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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Thank you to NetGalley, Avon and HarperVoyager, and Meg Jones for providing me with an eARC in exchange for my honest review!
Publication Date: September 9th, 2025
Meg Jones has this way of writing her characters with such depth and such emotion that it feels like they are leaping off the page and straight into your soul. I said it about Clean Point and I’ll say it again, this book has HEART. Both times, I have gone into Meg’s books expecting to have a lovely time, and both times I have had a lovely time AND unearthed an absolute gem of a love story that leaves me feeling healed and hopeful and happy.
Dylan and Oliver. My babies. What can I say about them that can express what they actually mean to me? The way they love each other—it is the actual definition of “to be loved is to be seen” because their understandings of the other and how it leads them to be the most supportive, caring partner is ridiculously heartwarming. Much like Scottie and Nico, their love makes them better people, for themselves and for others, and that really, truly is the best love story. Their relationship develops so naturally and beautifully, and the healing they offer each other through their unconditional love is just as healing for the reader. I am so attached to them both that I actually cheered, out loud, for the ending.
Truly one of my favorite reads of 2025. Dylan and Oliver will join Scottie and Nico in sticking with me for years to come.
Here’s to never expecting to cry in a tennis romance and Meg making me do it TWICE
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
3.5 Stars
This is a sweet, friends-to-lovers, tennis romance. Dylan and Oliver are both tennis stars - Dylan holds the record for most Grand Slam final appearances with zero wins. She can’t seem to get out of her own head and is constantly focusing on her failures. Oliver has one Grand Slam under his belt, but he’s beginning to lose his hunger for competition. He and Dylan meet one night at a party and become friends, and Oliver starts to help Dylan believe in herself.
This is a dual POV novel, but it’s really Dylan’s story. I’m sure Dylan will be a polarizing FMC, but I actually quite liked how flawed she was. She was frustrating to read at times, but I still found myself rooting for her and understanding where she was coming from.
I enjoyed how Dylan and Oliver’s relationship grew over time as friends first. The author does a great job in showing how sometimes two people just have a connection right away, and it was fun seeing how this transitioned from friends to more. I prefer to see a bit more angst and tension, so while I didn't feel as much chemistry between Dylan and Oliver as I would have hoped, I still liked their sweet romance. It also would have been nice to see more of a narrative arc for Oliver beyond his support of Dylan. He is facing a career crossroads at the beginning of the novel, and while he does end up going from Point A to Point B (I’m keeping it vague so as not to spoil anything), it’s explored rather superficially which led to his character feeling underdeveloped.
This was my first tennis romance, and I loved the tennis aspects of this book, the descriptions of the matches and the focus on both the physical and mental strength to be a top athlete in the sport. And I was pleasantly surprised to read about characters who were happily childfree (this is not a spoiler as this comes up with one of the characters super early on). Most HEAs include MCs who want children, and it was cool to see representation for characters who want a different future.
This is the second book in a series, technically an interconnected standalone, but the details of the first book are mentioned a lot throughout this book including some that I assume are spoilers, so just a heads up for anyone who hasn’t read Clean Point yet (like me!).
Thank you to Avon and NetGalley for the advance copy
This was a cute tennis sports romance. Dylan wins a lot of tennis matches but can't seem to close out in the finals of a Grand Slam. She's ready to hang it up but fellow pro Oliver encourages her to keep at it, even going so far as to betting her his own U.S. Open Trophy if she loses. He starts coaching her and their slow-burn friendship morphs into an attraction even as they both rediscover their love for the sport.
I thought this was really cute but I didn't realize that it was the second in a duo. It did seem like there were things relevant from the first book so I would highly recommend reading that first. If I had known, I would have read it first and I think it would have made more sense. The only thing I didn't quite get was her wanting his own trophy. It didn't make a lot of sense to me if it wasn't one she had won herself but overall this was a cute tennis romance.
Thanks to Netgalley and Avon for the ARC.
I thought this was really cute but I didn't realize that it was the second in a duo. It did seem like there were things relevant from the first book so I would highly recommend reading that first. If I had known, I would have read it first and I think it would have made more sense. The only thing I didn't quite get was her wanting his own trophy. It didn't make a lot of sense to me if it wasn't one she had won herself but overall this was a cute tennis romance.
