bookswithnopictures's review
5.0
😍😍😍
Far surpassed my expectations, and possibly my favorite of Rebecca's books that I have read to date! Sawyer is more than what meets the surface and the renewal of his relationship with Erica was like love at second sight (first for me 😉). After having played sports growing up, I could relate to the head games and internal pressure he puts on himself. As a pitcher, you do feel like the whole game revolves around you specifically. One bad pitch, one bad game, can really mess with you and snowball into practice and future games. Bravo, Rebecca! I'm very much looking forward to the rest of the series!
Far surpassed my expectations, and possibly my favorite of Rebecca's books that I have read to date! Sawyer is more than what meets the surface and the renewal of his relationship with Erica was like love at second sight (first for me 😉). After having played sports growing up, I could relate to the head games and internal pressure he puts on himself. As a pitcher, you do feel like the whole game revolves around you specifically. One bad pitch, one bad game, can really mess with you and snowball into practice and future games. Bravo, Rebecca! I'm very much looking forward to the rest of the series!
goodeyreads's review against another edition
3.0
TOO EASY.
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That’s all I had to say when I was telling my Husband about my latest read. This entire book felt way too easy.
I also will state now, I frankly think that Erica Moore deserves better than Sawyer Bennet.
YUP I SAID IT.
He dumps her once, then does it AGAIN FOR THE SAME REASON, and the entire time Erica just keeps taking him back without really saying much. I’m still sitting here trying to figure out why. His reasons weren’t invalid, but I think a lot more communication would have prevented much of this book, which is much of the reason why I dropped my rating.
This book did have some cute moments. I would have loved more fluff. One kissing scene is not enough I declare! I liked the side characters (players and family) and thought they added well to the story.
My other gripe was that it had too much baseball? I know, as a sports lover, that was odd for me to pick-up on and actually be annoyed by. This is a SHORT book, I don’t need pages spent on the exact way Sawyer is pitching, or play by plays for every game he’s in. It just took up page time that I felt could have been better spent.
Overall audience notes:
- Contemporary sports romance
- Language: none
- Romance: kisses
- Trigger warnings: coping with the loss of a parent
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That’s all I had to say when I was telling my Husband about my latest read. This entire book felt way too easy.
I also will state now, I frankly think that Erica Moore deserves better than Sawyer Bennet.
YUP I SAID IT.
He dumps her once, then does it AGAIN FOR THE SAME REASON, and the entire time Erica just keeps taking him back without really saying much. I’m still sitting here trying to figure out why. His reasons weren’t invalid, but I think a lot more communication would have prevented much of this book, which is much of the reason why I dropped my rating.
This book did have some cute moments. I would have loved more fluff. One kissing scene is not enough I declare! I liked the side characters (players and family) and thought they added well to the story.
My other gripe was that it had too much baseball? I know, as a sports lover, that was odd for me to pick-up on and actually be annoyed by. This is a SHORT book, I don’t need pages spent on the exact way Sawyer is pitching, or play by plays for every game he’s in. It just took up page time that I felt could have been better spent.
Overall audience notes:
- Contemporary sports romance
- Language: none
- Romance: kisses
- Trigger warnings: coping with the loss of a parent
kerrreads's review against another edition
2.0
Not a huge fan. But I was bored and needed something to read.
taryn_a's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars rounded down to 3 because if you're going to write a book with baseball players and write play-by-plays of the game, you can't make mistakes with the rules which happened one very memorable time and potentially more in this book. I'm all about writing and learning and there were plenty of things I could be nit picky about. But if you're going to write about a sport, you need to at least get the rules right.
(For those curious, the mistake was made when describing a balk. Mistakes were made in both describing the action the pitcher made for the umpire to call a balk [the pitcher has to do more than move his head] and in describing the penalty for the balk [only runners advance. The batter does not. Literally the second paragraph of the Wikipedia article ends with "The batter at home plate does not advance on a balk." Not too hard to find.)
Other than that, the book was cute with great friendships and second chance love story. Cute story and characters, but I love baseball too much to not notice the errors.
(For those curious, the mistake was made when describing a balk. Mistakes were made in both describing the action the pitcher made for the umpire to call a balk [the pitcher has to do more than move his head] and in describing the penalty for the balk [only runners advance. The batter does not. Literally the second paragraph of the Wikipedia article ends with "The batter at home plate does not advance on a balk." Not too hard to find.)
Other than that, the book was cute with great friendships and second chance love story. Cute story and characters, but I love baseball too much to not notice the errors.
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