Reviews - Playing by the Rules

286 reviews for:

Playing by the Rules

Monica Murphy

3.69 AVERAGE

jacquelinehall's review against another edition

4.0

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense medium-paced

mandersjojo's review against another edition

3.5

She's totally off limits. Her brother is Cam's best friend and roommate. He's already warned all the guys on the football team to leave Blair alone but Cam can't seem to do this. She's irresistible.

The two find themselves spending more and more time together but never labeling what they have. When Blair has finally had enough with hiding the relationship, what they have is put to the test.

kelly_mlg's review against another edition

3.0

fast-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

mariaana_'s review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

missrissreads's review against another edition

4.0

"I swear to God, he’s Satan wrapped up in a sexy, ab-tastic package."

4 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Book Review

Our FMC, Blair, would get 10/10 though. I love a woman who knows what she wants and isn't afraid to let her opinion be known. She is bold. She is confident. But she also has so many layers and knows when to pull back and do what's best for her.

This love story is so drawn out. From page one we feel her love/lust for Cam overflowing, which I get Cam is a sex on a stick QB and her brothers roommate so he's in her life a lot. But at first I wasn't all in with Cam.

Cam is moody, and guarded...but more importantly he looks down on himself which is hard for me to see. He's this star football player but he has no self esteem...and constantly pushes down his dreams. wanted to give him a hug and slap him. Also the "Knox wouldn't approve" energy was pissing me off because you could feel the tension boiling between Cam & Blair like hot caramel. It was a sticky mess.

Brother's Best Friend
Friends to Lovers
Slow Burn
Secret Relationship

We saw hints of this love story in book one between Knox and Joanna but fully being in it made everything clear. Also the last chapters where we got to see the four of them together was perfect. Monica knows what she is doing.

Highly recommend reading book 1 first if you want the whole experience but both books are a nice addition to anyones shelf of sports romance favs!

acmanno's review against another edition

4.0

A brother’s best friend sports romance??? Say no more.

jennareads1's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: Complicated

This is such a cute story. Let me say normally I’m not a fan of the 3rd act break up but this one is short lived and very well done.
Cam is Knox’s best friend. Blair is Knox’s little sister. And she’s wanted him for as long as she can remember. Little does she know, Cam feels the same way. The issue is he’s promised his best friend he,and the rest of the team, would stay away from Blair. And he does…..until he doesn’t. They end up spending more time together and sneaking around behind Knox’s back until that’s not enough for Blair anymore. Question is will Cam do what she wants and admit his feelings and tell Knox?
This book is fun and witty and an absolute joy to read. I especially love seeing scenes from book one ,Jo and Knox’s story, from Cam and Blair’s POV. This is a total must read! And the spice is sooooo good!