Review: I See London (Chanel Cleeton)

I See London
Series: International School, #1
Author: Chanel Cleeton
Publication Date: December 26, 2023 (Original: December 20, 2013)
Publisher: Canary Street Press
Genre: New Adult, Contemporary Romance
Note: This review is for an ARC and is my unbiased opinion.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ½

Synopsis:

For the first time in print! New York Times sensation Chanel Cleeton’s international, angst-fueled romance is perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover and Lucy Score.

Maggie Carpenter is a small-town Southern girl who’s never been kissed. She’s ready for a change—and to leave her ordinary life and a failed attempt to get into Harvard behind. She accepts a scholarship to the International School in London, where she’s suddenly mingling with the privileged offspring of diplomats and world leaders.

When Maggie meets Hugh, a twentysomething British guy, she finds herself living the life she has always wanted. Suddenly she’s riding around the city in a Ferrari, wearing borrowed designer clothes and going to the hottest clubs. The only problem? There’s someone else, someone she can’t seem to keep her hands off of.

Half French, half Lebanese and impossibly rich, Samir Khouri has made it clear to Maggie that despite their intense attraction, he doesn’t do relationships. He’s the opposite of everything she thought she wanted—a player with no interest in commitments—but she just can’t keep away. Torn between her dream guy and the one haunting her thoughts, Maggie must fight for her own happy ending. But in a city like London, you never know where you stand, and everything can change in the blink of an eye.

International School
Book 1: I See London
Book 2: London Falling

I’m a big fan of Cleeton’s more recent books, so it was fun to go back to where her publishing journey started with the re-release of I See LondonI See London was different from what I’ve read from Cleeton so far. The writing was still great, but I could see how much it has blossomed over the years. This was a new adult romance set at university on London. Originally released in 2013, this book had all of the qualities NA romances of that time. Maggie, having been rejected by Harvard, excepts a scholarship to study in London. While there, she learns a lot about herself and makes some frustrating decisions – the way teenagers do. She meets new friends, starts a relationship, and longs for another guy’s attention. There’s a bit of a love triangle that isn’t shocking in how it turns out and some fun drama. I wasn’t quite sure what to think of the cliffhanger ending. I didn’t love it, but it did make me interested in what might come next. Overall, it was a good read. Not quite what I would expect from Cleeton these days, but a good look back at where she began.

Review: First Flight, Final Fall (C.W. Farnsworth)

First Flight, Final Fall
Author: C.W. Farnsworth

Publication Date: June 24, 2021
Genre: Contemporary Romance, New Adult, Sports Romance

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★

Synopsis:

What do you do when you encounter the famous footballer voted “Sexiest Athlete Alive” three years running on a soccer field in Germany? 

If you’re Saylor Scott, you challenge him to a shoot-out. And win. 

Saylor’s goals have always involved the literal kind constructed from posts and netting. Her single-minded focus has cost her a lot, but it’s also earned her recognition as the top female college player in the US. She doesn’t get attached, she never gets distracted, and she could care less what anyone thinks of her. 

Meeting Adler Beck, the notorious player celebrated worldwide and coveted by women everywhere, challenges her indifference. But Saylor perfected the art of appearing unbothered a long time ago, and her scoring percentage is even higher off the pitch. Might as well add a gorgeous German to the tally. 

Because only a fool would fall for a superstar known for breaking hearts alongside records. 

And no one has ever accused Saylor Scott of being a fool.


If you are a fan of Scoring Wilder by R.S. Grey or Kulti by Mariana Zapata and you have not read First Flight, Final Fall, you need to remedy that now. Or if you like soccer. Or sports romance with kick butt female athletes. This book is for you.

First Flight, Final Fall is about Saylor, a college female soccer star who is invited to the most prestigious soccer camp in Germany. While there, she meets Adler Beck, the top professional male soccer. Neither do relationships but can’t stay away from each other. This should make Saylor’s return to the states and her final college season easier, but it doesn’t.

Saylor’s character was so well written. Her drive, determination, and want to be the best athlete and female soccer player was perfect. Soccer was her home when her family couldn’t be. Saylor had a bunch of family and friend stuff to work through in this one, and I didn’t blame her for her feelings. I rooted for her to be the best in all aspects of her life.
Beck was a little harder to know. What we got of him was through Saylor’s POV. I loved the small ways in which I could see his support of her. I loved seeing him interact with his family. Beck’s POV was one of the small things I thought was missing from this book that could have made it even better.

