Cherrypicker (Blue Line Hockey, #7)

Jul 11, 2012 Veronica / V rated it 4 of 5 stars

I used to be a huge fan of this author, all her books were a "must buy" for me.
I'm afraid lately, I've been disappointed.

UPDATED

I must be honest, I was wrong, this author still can write beautiful stories.
And compared to the other stories I had read lately from this author, it was very good indeed.
Another abused character, but lets forget about that, shall we?
Great story full of potential, the ending IMO, was a little bit abrupt.

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Sep 02, 2012 Top 2 Bottom Reviews Interviews and More rated it 4 of 5 stars

When I’m in the mood for a well-written romance that will leave me with a smile on my face, I’ll grab a book by Stephani Hecht. Her books never fail to entertain me and they always give me an hour or two of a nice escape from my everyday life. The Blue Line series is one of my favorites by her. I’ve enjoyed every one of these books and I’m looking forward to reading more of this series.

Derry is not your usual hockey player. He’s smaller than most, and he’s had to overcome a lot of mental abuse f...more When I’m in the mood for a well-written romance that will leave me with a smile on my face, I’ll grab a book by Stephani Hecht. Her books never fail to entertain me and they always give me an hour or two of a nice escape from my everyday life. The Blue Line series is one of my favorites by her. I’ve enjoyed every one of these books and I’m looking forward to reading more of this series.

Derry is not your usual hockey player. He’s smaller than most, and he’s had to overcome a lot of mental abuse from his older brother, Pat. Pat is a successful hockey player who likes to taunt and cruelly torment Derry, but the young hockey player’s sheer determination to do what he loves (which is to play hockey) and try to live his own life makes him a strong career driven man, even though Derry doesn’t always believe it himself.

When Derry receives an offer to play for the Hawks he knows he’s got a hard road ahead of him. His brother is a key player for the Hawks main rivalry, the Cougars, and Pat is notorious at playing dirty on and off the field. This has tainted Derry’s own reputation. But almost as soon as Derry joins the team, the other teammates start seeing Derry is nothing like his older brother. He soon becomes close friends with other teammates, but try as he might, there is one player that Derry wants to be liked and respected by on and off the field. Fallon.

Fallon has hated the Cougars and Derry’s brother, and he fully expected Derry would be as much of a jerk as his older brother. And although he immediately tries to see the worse in Derry, there is a sweet goodness about him that Fallon can’t ignore. Despite his best efforts, Fallon quickly starts to realize that behind Derry’s determination to be a key, respected player for the Hawks, there is also a heart of gold inside him. Soon, Fallon finds himself liking and falling for Derry and when he finds out how cruel Derry’s older brother really is, he becomes determined to do what he can to support Derry and to have the young man in his heart and arms forever.

I really liked this book. It’s a great addition to this wonderful series and I enjoyed revisiting some of the main characters from the other books in the series. Both heroes are stubborn and strong-willed enough to work through the many obstacles that are thrown their way. Although I really liked both of them, Derry was my favorite hero. He has a lot of overcome, but manages to work through both those professional and personal barriers with a strength that I really came to admire. I also enjoyed watching Derry and Fallon become close and fall in love. All in all, this feel-good story really was what I needed today and I enjoyed every minute of it.

Here are the Blue Line books in series order:

Offside Pass
Between the Pipes
Cup Check
Blind Pass
Change on the Fly
Playing the Point
Cherrypicker

Reviewed By: Gabbi(less)

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Jul 23, 2012 LaShonta rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: mm-sports

Is it me or is Stephani's books getting shorter and shorter? I am a big fan of Stephani Hecht and its taking all of my power to continue to do so. This is my list favorite of her series. Books dealing with the Canton brothers were nice. The one with Sergi was nice as well.

However, the series is going straight downhill. With this book, we have one of the MCs who is getting abused by his brother. I don't have a problem with abuse MC's. What I do have a problem with is no closure. We are left with...more

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Aug 22, 2012 Tam rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: m-m

A sweet story about the brother of one of the Cougars, the arch enemies who joins the team with the rest of the gang. The team is expecting to hate him because of his association with his brother, but it soon becomes clear he's nothing like his brother and is now the target of their hate and has been abused since a child. He's taken under the wing of the surliest player who soon has him standing up for himself.

My only issue was when he is attacked and nearly killed by the brother, he agrees to...more

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Sep 02, 2012 Gabbi rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: enemies-to-lovers, extasy-books, gay-romance, stephani-hecht, series, top2bottom-reviews

When I’m in the mood for a well-written romance that will leave me with a smile on my face, I’ll grab a book by Stephani Hecht. Her books never fail to entertain me and they always give me an hour or two of a nice escape from my everyday life. The Blue Line series is one of my favorites by her. I’ve enjoyed every one of these books and I’m looking forward to reading more of this series.

