335 reviews for:

The Third Baseman

Lulu Moore

3.79 AVERAGE

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Marnie & Jupiter 
AUDIO
emotional lighthearted reflective 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

This was a great read! I really liked the flashback scenes as I felt it really showed you how Marnie and Jupiter's relationship originally unfolded and brought you on the emotional rollercoaster that ensued. I generally was not a fan of Jupe's manipulation of getting Marnie to New York and I don't think that it was realistic that she'd have left her job at NASA. I think we could've used a lot more groveling and actually proving to Marnie that he'd changed and grown. I also thought the use of his tattoos to demonstrate how he regretted his decisions was well done, as well as revealing that Marnie had done the same. A sweet second chance romance for sure! 
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catarinavieira's review

4.0

4.5 ★

This book was on my radar for the longest time and I want to slap myself for not reading it before because I ADORED THIS WORLD!

Give me a second chance and I will be the happiest person alive! A second chance & sports romance & girl obsessed? Oh dear lord I’M HERE FOR IT.

I love the main characters and how obsessed Jupiter was with the fmc. I was on the edge of my seat rooting for them to finally be together again. Their love story was so beautiful to read and I wanted more and more.

The team was also so funny and the side characters brought some kind of lightness to the story that I loved!

Jupiter is my new obsession and I’m not even sorry!

Soooo if you’re looking for a sports romance book (baseball), second chance and a mmc completely obsessed with the fmc this one's for you and you will not regret - I promised you that!
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lauraescapingreality's review

3.0

Summary

Overall rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

stephenkey's review

2.0

Christ...I must be pretty badly baseball-starved as I read this poorly-written, smutty novel with just enough MLB inaccuracies to annoy me. Jupiter might be the most toxic male character outside a Tessa Bailey or Colleen Hoover novel christ.


Edit: I spelled Colleen Hoover wrong. Derp.

elliegracereads_'s review

4.0

My first book by Lulu Moore and yet again, annoyed with myself i didn’t read sooner!!

I don’t read a lot of second chance romance but this one was so cute, done so well and I couldn’t put it down!
Absolutely obsessed with Jupiter! From the minute he meets Marnie he’s so interested in everything she says and just wants to learn about everything she loves to do with space. Can’t cope with the fact that he calls her star

This was fun and I had a good time listening to the audiobook. I’m not the biggest fan of second chance romance as it usually comes down to miscommunication or a lack of communication and that gets on my nerves. That wasn’t the main case here luckily, though the miscommunication/lack of communication in this book took place in the present part so that still annoyed me. I liked the hero, even though he kinda steamrolled over the heroine when she said she wanted to take it slow. His romantic gestures were on point though! Overall, it was a fine read but not necessarily memorable.
funny hopeful sad 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: No
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: Yes