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sotheresthisbook 's review for:
Beauty and the Baller
by Ilsa Madden-Mills
I listened to this book via Audible. The narration was okay, although I didn’t really like the voice for the MMC. Overall, the performance was 4/5.
Tropes / Themes: one night stand, grief and moving on, small town, sports/ Team Coach MMC (former NFL player), meddling neighbors, fake dating, neurodivergent representation (a side character), single guardian FMC, slow burn.
Spice: 3/5
While the narration was okay, the story was really underwhelming for me. I didn’t particularly find either of the MCs to be that interesting, and they both said some really cringey things throughout. They had quirks that felt like they were simply there for the sake of making the characters seem different, and that started to get kind of annoying.
There were really odd things in this book. I didn’t like the way the high school student were written, it seemed really out of touch. The random “vaping closet” for teachers was totally ridiculous, and I just found that the entire high school setting was forced and not well done.
If you’re thinking this book will have great banter, you’re wrong.
I just didn’t vibe with this at all. If I hadn’t needed something to listen to while working on some projects, I probably would have DNFed.
Tropes / Themes: one night stand, grief and moving on, small town, sports/ Team Coach MMC (former NFL player), meddling neighbors, fake dating, neurodivergent representation (a side character), single guardian FMC, slow burn.
Spice: 3/5
While the narration was okay, the story was really underwhelming for me. I didn’t particularly find either of the MCs to be that interesting, and they both said some really cringey things throughout. They had quirks that felt like they were simply there for the sake of making the characters seem different, and that started to get kind of annoying.
There were really odd things in this book. I didn’t like the way the high school student were written, it seemed really out of touch. The random “vaping closet” for teachers was totally ridiculous, and I just found that the entire high school setting was forced and not well done.
If you’re thinking this book will have great banter, you’re wrong.
I just didn’t vibe with this at all. If I hadn’t needed something to listen to while working on some projects, I probably would have DNFed.