Level Me Up

I received a copy of this book through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review

I was so excited to get picked to read this book! I swear I'm always complaining about how most romance novels feature the bulky muscular guy, but rarely the normal dude. This is pretty close to a normal dude romance and I liked it even more because I like gamer guys ^_^

I also have a little bit of knowledge with video games and the scene because of my fiance who plays games (recreationally) and watches twitch streams. Unfortunately, one of the guys he watches is Summit1G.... a pro CoD player and therefore for half of the book I kept putting Summit's face in as Dex's face hahaha. It was a bit awkward.

Anyhow on to my feelings about the book lol
I was a bit frustrated with this book. Mostly because a lot was being told rather than shown... for example, I don't need to know upfront about a character's home life, it should come up naturally in conversation between characters. Let us get to know them as other characters do! So, some topics (Morgan's family) was brought up so often and repeated. It wasn't necessary. Honestly, the ‘telling' was what almost made me drop this book even though I so wanted to read it!!

What kept in interested? The Characters.
I really enjoyed the group and their hangout sessions. I loved the sass and the bullshitting around. Although, with pro gamers their definitely needs to be more shit talking haha.
I liked how Morgan had flaws and knew about them, then confronted them...kinda. I liked how even though there was drama, there were always level-headed people around going ‘wtf are you doing?'.
Link and Ruby are probably my favorite, although I'm surprised The Legend of Zelda has not been brought up yet.
I'm also a huge fan of cheesy actions or gestures, which this included!

As much as I complained about the book, I did enjoy my time reading it. I am seriously looking forward to the sequel, which I hope focuses on Ruby and Link (and possibly a third on Gia and Simon???? I need to know what happened!)