The romance between Saylor and Beck was a lot of lust. They were all about the hook ups at first, but I loved seeing how that quickly morphed into more. Their love of soccer and competitive drive gave them a common ground to develop not only a love for each other but a friendship as well. I also loved that Beck knew when to push and when to back down when Saylor struggled.

There were a ton of side characters in this story with all of the soccer players, family, friends, and teammates who showed up. Every one of them added something to the story. I especially loved the look at both Saylor and Beck’s families. Those dynamics were so interesting and helped me understand them.

As you can tell, soccer (or football) was a huge part of this book. I loved the way it was portrayed on the page. I have never played soccer myself but have watched a ton of girls’ soccer over the years. The incorporation of not only game moments but drills and practices was great. I felt like I was experiencing it right along with Saylor — without the sweat and breathlessness.

There were only a couple of things I didn’t get from this book that I wanted. I already mentioned Beck’s POV. The other would be more time spent with Saylor and Beck as a couple. They finally get together and then we’re jumping ahead to the epilogue. I felt like I missed all of the growth for them as a couple and how they made their relationship work. If it wasn’t for those couple of things, this would have been a 5 star read for me. It kind of was anyway.

Overall, I loved First Flight, Final Fall. I was fascinated by the characters and their story. I was so into it, I read it in one sitting. I couldn’t put it down. It’s made me want to pick up another book by C.W. Farnsworth immediately.

Review: Good Girl Complex (Elle Kennedy)

Good Girl Complex
Series: Avalon Bay, #1
Author: Elle Kennedy

Publication Date: February 1, 2022
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
Genre: Contemporary Romance, New Adult
Note: This review is for an ARC and is my unbiased opinion.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 

Synopsis:

She does everything right. So what could go wrong?

Mackenzie “Mac” Cabot is a people pleaser. Her demanding parents. Her prep school friends. Her long-time boyfriend. It’s exhausting, really, always following the rules. Unlike most twenty-year-olds, all she really wants to do is focus on growing her internet business, but first she must get a college degree at her parents’ insistence. That means moving to the beachside town of Avalon Bay, a community made up of locals and the wealthy students of Garnet College.

Mac’s had plenty of practice suppressing her wilder impulses, but when she meets local bad boy Cooper Hartley, that ability is suddenly tested. Cooper is rough around the edges. Raw. Candid. A threat to her ordered existence. Their friendship soon becomes the realest thing in her life.

Despite his disdain for the trust-fund kids he sees coming and going from his town, Cooper soon realizes Mac isn’t just another rich clone and falls for her. Hard. But as Mac finally starts feeling accepted by Cooper and his friends, the secret he’s been keeping from her threatens the only place she’s ever felt at home.


I’m here for this new Avalon Bay series by Elle Kennedy. It was the writing I’ve always loved from Kennedy with an exciting new setting and cast of characters. It was nice to read something set in a world other than college hockey — not that I don’t love me some college sports, I just loved how different this was. It had an 80’s movie vibe with the townie versus rich kid thing it had going on. I had a lot of fun reading it.

Mac is a young woman who has grown up with every privilege she could have asked for, but is confined by what is expected of her. I loved how she was trapped between pleasing her parents and going for what she wanted. That part of the story was so relatable, whether you’re rich or poor. Mac was also very likable with her wanting to do good and always willing to help others. Cooper wasn’t as lovable from the start. He had some big biases and a huge chip on his shoulder. I may not have always liked him, but I enjoyed reading his POV even before he became someone to love. Mac and Cooper were opposites in what life had given them, but they complimented each other well. Their relationship was sweet and feisty all at the same time.

I was a little nervous going into Good Girl Complex. I knew going in there was a cheating aspect to the story from what I had seen on social media from the author and some early reviews I read. I am not a fan of cheating, so I was worried this wouldn’t be a hit for me. Surprise, surprise. The cheating didn’t bother me. That is due to Elle Kennedy’s character development and plotting skills. I actually ended up liking the direction this book took with it. I was still uncomfortable in certain moments, but it wasn’t horrible for me.

One of the things that makes Elle Kennedy’s NA romances so much fun is the cast of characters she gives each book/series. I loved the new people she introduced us to in this book. Cooper has a twin, Evan, who I want a book for. I also loved all of Cooper’s friends (minus Heidi, but I got her in the end). Mac had a fun roommate, but her parents and Preston were awful. I loved to hate Preston. All of these characters have me wanting more books set in Avalon Bay!

