breedawnwriter's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
This was a really cute, albeit cheesy, adult romance.
I really loved the character development and the internal conflict, and now I may be contemplating if sports romance is my new favorite romance trope🤌
I really loved the character development and the internal conflict, and now I may be contemplating if sports romance is my new favorite romance trope🤌
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Sexual content and Alcohol
Minor: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Car accident
Some kissing (and some of it is passionate), but nothing more. The romance is closed-door, so there’s no on-page sex scenes.annahamburger's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, and Sexism
Minor: Car accident, Emotional abuse, Classism, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Stalking, and Toxic relationship
libriinks's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
abbypeekreads's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This book was just pure, lighthearted fun! I couldn’t stop smiling the entire time I was reading. Nathan and Bree—together and separate—we’re so adorable and lovable, and i had to literally stop myself from cackling out loud while reading certain scenes (specifically, the whiteboard scene). I will say that the miscommunication could’ve been so easily avoided and did put me off at first, but i ended up having so much fun towards the middle/end that I honestly stopped noticing it. Can’t wait to read more by Sarah Adams!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Car accident and Injury/Injury detail
doodeedoda's review against another edition
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Car accident
hanna's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
This was such a sweet friends-to-lovers romance! The yearning! The years of crushing!! