A review by mandid
Fair Catch by Kandi Steiner

emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Okay~ off the bat I love Kandi Steiner’s writing. She is great at building tension and anticipation. It’s obvious Zeke and Riley had and still have feelings for each other. Some reviews said that Riley was a little too harsh on Zeke, but I can understand why she is so unforgiving, especially since she doesn’t know all the details of the accident with her brother. However, with the second mistake, she was way too closed minded. I can forgive her the first grudge she held (though it was stupid she didn’t question the incident even after 2.5 years 🙄), but the second grudge she was just being stupid, stubborn and closed minded. Riley just isn’t as smart as her character is portrayed. I love Gavin for telling them both what they needed to do/hear. Overall, loved the story, and love them together…but I definitely could have done without all the football talk! In the beginning of the book Kandi says this book is for all the football girlies out there…that is a 100% true statement. It’s easy to skim over the football stuff and not lose any context, so that’s what I did. But because football talk is such a big part of this book, it was hard for this book to hold my attention for long, so it ended up taking me twice as long to finish. I would recommend the series though, I read Blind Side (once in ‘23 and again in ’24) before I decide to read the whole series (Clay Johnson is my ultimate book bf). Can’t wait to read about Holden next~ (out of order)