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A review by allingoodtime
The Final Score by Jaci Burton
3.0
Before I dive into my review of this story, can we take a moment to talk about this cover? I mean, c’mon! It’s enough to get someone to read this book even if they know nothing about this series or this author. Kudos to whoever designed this one!
It took me longer than I would have liked to get to this story. After all, it was published more than 3 months ago. Not to mention that I’ve read all of the books in this series so I’ve “known” Nathan since the very first story, The Perfect Play. So it pains me to say that it didn’t live up to my expectations. That’s not to say it wasn’t good, it was very good. It just wasn’t spectacular.
As much as I adore Mia Cassidy from previous stories that featured her brothers, she lost some of her luster for me here. I understand her being a young woman starting her own company and wanting to prove herself. But her protestation to that end wouldn’t always match what she was protesting. I know that’s a confusion sentence, I hope you get what I’m saying though.
I still love Nathan. He’s such a great guy. I absolutely appreciate Jaci Burton including scenes in which Nathan and Mia seem to be heading to the bedroom and Nathan’s reactions when it doesn’t go as planned. No cajoling, only understanding. Isn’t that the way things should be always?
What was lacking in this story was chemistry. The actual sex scenes had some chemistry and were extremely well written. But overall I didn’t feel that pull between Mia and Nathan that I want to feel when reading a romance.
Find my full review at https://allingoodtimeblog.wordpress.com/2018/02/15/the-final-score-book-review/
It took me longer than I would have liked to get to this story. After all, it was published more than 3 months ago. Not to mention that I’ve read all of the books in this series so I’ve “known” Nathan since the very first story, The Perfect Play. So it pains me to say that it didn’t live up to my expectations. That’s not to say it wasn’t good, it was very good. It just wasn’t spectacular.
As much as I adore Mia Cassidy from previous stories that featured her brothers, she lost some of her luster for me here. I understand her being a young woman starting her own company and wanting to prove herself. But her protestation to that end wouldn’t always match what she was protesting. I know that’s a confusion sentence, I hope you get what I’m saying though.
I still love Nathan. He’s such a great guy. I absolutely appreciate Jaci Burton including scenes in which Nathan and Mia seem to be heading to the bedroom and Nathan’s reactions when it doesn’t go as planned. No cajoling, only understanding. Isn’t that the way things should be always?
What was lacking in this story was chemistry. The actual sex scenes had some chemistry and were extremely well written. But overall I didn’t feel that pull between Mia and Nathan that I want to feel when reading a romance.
Find my full review at https://allingoodtimeblog.wordpress.com/2018/02/15/the-final-score-book-review/