, and just being on the ice. Willow&#8217;s been focused on her ice skating career to the exclusion of everything else for years, and it&#8217;s a relief that her best friend from home is willing to forgive her for that. Willow initially joins the hockey team for the extra ice time and team workouts, both things that&#8217;ll help her recover more quickly so she can get back to ice skating. She&#8217;s a bit surprised how much she likes the teamwork aspect of hockey (minus some seriously misogynistic nonsense)\u00a0as opposed to the mean girls aspect of figure skating. She\u2019s definitely portrayed as \u201cdifferent from the other girls\u201d &#8211; she\u2019s not an ice princess like the other skaters Brodie has dated or that he&#8217;s used to encountering at the rink. While Willow&#8217;s dealing with conflicting feelings,\u00a0Brodie&#8217;s also got a lot on his mind. His\u00a0mom died two years ago and ever since then his dad has struggled with alcoholism. He&#8217;s been left to fend for himself and his eight year old brother, who has bad asthma, while at the same time being the hockey team captain. It&#8217;s lot on his shoulders, and I think that&#8217;s partly why he respects Willow&#8217;s own hard work and determination so much.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cEverything about us broke the rules, yet, while I skated on this uneven ice with the splash of the setting sun bouncing red rays of light through the air, everything about her felt right.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Some of the book felt repetitive. Both Willow and Brodie are continuously reminding each other that it would be violating team rules to date, that Willow&#8217;s planning on leaving, that Brodie has enough on his plate, etc. It felt like they kept circling back to these issues without actually addressing them, and then they sort of ignored them because they couldn&#8217;t resist kissing each other.<\/p>\n<p>And on top of that, there was just a bit too much going on &#8211; the family issues, the rival team player (this plot line sort of just fizzles out) &#8211; plus a large cast of characters. It never felt like there was enough time focused on any particular thing &#8211; we\u2019re ricocheting between Willow\u2019s failed attempt to date a rival team player to her friend back in Colorado getting hurt to Brodie\u2019s issues with his dad to his little brother\u2019s sickness to hiding their relationship from everyone to worrying about not hearing back from the Boston College coach to a teammate being a misogynistic idiot to\u2026 well, you get the idea. Honestly, most of my bookmarks weren&#8217;t for bits of dialog that I loved but for more things to add to the content warnings.<\/p>\n<p>And I know this is some serious nitpicking, but it&#8217;s annoying that the book frequently refers to Willow&#8217;s long black hair which she usually wears down her back in braids (Brodie is really, really into it) while the cover model is a short-haired blonde.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, I enjoyed the book &#8211; I love YA hockey books for whatever reason &#8211; \u00a0but it felt a bit too jumbled for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Content warnings: After being injured, Willow&#8217;s back home from her Olympic training program to finish her rehab as quickly as possible, even if that means sometimes sharing ice with the local high school hockey puckheads. 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