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A review by riniya
Game Point by Meg Jones
funny
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Thank you to Avon, Harper Voyager & NetGalley for the ARC.
This book grabbed ahold of me from the very first page and didn't let me go! I'm discovering that I enjoy sports romances to a degree and reading this tennis one was amazing! I actually understand tennis to a degree which allowed me to connect to the story in a way football or baseball romances don't.
Our FMC, Dylan, is fed up with her chosen sport. She is the sports version of always a bridesmaid and never a bride. Every time she enters a competition, she dominates until the final round when she chokes, feeling like a failure again and again. Second place is the first loser, right? After going through coach after coach who fails to drive her to her full potential, she gives in to the persistence of her best friend, Oliver, our MMC. He bargains to become her coach with a couple of strings attached, training her in a way she hadn't experienced before.
This book gives you all the tension and angst. The chemistry between Dylan and Oliver is one spark away from lighting a fire and I am here for it. This book is more on the medium burn side of things as they both are attracted to each other, fighting against said attraction due to their working relationship and the complications that come along with trysts. Starting off as friends first allowed them to have a unique emotional connection before the sexual nature of their relationship came into play.
Dylan journey and subsequent struggles with her career and self-deprecation was incredibly compelling. It felt like the author was writing from person experience or at least she had someone close to her who experienced these emotions. They were so powerful and raw at their core and I was able to connect with Dylan in a way FMC's have been eluding me for a while. Dylan is stubborn, abrasive, and she will put a wall up so fast to protect herself in a heartbeat. She is her own worst enemy and watching Oliver beat down that wall with a sledge hammer to allow her to realize what she had been doing to herself was absolute perfection.
This was an amazing story. I didn't read the first one and loved the way that they interconnected in a way that you can somewhat read them out of order and not be left scratching your head.
This book grabbed ahold of me from the very first page and didn't let me go! I'm discovering that I enjoy sports romances to a degree and reading this tennis one was amazing! I actually understand tennis to a degree which allowed me to connect to the story in a way football or baseball romances don't.
Our FMC, Dylan, is fed up with her chosen sport. She is the sports version of always a bridesmaid and never a bride. Every time she enters a competition, she dominates until the final round when she chokes, feeling like a failure again and again. Second place is the first loser, right? After going through coach after coach who fails to drive her to her full potential, she gives in to the persistence of her best friend, Oliver, our MMC. He bargains to become her coach with a couple of strings attached, training her in a way she hadn't experienced before.
This book gives you all the tension and angst. The chemistry between Dylan and Oliver is one spark away from lighting a fire and I am here for it. This book is more on the medium burn side of things as they both are attracted to each other, fighting against said attraction due to their working relationship and the complications that come along with trysts. Starting off as friends first allowed them to have a unique emotional connection before the sexual nature of their relationship came into play.
Dylan journey and subsequent struggles with her career and self-deprecation was incredibly compelling. It felt like the author was writing from person experience or at least she had someone close to her who experienced these emotions. They were so powerful and raw at their core and I was able to connect with Dylan in a way FMC's have been eluding me for a while. Dylan is stubborn, abrasive, and she will put a wall up so fast to protect herself in a heartbeat. She is her own worst enemy and watching Oliver beat down that wall with a sledge hammer to allow her to realize what she had been doing to herself was absolute perfection.
This was an amazing story. I didn't read the first one and loved the way that they interconnected in a way that you can somewhat read them out of order and not be left scratching your head.