Snag Taking A Shot (Portland Storm, #2.5) Chronicled By Catherine Gayle Distributed As Interactive EBook

touching, heartfelt and uplifting novella, Catherine Gayle tells a compelling and incredibly sweet story about losing hope and then finding it in the people who love us, Its a stock up on tissues story!

I read Babs and Katie's short in the Seduced by the Game anthology and I honestly can't wait for the Taking A Shot's release just to get my copy with the awesome cover and the awesomeer story.


For those of us who have followed Catherine Gayles Hockey series Portland Storm Taking a Shot is a very special treat because it features the very adorable and loveable Jamie Babcock and Katie Weber.
If you havent read about them, you can still enjoy this very sweet, moving story,

Without neglecting the excitement of the game, Catherine depicts a show of strength, solidarity and family through what is the start of Katies battle against leukemia.
While she is determined to fight it with all the available medical resources, shes not fighting it with her heart, that is until Jamie mans up and does something about it.

“He made me want to be brave, ”

Sweet!!! I read thisyears ago, Having recently switched mostly to audiobooks and seeing this as part of a box set Books,,,, ampit was a great deal to grab for a single credit on Audible,

This is a sweet novella giving us more insight into Jamie amp Katie as they attend her senior prom, As Katie is still in high school, the steam is no more than a kiss, Also, Jamie amp Katie's story continues throughout the the other books and they don't get their HEA until book, Dropping The Gloves,

Angel Clarks narration improves in this book, I appreciate that she uses a slightly different register based on the POV of the chapter, This novella is very emotional and Clark handles that well, There is an alternate cover edition for this ISBN sitelinkhere,

Rising hockey star Jamie Babcock is ready to take the most important shot of his lifeand this time, its not on the ice.
Dating his teammates daughter might be riskier than going head to head with one of the Portland Storms rivals, But time is running outits now or never,

High school senior Katie Weber knows all too well the woes of adolescence, but throw in a leukemia diagnosis, and her life just got a lot more complicated.
With prom looming and a shiny bald head to contend with, Katie might sit at home on the most important night of her potentially very short life.
Unless Jamie Babcock, her ultimate crush, finally makes the move shes been praying for, But thats not the only miracle she needs,

Now Jamie must show Katie just how important she is and how hard she must fight,

Before its too late

Previously release as part of the SEDUCED BY THE GAME anthology, So so sweet!!! For such a short story aboutpages, it sure punched a lot,
Obviously this short story leans even stronger towards NA style than the previousbooks, as the heroine just turnedand moreover was not a regular teenager she was diagnosed for leukemia a few months before, somewhere in the previous book and was still pursuing the treatments .

There werescenes that I found deeply moving, the first one especially making me shed a river of tears on my reader luckily not drowned!
Theleads were a bit too sweet, a bit too perfect, but this fairy tale worked pretty nicely with the difficult context.

There's no epilogue stating that the heroine recovered or not, and the ending remained really open, this might not please some readers, So it worked perfectly for me in that format,.stars.

I like the concept of this storyline, however I really hate it when authors write the male family members of the heroine as over protective and controlling.
Like, I REALLY hate it,

What is the deal with it being portrayed as a loving thing when fathers dont want their daughters to date ever! I think that is the opposite of loving.
Men do not own women, even their own children, especially once they reach adulthood, Even before that the goal should be to teach them to make good choices for themselves and to be independent and strong young men and women.
This whole concept of ownership and control is awful and it makes me feel extremely uncomfortable,

The first two books in this series discuss gang rape and child sexual abuse and then the woman and child affected, healing and being empowered.
This whole concept and its in the first book too of the male family members somehow trying to prevent healthy relationships developing just makes me feel sick and angry.
It isnt protective and loving its controlling and obstructive,

Men in a family do NOT have the right to control women and these books, so far, are not helping to portray women as strong, independent and able to make their own choices.
I adore Jamie Babcock. This book was just the sweetest and most emotional I've read in this series yet,

The locker room scene was a tearjerker and so emotional,

Jamie taking a bald but beautiful Katie to her prom was precious, As I was reading I was so hoping I could view those prom pictures, I could see them in my head as they were described in the book,

If I had a daughter I would want her to have a Jamie of her own, That man is beyond description and yet here he is in the big time with women throwing themselves at him as he ignores it all remaining a virgin, waiting on the one woman who will become the love of his life.
Where on earth do you find someone like that It was such a pleasant change of pace,

Thank you Catherine for this heartfelt book, It was great to see a good young man who didn't let Katie's cancer stop him from being there for her, He was just a dream! Even though this is such a short story, it was a tear jerker for sure, . . or I'm just a cry baby, I love Babs amp can't wait to get to bookto finish their story, it was sweet, but a little shorter than I thought, . anyway, it was a good reading, Jamie and Katie story is perfect! I literally had tears in my eyes the whole time, Such a sweet story for these two! ed in Seduced by the Game anthology: sitelink goodreads. com/review/show Taking a Shot Portland Storm Book

The story of Jamie "Bab" and Katie, Katie Web has leukaemia and she has stop living, Her father is over projector and does not want anyone from the term near her, Jamie thinks he is in love with her and he want to take her to Senior prom, Can he make it a night she will remember Great story, Short and Sweet

