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Fumbled

Alexa Martin

3.71 AVERAGE

booklovinmamas's review

3.5

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I read Intercepted a while ago and meant to pick up the next book in the Playbook series. Thanks to my local library, I was able to borrow a physical copy of Fumbled, the second book in the series. This time, it’s Denver Mustangs’ starting wide receiver, TK Moore’s turn to find his HEA.

Fumbled is a second-chance romance story about Poppy Patterson and TK Moore, who were high school sweethearts. I really enjoy this trope and couldn’t wait to read about Poppy and TK’s second chance at romance. Poppy moved far away from home to start over and never expected to run into TK Moore again, especially at her place of work. Now, emotions she had buried for years come rushing back with TK around, and he’s more determined than ever to have a second chance with her. The problem is that Poppy has a big secret that she’s kept from TK for years, and she’s unsure how he’ll handle it, but she knows she’ll have to tell him.

(Trope Spoiler)

I’m not usually a big fan of the secret baby/child trope, but after finding out what happened with Poppy when she was pregnant, I understood her hesitation in telling TK the truth when she decided to give him a second chance.

Poppy was a hard-working, kickbutt single mother who had been taking care of her adorable son, Ace, for a while now. She didn’t want her son’s life to be turned upside down if TK decided to react badly about having a son. I loved that she had a support system of friends who were there for her, especially when things were not always going well in life and with TK. She also gained some friends with the football wives/girlfriends, too, who supported her.

Now, with that being said, just with the first book, I didn’t enjoy this book as much as I thought I would. Poppy and her son, Ace, stole the show for me in this book, while the MMC, TK Moore, drove me batty with constant flip-flopping in the book. The first red flag with him was how he reacted to finding out about Ace; then there was the issue of how he responded to Poppy not liking what happened to him during a football game. He did end up doing a 360, but after he broke Poppy’s heart and even Ace’s heart. I did like how he handled someone in his family that caused drama between him and Poppy from the beginning.

Overall, this was an okay read for me, and I’m giving it 3.5 stars. I wish I would have enjoyed it more. I do plan on reading the next book in the series because I need more football romances in my life and need to read Maxwell’s book next.

Standalone or Part of Series: It’s an interconnected standalone in the Playbook series.

Would I recommend this book? Yes. If you’re looking for a Second Chance Football Romance story, then check out this book from Alexa Martin.

What to Expect:
🏈Sports/Football Romance
🏈Interracial Romance
🏈Second Chance
🏈Single Mother

Content Warnings

jerilee40's review against another edition

4.0

4.5

arbhorea's review

2.0

2.5*
I enjoyed this even less than the first book. The relationship just really rubbed me the wrong way.

michelleantunez's review against another edition

4.0

I thoroughly enjoyed this book even though it wasn't my favorite one in the series. It was very much fairy tale ish for me and it was something I wasn't used to. I was looking for more of Marlee and Gavin even though they had moved. I still enjoyed the book thoroughly and have loved this series.

buttonsandbooks's review

4.0

I have seen this series around forever, but never bothered to actually look into it until Chirp had the audiobook on sale.

Single mom Poppy moved across the country to Colorado when her parents threw her out after she got pregnant. Now, she's got a life she's proud of and is killing the mama game to 9 year old Ace. TK Moore is the starting wide receiver for the Denver Mustangs pro football team and is a playboy. He's into the party lifestyle and not settling down until he runs into his ex girlfriend from high school, Poppy. Emotions come flooding back and they both have some huge secrets to share.

This was really good. I may actually have to look into the other books I enjoyed it so much! I love a strong female MC and Poppy is a badass!

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