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Hello Quarterback by Kelsie Hoss
4.0
dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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

In the final (for now) story in the Hello series, we follow pro football player Ford Madigan and CEO Mia Baird.  We met Mia back in "Hello Billionaire," where she worked under Gage Griffen before he resigned as CEO and she took over.  Mia is powerful, confident and successful.  She's also about ten years older than Ford, but these acquaintances find themselves in a situation.

Ford and Mia enter a fake relationship for two different reasons; for Ford, it's to get the team's owner off his back.  He wants him to date his spoiled, model daughter, but Ford doesn't date.  Mia needs something high profile to help her get some clients and to get her sexist CFO off her back.

As with this trope, they start out "fake dating," then fall in love.  With each one of Kelsie's stories, I find it to be very character and plot driven, with spice as the background.  The entire world of Cottonwood Falls and all of its residents is something I love the most about this series.  Mia is likeable and so is Ford.  The story flows quickly (I think it's the longest in the series) and is easy to read.  

I very much enjoyed this one and look forward to this summer to get book 9!

4/5