Reviews - Playing by the Rules

287 reviews for:

Playing by the Rules

Monica Murphy

3.68 AVERAGE

bearkoda's review against another edition

3.0

This was a cute book! I'm never a fan of a third act breakup, but honestly that was my favorite part in this book

sharris09's review

3.75

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-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: Complicated

fiiabooks's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I think this is my favorite book of the year so far! Cam and Blair are just so cute together 🥰

It's fun to see a FMC go after the man she wants and Blair was so persistent when it came to Cam, because she knew that they would be perfect for each other and their attraction was so intense, the only problem was her brother and Cam's best friend, Knox. We already knew that he would take the news well because of the first book, but Cam and Blair didn't know (obviously), it was super interesting to see how they started to see each other and sneak around. Their banter was so good and they really are the perfect match!

I just love Blair, her persistence and fun side, all the things she did to get a reaction out of Cam and the way she always believed him, even when he did not. She is definitely going in my list of favorite FMCs 💖

Cam is an interesting character too... It's good to read a book where the papers are inverted and the man is the one that is more insecure and has a hard time accepting that someone can love and support him unconditionally, and also believe in him, even when he himself can't. He is precious!

Normally, I don't like random 3rd act breakups that most of the time just feel stupid, and I can't lie that I was annoyed with Cam because of the month they were apart... But it didn't affect my rating and enjoyment of the book because it was not a case of miscommunication, it was a case of Cam needing to work on himself, so he could give 100% of him to Blair and accept they were better together. Love to see his growth at the end and see how important it was for him to work on himself and his insecurities!

This will definitely be on my top 5 books of the year ❤️ Everyone that loves sports romances should read it, it's so worth it! Book 1 of the series too, I am excited to read book 3 after loving the first two, hope it doesn't disappoint and this becomes one of my favorite romance series of all time!

andrareeds's review against another edition

4.0

Another very cute book and easy to read. I think Blair’s character was pretty good and I liked Cam, i just didn’t believe he truly liked Blair. He couldn’t convince me, no matter what