Derry is not your usual hockey player. He’s smaller than most, and he’s had to overcome a lot of mental abuse f...more When I’m in the mood for a well-written romance that will leave me with a smile on my face, I’ll grab a book by Stephani Hecht. Her books never fail to entertain me and they always give me an hour or two of a nice escape from my everyday life. The Blue Line series is one of my favorites by her. I’ve enjoyed every one of these books and I’m looking forward to reading more of this series.

Derry is not your usual hockey player. He’s smaller than most, and he’s had to overcome a lot of mental abuse from his older brother, Pat. Pat is a successful hockey player who likes to taunt and cruelly torment Derry, but the young hockey player’s sheer determination to do what he loves (which is to play hockey) and try to live his own life makes him a strong career driven man, even though Derry doesn’t always believe it himself.

When Derry receives an offer to play for the Hawks he knows he’s got a hard road ahead of him. His brother is a key player for the Hawks main rivalry, the Cougars, and Pat is notorious at playing dirty on and off the field. This has tainted Derry’s own reputation. But almost as soon as Derry joins the team, the other teammates start seeing Derry is nothing like his older brother. He soon becomes close friends with other teammates, but try as he might, there is one player that Derry wants to be liked and respected by on and off the field. Fallon.

Fallon has hated the Cougars and Derry’s brother, and he fully expected Derry would be as much of a jerk as his older brother. And although he immediately tries to see the worse in Derry, there is a sweet goodness about him that Fallon can’t ignore. Despite his best efforts, Fallon quickly starts to realize that behind Derry’s determination to be a key, respected player for the Hawks, there is also a heart of gold inside him. Soon, Fallon finds himself liking and falling for Derry and when he finds out how cruel Derry’s older brother really is, he becomes determined to do what he can to support Derry and to have the young man in his heart and arms forever.

I really liked this book. It’s a great addition to this wonderful series and I enjoyed revisiting some of the main characters from the other books in the series. Both heroes are stubborn and strong-willed enough to work through the many obstacles that are thrown their way. Although I really liked both of them, Derry was my favorite hero. He has a lot of overcome, but manages to work through both those professional and personal barriers with a strength that I really came to admire. I also enjoyed watching Derry and Fallon become close and fall in love. All in all, this feel-good story really was what I needed today and I enjoyed every minute of it.

Here are the Blue Line books in series order:

Offside Pass
Between the Pipes
Cup Check
Blind Pass
Change on the Fly
Playing the Point
Cherrypicker(less)

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Apr 22, 2013 NicStar rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: mm, series, athletes-sports, zz-amazon-yes

Another good story in the series (it's amazing how many gay hockey players there are in these teams!) with a focus on a serious subject. Every aspect of Derry's life is controlled by his brother and his brother has a terrible reputation.

Derry's brother is captain of the Cougars, one of the roughest and least accepting teams. Derry is very afraid that his brother will discover he is gay.

Derry joins the Hawks, the Cougars biggest rivals and also the team his crush, Fallon, plays for. The story fo...more

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Aug 26, 2012 Natalie rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: sports

Maybe it's my own fault for trying a new-to-me author by reading a series story out of order, but this was really unsatisfying. The characters weren't fleshed out very well, and by the end, things still felt unresolved.

[Edit: Apparently, I read book #4 last year and barely remember it. Despite my love of m/m sports romance, this series is not for me.]

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Jul 01, 2012 Rio rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: m-m, gay-town-family-series

I love the series , and the stories just either i read quicker this time or the stories seem smaller each time. i loved both charachters just the ending seemed very abrupt i wanted to know more xx

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Aug 06, 2012 Alina rated it 5 of 5 stars

I love these series (although I skipped the previous book) and this one was nice and sweet too, with a tad of angst as usual from this author. I just find it a bit unrealistic, that almost everyone in this hockey team seems to be gay. It doesn't spoil my enjoyment too much, but I can't help but feel a little like with 'everyone is gay' fanfics.

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Aug 23, 2012 Stacey rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: athletes, con-rom, detroit-michigan, i-own, m-m

Cute but forgettable. A good way to pass 30 minutes where you just need to not think for awhile.

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Sep 26, 2012 Amy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: own-them

This would have been a whole lot better if it hadn't suddenly ended.

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Jan 17, 2013 Raevyn rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: coworkers-to-lovers, gfy-ofy, hurt-comfort, less-than-25k-words, m-m, m-m-series, 2013, sports-jocks

3.5

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Jul 28, 2012 -RMG rated it 2 of 5 stars

2.5 stars

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Jul 02, 2012 Gaa-chan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary, jocks, family

3.5 stars

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Dec 02, 2012 Natālija rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: mm-mmm-mmf

I love books that can make me cry and this book is one of the most touching books I have read in a while. As always, Ms. Hecht does an exceptional job of portraying character's heartbreaks and struggles. I absolutely loved it and stayed up late to finish it.

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