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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
This book is centered around a common romance novel trope. Single mom, secret child. Poppy became a single mother at sixteen, while the love of her life, TK, went on to live his dream as professional football player, who didn't know what became of the girl he loved, or that he was father. Coincidence draws them back to each other's lives and back together again. Soon, they are functioning as a family. This book is very fast pace, but I didn’t think it evolved or flowed smoothly. The conflicts, between the two main characters were resolved and forgotten about rather quickly. Too quickly in some instances.
Overall, the book is entertaining, but I can’t give it more than 3 stars.
Overall, the book is entertaining, but I can’t give it more than 3 stars.
challenging
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
DNT at 35%
- What a horrible book (sorry not sorry)
Disclaimer: I'm judging a fictional romance book. All opinions are my own. I intend not harm or else with this review!
- I'll give this book 0/5 Stars.
- Here are the reasons:
> She's judging other people. Based on their looks etc. But is so annoyed when others do the same?!?!
> She annoying. Plain and simple.
> She didn't speak with him once about her being pregnant... she tried 2 times... but nothing beyond that.. wow.
> She kinda has a problem with alcohol... she admits to drinking regularly red wine... drinks a HOLE bottle before her date and continues drinking on her date... yikes
> And both a delusional.
Quote: "I don’t even know this person in front of me. When we dated, TK was the calm, even-tempered one in our relationship." You haven't seen each other for like 10 years... and both just jump into their old relationship 🙄🤦♀️
> He kisses her without really giving concent...
> After that he asks her out for a date... she's says NO... and he kisses her again without her wanting to...
Quote: "“See?” he asks. “Settled.” He’s right. I hate when he's right." 😒
> He called her awful, really horrible things when she confessed that they have a son together.
Quotes: " “Are you fucking kidding me!” He stands up, leaning over the table, screaming in my face." 🤨😶🙄
“Abortion? You’re so full of shit.”
> He didn't really apologizes because it the next sentence he wants her to apologize... I'm not even joking:
Quote: “I shouldn’t have said some of the things I said to you." SOME OF THE THINGS BUT NOT ALL?!??!
That's now how it works buddy
> Getting her full on drunk on their frist date.... 🙄
> Stats getting angry when she's afraid that he will take her son away from him... Super red flag
> They have a serious argument about their future... it's really serious and important to talk about that... and he starts dirty talking to her 😒
> He tells her that he's used to people trying to use him because of this fame and that he knows better... he's screaming this things at her... and than he realizes he was being played by others...
- What a horrible book (sorry not sorry)
Disclaimer: I'm judging a fictional romance book. All opinions are my own. I intend not harm or else with this review!
- I'll give this book 0/5 Stars.
- Here are the reasons:
> She's judging other people. Based on their looks etc. But is so annoyed when others do the same?!?!
> She annoying. Plain and simple.
> She didn't speak with him once about her being pregnant... she tried 2 times... but nothing beyond that.. wow.
> She kinda has a problem with alcohol... she admits to drinking regularly red wine... drinks a HOLE bottle before her date and continues drinking on her date... yikes
> And both a delusional.
Quote: "I don’t even know this person in front of me. When we dated, TK was the calm, even-tempered one in our relationship." You haven't seen each other for like 10 years... and both just jump into their old relationship 🙄🤦♀️
> He kisses her without really giving concent...
> After that he asks her out for a date... she's says NO... and he kisses her again without her wanting to...
Quote: "“See?” he asks. “Settled.” He’s right. I hate when he's right." 😒
> He called her awful, really horrible things when she confessed that they have a son together.
Quotes: " “Are you fucking kidding me!” He stands up, leaning over the table, screaming in my face." 🤨😶🙄
“Abortion? You’re so full of shit.”
> He didn't really apologizes because it the next sentence he wants her to apologize... I'm not even joking:
Quote: “I shouldn’t have said some of the things I said to you." SOME OF THE THINGS BUT NOT ALL?!??!
That's now how it works buddy
> Getting her full on drunk on their frist date.... 🙄
> Stats getting angry when she's afraid that he will take her son away from him... Super red flag
> They have a serious argument about their future... it's really serious and important to talk about that... and he starts dirty talking to her 😒
> He tells her that he's used to people trying to use him because of this fame and that he knows better... he's screaming this things at her... and than he realizes he was being played by others...
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Alcohol
Fumbled is a second-chance sports romance, with high school sweethearts Poppy and TK crossing paths again later in life
Unfortunately, I didn't enjoy Fumbled as much as I did Intercepted, mainly due to the fact that the books were very similar, for example...
***** WARNING SPOILERS AHEAD *****
Marlee (Intercepted) and Poppy both are independent black women, living in a low-income area, barely making it financially, who fall for white football players from their past
Both question the intentions of their love interests, assuming the worst. In both cases they are due to misunderstandings
Both have an outside influence impacting on their decision to have a relationship with said love interest
Both take a break from their relationship, not talking during those breaks which go for an extended time and then have HEA's without full resolution
Both get given new jobs at the same place, as a special favour to a football player
Both quit the above-mentioned jobs for love, which contradicts the strong independent personas they start with
I could go on, but I think that's enough
I was invested in the series, regardless of the fact that book 2 was underwhelming, and continued on to read books 3 and 4 - reviews to come!