Thanks to Netgalley and Avon for the ARC.
This book is a classic example of a trend in contemporary romance right now: two POVs just to show a man down bad.
(which some people ADORE!!!!)
Oliver’s POV adds nothing to the plot. He doesn’t experience growth, certainly not in the way Dylan does. It just reads like his entire POV is to serve as marketing quotes.
If you’re into that, GREAT! Enjoy the spice and the love story. It’s just not my cup of tea.
Thank you to NetGalley and Avon for an eARC in exchange for my honest review.
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
My one line summary would be ‘good not great’. I was happy to read the book, but I wouldn’t avidly suggest it to others.
The bones are there but the story doesn’t fully color together for new. Starting with the strengths: I liked the premise - the pressure of being a professional athlete, the importance of someone believing in you especially when dealing with mental health struggles, building out a friendship to them make ‘friends to lovers’ trope without years of pining. Additionally, the writing was easy and enjoyable. And while Avery was easy to dislike in the past, I liked that she was ‘prickly’ and complicated.
But ultimately I had a few issues with the book: Firstly, Oliver is lovable but his character feels underdeveloped. We hear much about how he feels about retiring, it comes up that he has had mental health struggles but never learn much about them, etc. Second, the story feels long. While I like that the first half tees up Dylan and Oliver’s friendship as well as Dylan’s relationship with tennis, there were a lot of side stories that didn’t feel necessary (e.g., Avery, fear of the media learning about Oliver and Dylan’s relationship which ended up being a non-thing, etc). Third, I think there was some mixed messages on mental health which I never really understood (e.g., Dylan claimed she had a therapist but clearly wasn’t being honest with them to get the support she needed, being so resistant to journaling, etc).
Thank you to Meg Jones, HarperCollins, and NetGalley for providing me with an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.
ok i was so excited to read this and i loved this wayyyyyyy more than the first one !!!!
i loveddd dylan (my grumpy yet emotional gf), and i loved oliver (my british king) <333
i loveddd dylan (my grumpy yet emotional gf), and i loved oliver (my british king) <333
Thank you Avon and Harper Voyager for the review copy!
Meg Jones is the QUEEN of tennis romance, and that is a hill I will die on. I knew when I read Clean Point a few months ago, I needed to get my hands on Game Point as soon as possible. So when I saw it was Read Now on Netgalley, I RAN and then started it only a few days later. As a former tennis player, I am loving the love the sport is getting on account of Jones' work. Not to mention, she discusses the sport with so much care. While I was never a professional athlete, I did compete at high levels and loved the respect and care Jones took with Dylan's arc and the struggles she has on the mental side of the game. I love the positive representation for time off, breaks, self-care, and therapy. I love how multiple avenues are tried and even how there are mentions of difficulties and lack of success with therapy.
The banter was fun and flirty, and the love was palpable between Dylan and Oliver.
My only grievance, is I wish we would've seen Oliver open up to Dylan about his panic attacks and anxiety to see some of the same emotional vulnerability from him that we saw from Dylan as she grew into herself and her mental strategies.
Meg Jones is the QUEEN of tennis romance, and that is a hill I will die on. I knew when I read Clean Point a few months ago, I needed to get my hands on Game Point as soon as possible. So when I saw it was Read Now on Netgalley, I RAN and then started it only a few days later. As a former tennis player, I am loving the love the sport is getting on account of Jones' work. Not to mention, she discusses the sport with so much care. While I was never a professional athlete, I did compete at high levels and loved the respect and care Jones took with Dylan's arc and the struggles she has on the mental side of the game. I love the positive representation for time off, breaks, self-care, and therapy. I love how multiple avenues are tried and even how there are mentions of difficulties and lack of success with therapy.
The banter was fun and flirty, and the love was palpable between Dylan and Oliver.
My only grievance, is I wish we would've seen Oliver open up to Dylan about his panic attacks and anxiety to see some of the same emotional vulnerability from him that we saw from Dylan as she grew into herself and her mental strategies.
I liked the first 20% but then was just extremely bored for the rest. I struggled to keep the povs apart they didn't have much personality. The songs attached to each chapter were just annoying to me and cheesy. The brat sex scenes just weren't for me. I was tempted to DNF but struggled thorough until the end.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.
funny
hopeful
inspiring
slow-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:
No