This novella is quite short, it actually only takes upof the book, the rest is an exert of the next book.
However, it is quite moving, which is hardly

surprising given the subject matter, It does feel like the beginning of a much longer book though, I wonder if there is the rest of their story in a future book, It would be a shame if there wasnt because it has such hope to it, I purchased the Seduced by the Game anthology purely for this short story, I love the Portland Storm series and this short story about Jamie and Katie was a sweet and touching treat while waiting for the next book.
It is just a short story so there isn't really full resolution to their story but it did the trick, I'm really looking forward to seeing what else Catherine Gayle has in store for Jamie and Katie, Hopefully Katie will have a happy and healthy future ahead,

Catherine Gayle, please, please, please don't pull a John Green on this one, The world has enough John Greens, We need more Catherine Gayles, Such sugary sweetness, just perfect!/Very sweet novella about Jamie and Katie and her Prom, Jamie with all his blushing and dimples and usually I'm not a fan of dimples is such a great boy with a heart of gold! Taking A Shot was a sweet, short, heartwarming, tearyeye read.


I loved Jamie "Babs" Babcock and Katie Weber,

These two have had a crush on each other for awhile now, However, they can't act on it for several reasons:, Her dad would blow his lid if hisyearold teammate tried to date hisyearold daughter,. She's in her senior year of high school,

Even though they have a crush on each other, and have for like two years, they both seem to be oblivious to the other one's feelings.
They both seem to think it's onesided,

Katie doesn't want to attend prom, feeling she looks like a bald headed alien, thanks to her chemo treatments and cancer, She thinks others will look at her and judged herlittle does she know how wrong she is,

Babs wants Katie to go to prom, especially after Kally, Soupy and Zee share some advice and encouragement, So, he mans up and does the one thing he really wants by asking her to Prom, He would do anything for Katie,

These two have a few beautiful moments in this book, as well as Katie having a few with her father, All which were tear inducing moments,

Just a thought, as Jamie takes Katie to this famous doughnut shop called, Voodoo Doughnut, I live in Portland, and even I still don't get the fascination with Voodoo Doughnut's, I don't think they're that great but to each their own,

What I loved:
, The first locker room scene made me ball like a baby
, All of the Storm men's support, words of advice and encouragement
, The whole prom scene LOVED IT! It was awesome, sweet, and touching
, Jamie's feelings and thoughts about Katie
, Katie's protective feelings for Jamie
, Webs Katie's dad the emotions and feelings he struggled through
, Any tender moment through out the book
, No: cheating, drugs, puck bunnies, unnecessary drinkingparties or other stupid drama to make things over the top,

I hate that I have to wait until book,sitelinkDropping Gloves, to read about these two, I do love that we see pieces of their crush through other players books, How can you not love this series Cry much Geez I loved this book, I actually think I reviewed this book in the anthology Seduced by the Game but it deserved another shout out!! Auf die Geschichte hatte ich mich so gefreut und dann.


Katie hadert mit ihrer Krebserkrankung, Manchmal möchte sie nur noch ihre Ruhe und aufgeben wird verlockend, Das sehen auch die TeamMitglieder und erklären Jamie, dass er sich endlich ein paar Eier wachsen lassen und gegen ihren Vater antreten muss.

Jamie reißt sich tatsächlich zusammen und lädt Katie zum Abschlussball ein, Es wird ein unvergessliche Nacht,

Ziemlich kurz und der Aufstand um Katie beim Ball ist nicht nur kitschig, sondern auch unrealistisch, Weniger ist manchmal mehr.
Katie Weber is the daugther of Portland hockey player Dave Weber, Having been diagnosed with cancer, she goes through chemotherapy and takes online classes, She attends prom withyear old Jamie Babcock who is one of her father's teammates,



This is the third book I have read that was written by Catherine Gayle,

While the main female character sadly is sick, Jamie is able to still see her beauty,



Only six chapters long, "Taking a Shot" is a very quick read, This is a short, sweet story that focuses on Babs taking Katie to her high school prom, It is simple yet overflowing with raw emotion and sweetness from Jamie, I dont have much to say about it, other than that it made me fall in love with Jamie Babcock even more than I already was.
It is so beautifully sad, Warning: Cliffhanger!

First of all I'm not going to rate this one, If I would, it would only get one star due to the fact, that I only got half a story, It just stopped no end, I thought I just have to switch to the next page, but there wasn't more, . .
I was so disappointed and maybe a little angry, . . okay, not just a little,

So, now for why I won't rate this,
This novella was more a slice of live story, Katie theyear old daughter of a hockey player has leukemia and all the fears and uncertainties of that situation are part of this story.
But there's also love. The love she has for her family and their love for her, . . the heardwrenching scene when her dad shaves of all of her hair because she doesn't want to have bald spots, . . and when he shaves his hair off as well, . .

And there's also Jamie Babcock, a rookie teammate of Katie's dad, Wow, that guy was perfect, He's in love this Katie, The way he treats her, the way he sees her, . . and that kiss perfect.

And there you have it, . . I liked the story, but I'm strictly a happy ending kind of girl, We don't know if Katie will live or die, because the chapter just ends and there isn't more, Nothing.
Also the story ends with Jamie bringing her home after a school dance, . . so there's no conclusion in the "lovestory" as well, And that disappointed me and made me angry, . . so no rating. Because the story and writing were perfect until this point,

And let's be honest, . . this story, with that kind of illness, needed a happy ending! Something uplifting! Hope! But there wasn't any, . .
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