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4.09 AVERAGE
4.09 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-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:
Yes
I don’t think there was any question for me that I would love this book. Eden Finley is one of my favourite authors. The Back-up Plan turned out to be one of my favourites from her. If this is what we can expect from the new ‘Kings Sports’ series, sign me up right now.
Thad and Kelly are a great couple. It’s not really an enemies to lovers, it’s more of a one sided dislike to lovers. Once the dislike was over, and the romance kicked in, wooooo it gets hot.
The writing is sharp and witty, the storyline is involved enough to keep interest, but light enough for a softer read.
There’s humour and banter as well as sweetness and spicy heat. It’s a great mix of everything I look for in a comfort read
I loved the Damon content, he’s the Sadenverse GOAT and now he’s a sexy daddy type, I’m here for it! There’s some other well loved characters that pop up too.
On the whole this is a solid start to what I think will be a brilliant series, I can’t wait for more.
Read if you love
Dislike to lovers
Sports romance
Secret relationship
DIK 😉
Possible triggers
Character with anxiety disorder.
On page panic attack. Brief
Thad and Kelly are a great couple. It’s not really an enemies to lovers, it’s more of a one sided dislike to lovers. Once the dislike was over, and the romance kicked in, wooooo it gets hot.
The writing is sharp and witty, the storyline is involved enough to keep interest, but light enough for a softer read.
There’s humour and banter as well as sweetness and spicy heat. It’s a great mix of everything I look for in a comfort read
I loved the Damon content, he’s the Sadenverse GOAT and now he’s a sexy daddy type, I’m here for it! There’s some other well loved characters that pop up too.
On the whole this is a solid start to what I think will be a brilliant series, I can’t wait for more.
Read if you love
Dislike to lovers
Sports romance
Secret relationship
DIK 😉
Possible triggers
Character with anxiety disorder.
On page panic attack. Brief
medium-paced
10/10 Eden Finley did an amazing job with this one. She had me eating out of her hand from the very beginning. I LOVE a good enemies to lovers. and getting to see Brady was so awesome!!!! Thad and Kelley were everything I wanted and more.
emotional
lighthearted
fast-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:
Yes
challenging
emotional
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
hopeful
medium-paced
emotional
funny
hopeful
fast-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:
Complicated
Brilliant start to a new series. Loved seeing Damon. Thad and Kelley were amazing.
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Fun spinoff!!
So happy to revisit Damon, from the Fakeout series. He owns a sports agents agency, moulding new internship into sports agents.
Interns that include his nephew Brady (Can't Say Goodbye) and Thad St James (who has a major chip). They are tasked with working with a new client, Kelley, who has anxiety issues.
Thad and Kelley get off on the wrong foot from the start, though they hilariously bond over trailing Brady.
For all the fun, banter and heat, Ms Finley handles the issues and emotions around anxiety disorders, (Kelley) and professional jealousy/struggling to make ends meet, (Thad) quite well.
Both guys have great chemistry and I enjoyed seeing them learn more about each other's struggles and become each other's support.
I loved seeing Damon again, especially his dry humour.
Though this can be read as a standalone, you'll get so much more by reading the Fakeout series (at least I did
So happy to revisit Damon, from the Fakeout series. He owns a sports agents agency, moulding new internship into sports agents.
Interns that include his nephew Brady (Can't Say Goodbye) and Thad St James (who has a major chip). They are tasked with working with a new client, Kelley, who has anxiety issues.
Thad and Kelley get off on the wrong foot from the start, though they hilariously bond over trailing Brady.
For all the fun, banter and heat, Ms Finley handles the issues and emotions around anxiety disorders, (Kelley) and professional jealousy/struggling to make ends meet, (Thad) quite well.
Both guys have great chemistry and I enjoyed seeing them learn more about each other's struggles and become each other's support.
I loved seeing Damon again, especially his dry humour.
Though this can be read as a standalone, you'll get so much more by reading the Fakeout series (at least I did
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
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:
Yes
The Backup Plan by Eden Finley
5/5 ✨🌟
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳. “𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵. 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵. 𝘖𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵.”
It never ceases to amaze me when I read a book by Eden Finley. I haven’t read Brady’s story but that’s on my list now since I love MMM.
I fell in love with the dynamic between Thad and Kelly. I didn’t think they would have my heart so much.
Thad has been through it from not making it far with his dream of playing baseball and that’s why he resents Kelly in the beginning. Then, there’s the selfish brother of Thad’s, who he has to keep helping his parents.
And poor Kelly. His anxiety is so real that I just want to hug him. I love how they come together because they get to know each other on such a personal level. When Kelly sends money to Thad to help him out, it was the sweetest thing ever.
The ending was so perfect in the wrap up of these two. I never thought I could love a couple as much as I did for them. Kelly’s face when he saw the boxes just made me smile from ear to ear.
And I absolutely loved all the side characters that I needed more of. I hope we get stories from some of these lovely characters. And Damon… who doesn’t love Damon from the beginning to now?
I received a copy of this book and this is my honest review.