Unfortunately, I didn't enjoy Fumbled as much as I did Intercepted, mainly due to the fact that the books were very similar, for example...
***** WARNING SPOILERS AHEAD *****
Marlee (Intercepted) and Poppy both are independent black women, living in a low-income area, barely making it financially, who fall for white football players from their past
Both question the intentions of their love interests, assuming the worst. In both cases they are due to misunderstandings
Both have an outside influence impacting on their decision to have a relationship with said love interest
Both take a break from their relationship, not talking during those breaks which go for an extended time and then have HEA's without full resolution
Both get given new jobs at the same place, as a special favour to a football player
Both quit the above-mentioned jobs for love, which contradicts the strong independent personas they start with
I could go on, but I think that's enough
I was invested in the series, regardless of the fact that book 2 was underwhelming, and continued on to read books 3 and 4 - reviews to come!
writing was questionable. the plot was everywhere and some things happened way too fast.
I loved this one even better than the first book! A second chance and a surprise baby. Absolutely loved it!
I enjoyed this book, but I didn't love it enough to go full 4 stars. Everything felt just a little too easy. The male lead, T.K., gets upset when he finds out about the son he didn't know he had - but gets over it ENTIRELY too quickly to be believable. Our female lead, Poppy, has great character growth but seems just a bit too self-aware of her own hang ups. Their son, Ace, accepts his new-found-father WAY too quickly and with almost no emotional hang ups about the fact that he hasn't been around for 9 years.
I loved the football CTE storyline, and I did root for the characters and loved the chemistry. It just felt a bit too good to be true and it pulled me out of the book a bit.
I loved the football CTE storyline, and I did root for the characters and loved the chemistry. It just felt a bit too good to be true and it pulled me out of the book a bit.
“Fumbled” would have to be my second favorite, because TK and that beard obviously lol. TK could just get it. There’s not a bad thing anyone could say about him. I love that man. The writer does a great job of describing the characters in a way that I can actually visualize everything about them. Great series for getting out a slump.
I am really conflicted about this one.
I didn't expect to see that trope in the book and it kind of threw me off. I am not a big fan of it. I also didn't love the way the hero reacted to the above situation.
I just think that this wasn't the book for me.
I didn't expect to see that trope in the book and it kind of threw me off. I am not a big fan of it. I also didn't love the way the hero reacted to the above situation.
I just think that this wasn't the book for me.
This book hooked me fast and then let me down. Didn’t love this one as much as the first in the series. Part of it probably it had to do with the storyline hitting way too close to home for me. But there were a lot of things that felt like they were haphazardly added to make the story more interesting. The excerpt on the back of the book alluded to “all the secrets they never told each other,” there was really one big secret (the kid they have together) and one smaller secret (the mom trying to pay Poppy off to abort the kid), which was part of the bigger secret. I kept waiting for something from TK’s past to come in and create conflict and it never did. Even the mother storyline could have been fleshed out better to build an interesting dynamic but that was an opportunity missed.
The whole stalker thing could have made for some extremely interesting conflict, but it was clearly only written to give him a reason to protect her. It would have been far more interesting had it been an old boyfriend or a regular from the club that wanted her, rather than a dark prank from a nemesis (who never had to be accountable for it).
Overall it was pretty boring and WAY too much of a fairytale. There was not enough conflict as they stepped in to a co-parenting situation. Co-parenting is hard enough, but when one parent wasn’t there during the developmental years, it is not something that you just pick up and everything’s perfect and the only challenge is the original parent learning to let go of control. There is way more to introducing and absent parent to an older child than the candy-coated way she has it here. I know because as I said, this one hits close to home.
For a girl who vehemently hates conflict, this book definitely needed more of it. And I would have loved to see more of Poppy taking charge and showing she didn’t need TK, but rather chose TK.
The whole stalker thing could have made for some extremely interesting conflict, but it was clearly only written to give him a reason to protect her. It would have been far more interesting had it been an old boyfriend or a regular from the club that wanted her, rather than a dark prank from a nemesis (who never had to be accountable for it).
Overall it was pretty boring and WAY too much of a fairytale. There was not enough conflict as they stepped in to a co-parenting situation. Co-parenting is hard enough, but when one parent wasn’t there during the developmental years, it is not something that you just pick up and everything’s perfect and the only challenge is the original parent learning to let go of control. There is way more to introducing and absent parent to an older child than the candy-coated way she has it here. I know because as I said, this one hits close to home.
For a girl who vehemently hates conflict, this book definitely needed more of it. And I would have loved to see more of Poppy taking charge and showing she didn’t need TK, but rather chose TK.