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loriley's review
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Abandonment and Death of parent
Minor: Grief, Cancer, Car accident, Death of parent, Medical trauma, and Mental illness
rellimreads's review against another edition
3.0
This was hard for me to rate. Parts were really, really good. Other parts really bugged me. Which left it as merely an “OK” book. Tennyson is amazing. Dom has a lot of great qualities as well. The dialogue and plot were good. The sex scenes were hot.
I’m just not a fan of friends-to-lovers where we don’t spend a lot of time getting the friendship foundation. No flashbacks to previous convos or stories of how they’re really solid. Yes, there’s some stories of how Dom is a big brother/protector ~ but not much in the way of how connected these two are AS FRIENDS.
It’s Tenny complaining about Dom’s never ending parade of women. (I’m not judging how many people he’s slept with ~ but expecting his best friend/PA to deal with his hookups and their “walk of shame” or whatever is icky.). And then we’re just repeatedly told that they’re best friends and have known each other for 14 years.
Dom’s “friends with benefits” arrangement is squicky as well. “You’re my best friend and I like having sex with you but I never want it to become anything”. On no planet is that at all respectful of someone you’ve known for 14 years and you want to keep being best friends with.
The ending was pretty good and somewhat redemptive. But I doubt this is anything I’ll read more than once. I am looking forward to the next book though.
I’m just not a fan of friends-to-lovers where we don’t spend a lot of time getting the friendship foundation. No flashbacks to previous convos or stories of how they’re really solid. Yes, there’s some stories of how Dom is a big brother/protector ~ but not much in the way of how connected these two are AS FRIENDS.
It’s Tenny complaining about Dom’s never ending parade of women. (I’m not judging how many people he’s slept with ~ but expecting his best friend/PA to deal with his hookups and their “walk of shame” or whatever is icky.). And then we’re just repeatedly told that they’re best friends and have known each other for 14 years.
Dom’s “friends with benefits” arrangement is squicky as well. “You’re my best friend and I like having sex with you but I never want it to become anything”. On no planet is that at all respectful of someone you’ve known for 14 years and you want to keep being best friends with.
The ending was pretty good and somewhat redemptive. But I doubt this is anything I’ll read more than once. I am looking forward to the next book though.
ingenioussups's review
emotional
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
byssi's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
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
3.25
dearbloveme's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
lailybibliography's review against another edition
1.0
Coming off the super fun Scoring with the Wrong Twin, I had a bit of expectation for the second book in the series. Not particularly high or anything, I wasn’t looking for a jaw-dropping masterpiece, just a fun ride. And then.... the book doesn’t just not deliver, it also manages to anger the living shit out of me.
This book had the audacity to come into my house from the library after a long, long wait just to make me want to never want to read words again, for a very, very long time. Tennyson, girl; I cannot stress this enough, this is the 21st century, we women do notstay with men who try to control our lives and act like complete fucking jerks towards the closest woman they supposedly know. This “love interest” did not care for his lover in sense of the word; he sabotaged her dates, he refuses to forge any emotional connections with her, he refuses to respect her choices whether in conjecture to her career, personal choices or otherwise. Tennyson relied on Dom in every aspect of her life. Literally every single aspect: financials, education, career, friendships, y’all name it. This is codependency and we should not advocate such toxic behaviour in our romance narratives, it reinforces regressive gender roles. My point being, I am sick and tired of positive portrayals of toxic and abusive men like Dom and it’s about damn time we call them out, in real life and fiction, for their unacceptable behaviour.
If I could give this book zero stars as a legitimate rating, I unequivocally would without hesitation.
This book had the audacity to come into my house from the library after a long, long wait just to make me want to never want to read words again, for a very, very long time. Tennyson, girl; I cannot stress this enough, this is the 21st century, we women do notstay with men who try to control our lives and act like complete fucking jerks towards the closest woman they supposedly know. This “love interest” did not care for his lover in sense of the word; he sabotaged her dates, he refuses to forge any emotional connections with her, he refuses to respect her choices whether in conjecture to her career, personal choices or otherwise. Tennyson relied on Dom in every aspect of her life. Literally every single aspect: financials, education, career, friendships, y’all name it. This is codependency and we should not advocate such toxic behaviour in our romance narratives, it reinforces regressive gender roles. My point being, I am sick and tired of positive portrayals of toxic and abusive men like Dom and it’s about damn time we call them out, in real life and fiction, for their unacceptable behaviour.
If I could give this book zero stars as a legitimate rating, I unequivocally would without hesitation.
nssutton's review against another edition
3.0
This has long been on my break in case of emergency shelf, but I think reading it during this intense and depressing work week made it much harder for me to get caught up in the story. Also can we talk about the terrible photoshop cover that’s really on the Kindle book?
bandherbooks's review against another edition
5.0
I started Scoring Off The Field and didn't stop until I was finished and now I need a bathroom break and a snack because holy wow. I typically am not a fan of friends-to-lovers romances but Naima Simone is my consistent trope-breaker. Basically what she writes is delicious gold and I am here for it.
inmyhumbleopinion's review against another edition
5.0
Scoring off the Field is a sweet and spicy friends to lovers story. Dom is a star quarterback who is devoted to the game and will let no woman in. He’s been there, done that and not doing that again. Dom’s assistant and best friend Tennyson Clark has loved him for years. She is tired of watching his one night stands traipse past her while she gets relegated to the friend zone. Not that being his BFF is a bad thing but she wants so much more. It is time for her to move on. It’s a case of you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone. What will Dom do to keep Tenny in his life?
I loved Dom and Tenny’s back story. This is romance at its finest.
I loved Dom and Tenny’s back story. This is romance at its finest.