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spaghettireads's review
Thank You to Netgalley & Wattpad Books for an copy in exchange for an honest review.
I was really excited to read this since I enjoy romance, live in Toronto, and am a huge baseball fan. However by 20% there were numerous things I wasn't enjoying about the book and I couldn't continue. The romance was insta love, but not written in believable way, and that made the whole thing feel very uncomfortable for me.
Also, as a baseball fan the baseball parts seemed to be poorly researched. A lot of the times that specifics about baseball were mentioned they seemed to be incorrect to me. The whole premise surrounding the main male character being sent down didn't seem to be accurate. If he was a veteran player who had such a big fan following it seems unlikely that his contract would include options to be sent to the minors. It's also mentioned that he would sometimes go down to the minors to 'take a breather', which is not something that happens! He says that he had a 'respectable' batting average of .210, which is NOT good (average in the past few years is between .240 and .250). Also seems weird that he was made to be a star left fielder, since that is the weakest defensive outfield position, so if you aren't hitting and you're in left field you probably aren't providing a whole lot of value to the team!
While I tried to look past the baseball details, it just became too irritating. If it's going to be a main part of the story, then make sure it's done well! This combined with the insta love romance trope, I just couldn't enjoy this book unfortunately.
I was really excited to read this since I enjoy romance, live in Toronto, and am a huge baseball fan. However by 20% there were numerous things I wasn't enjoying about the book and I couldn't continue. The romance was insta love, but not written in believable way, and that made the whole thing feel very uncomfortable for me.
Also, as a baseball fan the baseball parts seemed to be poorly researched. A lot of the times that specifics about baseball were mentioned they seemed to be incorrect to me. The whole premise surrounding the main male character being sent down didn't seem to be accurate. If he was a veteran player who had such a big fan following it seems unlikely that his contract would include options to be sent to the minors. It's also mentioned that he would sometimes go down to the minors to 'take a breather', which is not something that happens! He says that he had a 'respectable' batting average of .210, which is NOT good (average in the past few years is between .240 and .250). Also seems weird that he was made to be a star left fielder, since that is the weakest defensive outfield position, so if you aren't hitting and you're in left field you probably aren't providing a whole lot of value to the team!
While I tried to look past the baseball details, it just became too irritating. If it's going to be a main part of the story, then make sure it's done well! This combined with the insta love romance trope, I just couldn't enjoy this book unfortunately.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Cancer and Death of parent
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