Reviews

Fair Catch by Kandi Steiner

exquisite_tragedy's review against another edition

3.0

Tropes/Themes:
-MF new adult romance
-Sports romance (they’re both on a college football team)
-Hate to love
-Brother’s best friend
-Forced proximity (they’re college roommates)
-Dual POV
-Book #1 in an interconnected standalone series

This book ended up falling super flat for me (which may be due to the fact that I read this series out of order and absolutely loved book 3). Especially given Riley’s past with Zeke and the reasons why she hated him in the first place, things escalated from hate to love much too quickly and easily. I never ended up feeling any chemistry between them or seeing a reason how they could naturally become a couple. It’s hard for me to explain, but I found the plot and conversations surrounding Riley’s brother’s injuries to be a little insensitive. Also…the 3rd act conflict was ridiculous and completely unnecessary. The only redeeming part of this book for me was be able to cheer Riley on as she put all of her misogynistic teammates in their place.

CWs for drunk driving, hospitalizations, life altering injuries, misogyny

Story: 3/5
Audiobook: 5/5 (narrated by Hannah Chiclanq & Chris Williams)
Length 8h43in

ash96's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

lori_aug's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

amethyst1218's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

lesleyt's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

aksbookshelf's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

lexig00's review against another edition

hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

ryiah's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

i love zeke. i felt like he genuinely tried being bella's (bella and the bulldogs reference) friend, but she was just too stubborn. i did like how their relationship developed and they became friends, but riley just did wayyyyy too much for me.

readwithyesi's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

mrssmith2017's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0