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A review by andreasromancebooks
Playing for Keeps by Sasha Lace
3.0
3.5 ⭐️ This was a pretty good sports romance.
The first thing I want to say here is that, as always, getting audio ARCs is amazing, so thank you so much to Net Galley and the publisher for giving me this audiobook for free. As always, though, my opinion is completely unbiased (it's the whole point, right?).
This audiobook started a bit slow for me. Mostly because I couldn't stop focusing on the narrators' accents and thinking they didn't match who they were supposed to be... In any case, the more I got into the book, the more I liked it, but I admit that it took me till around the 50% mark to really start rooting for these characters. This is an Age Gap sports romance, where both MCs are football players, which I LOVED! I adore it when FMCs are the athletes. However, this book's main plot point is about the difference in the treatment of female and male teams in professional sports, and exploiting the fact that "no one cares about the women's team"... I get it, but it also pisses me tf off.
The MMC is a widower and a single father, and his grief and connection to his late wife are still a big deal to him. Personally, I really liked the way it was handled, but if the MMC being in love with his dead spouse is a problem for you, don't read this. There are also a lot of family issues and alcoholism as key plot points.
Overall, I would recommend this audiobook if you are someone who likes spicy sports romances with an Age Gap, and the single father trope!
The first thing I want to say here is that, as always, getting audio ARCs is amazing, so thank you so much to Net Galley and the publisher for giving me this audiobook for free. As always, though, my opinion is completely unbiased (it's the whole point, right?).
This audiobook started a bit slow for me. Mostly because I couldn't stop focusing on the narrators' accents and thinking they didn't match who they were supposed to be... In any case, the more I got into the book, the more I liked it, but I admit that it took me till around the 50% mark to really start rooting for these characters. This is an Age Gap sports romance, where both MCs are football players, which I LOVED! I adore it when FMCs are the athletes. However, this book's main plot point is about the difference in the treatment of female and male teams in professional sports, and exploiting the fact that "no one cares about the women's team"... I get it, but it also pisses me tf off.
The MMC is a widower and a single father, and his grief and connection to his late wife are still a big deal to him. Personally, I really liked the way it was handled, but if the MMC being in love with his dead spouse is a problem for you, don't read this. There are also a lot of family issues and alcoholism as key plot points.
Overall, I would recommend this audiobook if you are someone who likes spicy sports romances with an Age Gap, and the single father trope!