So, yeah. Good Girl Complex was a strong start to a new series for Elle Kennedy. I loved where she went with this book, and I can’t wait to get more stories for the rest of Cooper and Mac’s gang of friends.

Review: Boyfriend (Sarina Bowen)

Boyfriend
Series: Moo U, #0
Author: Sarina Bowen
Publication Date: October 12, 2021
Publisher: Heart Eyes Press
Genre: Contemporary, Sports Romance, New Adult

Note: This review is for an ARC and is my unbiased opinion.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Synopsis:

A new hockey player to steal your heart this fall…

The dreamiest player on the Moo U hockey team hangs a flyer on the bulletin board, and I am spellbound:

Rent a boyfriend for the holiday. For $25, I will be your Thanksgiving date. I will talk hockey with your dad. I will bring your mother flowers. I will be polite, and wear a nicely ironed shirt…

Everyone knows it’s a bad idea to introduce your long-time crush to your messed-up family. But I really do need a date for Thanksgiving, even if I’m not willing to say why. So I tear his phone number off of that flyer… and accidentally entangle our star defenseman in a ruse that neither of us can easily unwind.

Who knew that Weston’s family was even nuttier than mine? He needs a date, too, for the most uncomfortable holiday engagement party ever thrown.

There will be hors d’oeuvre. There will be faked PDA. And there will be pro-level awkwardness…

Boyfriend is a full-length book for Weston and Abbi!


Boyfriend is one of those books where I want to scream “I LOVED IT!!!” and be done with my review. Everything about it was perfect. I don’t even know what to start with. I think I will make things easy on myself and give you a little list of some of the things I loved about this book.

  • The secret crushes Abbi and Weston had on each other were adorable. It made their interactions at Biscuits so much fun.
  • The direction the fake dating situation went was cute and entertaining, but also brought out big emotions for Abbi, Weston, and me. I loved how they got to know each other better through meeting each other’s families.
  • The chemistry between Abbi and Weston was always hot, but the emotional connection made the transition from fake dates to friends to more all the more real. I adored Abbi and Weston — probably why I wanted the novella to be a full length book in the first place.
  • The Moo U hockey team was as fun as ever.
  • This book may have started off as a novella, but I wouldn’t have known that if I hadn’t already read the novella. It was so seamless. Any changes or additions felt natural and perfect for the story.
  • Sarina Bowen proved once again that she can write NA sports romance like no other. I know she said she didn’t think she was going to be writing this age group again before writing this book, but I hope how amazing it turned out gives her motivation to write more NA romances.

I could probably go on and on praising both Boyfriend and Sarina Bowen. This was such a great read that I want to start all over at the beginning again. I already miss Abbi and Weston. A big thank you to Bowen for giving Abbi and Weston (and us!) the full-length novel they deserved.

Review: The Love Hypothesis (Ali Hazelwood)

The Love Hypothesis
Author: Ali Hazelwood
Publication Date: September 14, 2021
Publisher: Berkley
Genre: Contemporary Romance, New Adult

Note: This review is for an ARC and is my unbiased opinion.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Synopsis:

As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn’t believe in lasting romantic relationships–but her best friend does, and that’s what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily ever after was always going to take more than hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks: Scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees.

That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor–and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when Stanford’s reigning lab tyrant agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. But when a big science conference goes haywire, putting Olive’s career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support and even more unyielding…six-pack abs.

Suddenly their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion. And Olive discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope. 


If you are a romance fan, chances are you’ve at least seen the cover for The Love Hypothesis if not heard the hype surrounding it. I hate to admit it, but I was hesitant to read it. I had kind of been avoiding it because of said hype and the fact that illustrated covers tend to dupe me at times. Basically, I wasn’t planning to read it. Then, the 5 star reviews started rolling in. Some of my most trusted blogger and reader friends started reviewing it. All said it was worth the hype. What I was reading in reviews made me change my mind, so I read it. IT WAS SO WORTH THE HYPE. So worth it.

I adored The Love Hypothesis. I was immediately pulled into Olive’s world. I’m not the biggest fan of third person narration, but it worked for me here. Olive, with her doubts and insecurities, was totally relatable. I loved how she wanted to make sure her friends were happy, but also felt for her with what she was willing to do to make sure that happened. Olive was a smart, nice, and overall good person. I loved her.

I also loved Adam. He might have been the most hated professor on campus with his blunt deliveries, but I loved that he was unapologetic about it and was trying to better the grad students. What I loved most about him, though, was how he treated Olive with so much care.

