S.E.X. Review~ Final Shot by V.L. Locey

Sometimes family is the light that leads you through the darkest parts of life.

Living the dream. That’s been Dan Arou-Kalinski’s life for the past ten years. That life hasn’t always been an easy one though. Dan has worked hard to get where he is and has faced some major obstacles on his road to success. It’s not always been a rose garden being married to Victor, but his love for his sometimes thorny husband has no bounds. His career has given him years of great success, memories, and championship rings. Yes, fate has been kind to Dan Arou-Kalinski for quite a long time. Looks like destiny is about to start calling in some markers.

The paybacks come due when a recurring health issue turns into a life or death situation and threatens to take him out of the game he loves permanently. Then there’s Victor’s son Jack, a proud and out nonbinary preteen who is living a daily nightmare in a small southern town. Juggling two major life issues is taking its toll on him, and just when he thinks he’s found the path out of the woods, Dan will face an unexpected and devastating loss that will require all three of the Kalinski men to pull together to help each other through the dark times.

Angst and heartache were not in short order in V.L. Locey’s new addition to her Overtime series, Final Shot. Grab a box of tissues because you will surely need them. Not wanting to give anything away, Final Shot furthered the story of Victor Kalinski and his hockey- scapper husband Dan Arou- Kalinski.

The tides of the book ebbed and flowed as the author took us on a ride unlike any other. One minute I was smiling and in the swipe of her words, I was reduced to tears- all in the name of writing a great book.

The lives of Vic and Dan unfolded as did those around them. Toss a genderfluid pre-teen into the mix and all hell was somehow going to break loss.  There was a fair bit of more romance in Final Shot, and we were given a greater glimpse of Vic’s softer side, of which I loved.

As in Rebound, nothing was forced, and every nuance was believable and true to form. The ups and down, the smiles, and heartaches- all a part of the microcosm of life.

Do not say that I didn’t warn you, as Final Shot will have you weeping. I look forward to the third book in the trilogy; Vic and Dan growing older and Jack finding true love.

Definite S.E.X.

A five-handcuff review

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