Olive and Adam were cuteness overload. I couldn’t get enough of their fake relationship — especially the more real it got. Their interactions were constantly making me swoon. I could go on and on about how perfect Olive and Adam were for each other.

As with any good romance novel, there were some amazing side characters. Olive’s best friend Anh and her pushiness cracked me up. Malcolm and basically everything he did made me smile. Adam’s friend Holden was another fun character. I wouldn’t mind a book for either Anh or Malcolm. I would love for this to be a series! I don’t know if that’s planned, but it would make me happy.

I was a little worried going in that all the STEM and academia stuff might overwhelm the story, but it was worked so well into the story and felt subtle despite it being a major topic. It was actually kind of fun to learn more about the grad school and academic life since I didn’t go that route. And I loved how Olive and Adam’s love of science and experiences in the field brought them closer together.

Yeah…I could probably go on and on about this book. It’s definitely a new favorite debut romance novel and one that you will most likely find on my list of favorite books for 2021.

Review: Waylaid (Sarina Bowen)

Waylaid
Series: True North, #8

Author: Sarina Bowen
Publication Date: July 20, 2021
Genre: Contemporary Romance, New Adult
Note: This review is for an ARC and is my unbiased opinion.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 

Synopsis:

It’s a tale as old as time: the bad boy meets the good girl. He makes a daring proposition. Then the boy gets a mysterious head injury and loses a year of his life…

The first time I meet Rickie, I don’t know what to make of him. The second time we meet, he doesn’t remember the six hours we spent together. Or standing me up afterward.

I’m not the same, either. I’ve got secrets. I’ve told lies. Bad boys aren’t my type, anyway. Even the ones with seductive gray eyes.

But now we’re roommates. Cue the awkward moments in the hallway when he’s wearing only a towel and a smile. He’s determined to win me over, and his talented hands weaken my resolve.

It’s all fun and games until my past rears its ugly head and his secrets come to light, shaking our fragile connection, maybe even breaking it…

Note: this is Daphne Shipley’s story. Contents include Vermonty ice cream flavors, nerdy awkwardness, tattoos, and a playboy grandpa.


Sarina Bowen is back with some True North magic. I love this series. I don’t know how she continues to come up with new and exciting plots to bring to the Shipley family and friends, but she does and it’s amazing. Each book is so different while maintaining the True North feel. I love that and I loved Waylaid.

Being a True North fan, I hate to admit that I didn’t remember who Rickie was before reading this book. I knew all about Daphne Shipley, but Rickie just didn’t stick with me. Which actually made me mad at myself when I figured out he was Dylan Shipley’s college roommate. Rickie was a complex character. I loved his happy go lucky attitude and his flirting with Daphne. Rickie wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows, though. He couldn’t remember a year of his life and the lingering affects of that caused him a lot of grief and fear. I enjoyed how his loss of memories played out and what it meant when it came to Daphne. It gave a little bit of romantic suspense to this book, which was fun.

I have always been curious about Daphne. She had the giant crush on that previous character and then there was something that had happened to her that I wanted to find out about in Heartland. I loved that I got to know her better in this book. She learned a lot about herself, her goals, and her relationships. Daphne was a good person, but learning those things made her even better. Plus, I loved her with Rickie.

If you’re a fan of this series, you’re going to love seeing the Shipley extended family show up. There are some great moments. Some of my favorites involved Grandpa Shipley. Others involved Rickie and Dylan. Readers are going to be extremely happy with all the cameos.

One last thing I feel like I need to mention is that there are a flashback chapters in this book. I’m not normally a fan of flashbacks, but I loved how Sarina Bowen did them in this book. The few flashback chapters were in third person instead of first and that brought a different vibe to them that worked well.

Overall, Waylaid was another great addition to the True North series.

Review: Broken Hearts (Rebecca Jenshak)

Broken Hearts
Series: Campus Nights, #3

Author: Rebecca Jenshak
Publication Date: July 13, 2021
Genre: Contemporary, Sports Romance, New Adult
Note: This review is for an ARC and is my unbiased opinion.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 

Synopsis:

She’s a figure skater. He’s a hockey player. Things are about to heat up on the ice.

Rhett Rauthruss is single for the first time in six years. He’s fresh off a long-term, long-distance relationship and ready to make the most of what’s left of college.
Party with his boys, get to the Frozen Four with his team, and maybe play the field for a change.

Sienna Hale knows a thing or two about heartbreak. She’s a college athlete about to skate for the last time, and nothing is going to throw her off course. Not her worries about finding a job after college, not the whispers of last year’s accident on the ice, and not the cute hockey player who keeps asking her out.

They think they want different things, but when it heats up between them, there’s no denying they have something in common–even if it’s just for a night. 


If you’re a fan of the Campus Nights series, you know just how excited I was to get Rhett Rauthruss’ story. He’s been a prominent side character in this series from the beginning and one of my favorite characters in it. Rhett’s always been a curiosity because of his dedication to his long-distance girlfriend, Carrie. In the last book they broke up, and I wanted to know what truly happened between them through Rhett’s eyes. Those loose ends were tied up in Broken Hearts, but I honestly didn’t care about what happened between him and Carrie anymore once I met Sienna.

From their first bumpy meeting, I knew Rhett and Sienna’s romance was going to be fun. Rhett and Sienna didn’t exactly get off to the best start, and that made the time they took to get to know each other very entertaining. It took Sienna a little longer to figure out what I already knew: Rhett was a nice, stand-up guy. Sienna was just as nice of a person as Rhett. They had a lot in common being athletes in their senior year of college. I loved how Sienna being a figure skater contrasted with Rhett being a hockey player. Their relationship felt natural with their chemistry and emotional connection. I loved how their story played out on and off the ice.

Something that made this book feel even more special was seeing some of my favorite characters from the previous books. Heath, Adam, and Mav all supported Rhett and Sienna through this book. Don’t worry — their ladies make appearances, too. It’s always so much fun to be with this gang again.

I feel like I have a lot more to say about Broken Hearts but can’t because I don’t want to spoil it. There are some great emotional ups and downs for both Rhett and Sienna in this book. Fans of this series are going to love everything Rebecca Jenshak throws at them.

Reviews: Jock Royal (Sara Ney)

Jock Royal
Series: Jock Hard#4 
Author: Sara Ney
Publication Date: June 22, 2021
Genre: New Adult, Contemporary Romance, Sports

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★

Synopsis: 

IT’S EASY TO TAKE ONE DARE WHEN YOU THINK IT’S HARMLESS.

Ashley Dryden-Jones is the best rugby player on the field—when I take a dare I instantly regret, I had no way of knowing he was a gentleman. An athlete. British with no plans to stay in the States.

He makes me forget myself, bruises, 5 o’clock shadow, accent and all.

He makes me forget I cannot crawl into bed with him at night—or get drunk and throw caution to the wind for once in my overly cautious life.

Because he’s my new roommate.

ONE STUPID BET LEADS TO ONE UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT.

When I win a trip to Vegas I need a plus one; he’s the strapping, strong and responsible choice. Besides—I’ve never been anywhere and he has.

He is the best friend I didn’t know I needed.

Ashley is one of the good ones—but I’m about to find out how bad this good boy can be. 


Jock Royal is a hard book for me to rate. I could have easily slapped on a 5 star rating by how much fun I had reading it. It had Sara Ney’s trademark humor (which I enjoy) and there wasn’t a ton of drama or angst. Ashley and Georgia were great characters and I loved their chemistry. Reading it made me happy and that says a lot.

Why did I end up giving it 4 stars then? There were a couple of times the flow of the story didn’t feel smooth due to some passages of time. It wasn’t anything bad, but I did notice it. The book could have been longer with those time frames filled in and I wouldn’t have complained about having to read more pages. I was that invested in Ashley and Georgia. Also, Georgia thought Ashley spoke in dated English and it made me wonder if people of his status and age actually talked like that? The fact that so much attention was drawn to it made it weird. I can’t answer whether or not the language fits, so it didn’t detract much from my rating. I would be curious to know what English readers think. I can get over these things that bugged me in the long run because this rom-com left me in a good mood, so 4 stars it is.

Review: On a Wednesday (Whitney G.)

On a Wednesday
Series: One Week, #2
Author: Whitney G.
Publication Date: July 7, 2021
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Sports
Note: This review is for an ARC and is my unbiased opinion.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 

Synopsis:
We met on a Wednesday.
Became enemies, then lovers, on a Wednesday.
And we made a final promise before saying goodbye, on a Wednesday …
Kyle Stanton is the cockiest playboy who has ever set foot on this university’s campus.
He’s also the last person on earth that I want to interview for my senior thesis since:
1) I haven’t forgotten how he left me hanging for a group project during our freshman year. 2) He has a tendency to believe that any woman who breathes in his direction wants him. 3) Did I mention how infuriatingly cocky he is?
If I hear him utter the phrase, “No need to stare, I’ll let you ride it up close and personal, just say the word,” one more time, I will scream.
At least, those are my initial impressions until he proposes “a perfect deal” that works in our best interest. Until one filthy kiss changes everything, and he shows me a side of himself that makes me fall in love.
We only have one semester left together, though …
He’s bound for the professional football league, and I’m bound for London.
We promise to remain long-distance “friends,” but a brutal argument tears us apart, and we haven’t spoken to each other since.
Until now.
We met on a Wednesday.
Became everything, then nothing, on a Wednesday.
And now he’s shown up to my engagement party, all these years later, on a Wednesday …
On a Wednesday is a standalone inspired by Adele’s “Someone Like You.”

On a Wednesday was another fun read from Whitney G. We finally get Grayson’s (On a Tuesday) college teammate and friend Kyle’s story.

Kyle’s story is pretty entertaining. I can’t say that I immediately loved Kyle. Cocky is an understatement when it comes to his personality. It took Courtney getting to know what was underneath his attitude to like him as a character. I still would have liked to see both his and Courtney’s characters fleshed out a little more, but there was enough to get to know them well. Courtney was way easier to like. The two of them together were pretty sweet. I liked how their relationship/friendship advanced. Their movie stuff made me smile a lot.

There were a couple of things that had me considering a 3.5 star instead of 4-star rating. I had mixed feelings about the jumping back and forth between present and the past. I liked both timelines, but I’m not a big fan of flashbacks. The way the timelines were intertwined worked for me, but I might have liked it more if things happened chronologically. It would have taken some of the surprise out of the fallout, but I don’t know that I would have minded that. The other thing was that whole cocky Kyle thing I mentioned. I ended up giving this book a full 4 stars because these things didn’t bother me as much once I made it to the adorable ending. Everyone and thing came full circle and I loved that.

Series Review: Moo U, Book #’s 8-10 (Hill, Ting, Burns)

Good morning! I have something fun to share with you today. It’s a series review for the next three books in the Moo U series in Sarina Bowen’s World of True North. Get ready for some college hockey romance fun!

Playmaker
Series: Moo U, #8
Author: Sierra Hill
Publication Date: June 7, 2021
Publisher: Heart Eyes Press
Genre: New Adult, Contemporary, Sports Romance
Note: This review is for an ARC and is my unbiased opinion.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ½

My thoughts: 

I loved everything about Playmaker minus the conflict. Cal and Aria were so cute together. Their relationship was totally swoon worthy. I just hated that Aria didn’t confide in Cal when she should have. I understood why Aria was trying to distance herself from her father’s problems, but I hated that she was keeping things a secret and building a life upon half-truths at Moo U. It made her seem immature and took away from everything she had built with Cal, in my opinion. It brought my enjoyment of Playmaker down, which makes me sad because I enjoy Sierra Hill’s writing. I wanted to be completely in love with this book.

Snowballed
Series: Moo U, #9
Author: Melanie Ting
Publication Date: June 7, 2021
Publisher: Heart Eyes Press
Genre: New Adult, Contemporary, Sports Romance
Note: This review is for an ARC and is my unbiased opinion.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★

My thoughts: 

Snowballed was the first book I’ve ever read by Melanie Ting and I enjoyed it. I loved Noah’s character and his family dynamics. It brought so much to the story. The same can be said for Zoe — although I liked Noah more than I liked Zoe. I think that was because Noah faced his hardships head on and Zoe let hers build up waiting to detonate. I could feel that tension and it made me uncomfortable at times. That being said, I loved Noah and Zoe together. The way they connected through hockey, farm chores, food, and animals was sweet.

Goalkeeper
Series: Moo U, #10
Author: Andi Burns
Publication Date: June 7, 2021
Publisher: Heart Eyes Press
Genre: New Adult, Contemporary, Sports Romance
Note: This review is for an ARC and is my unbiased opinion.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

My thoughts: 

I’ve got another book to add to my Moo U favorites list! Goalkeeper is exactly what I’m looking for when I pick up a book in this series. It was so adorable! Shy goalie Spencer and party girl Paige were a perfect match. They got each other. I love when a couple gets each other the way these two did. It makes me believe they could go the distance. This book was so much fun. The amount of drama was just right, and I loved how it all resolved. I hadn’t read a book by Andi Burns before, but I will be checking out her backlist for sure!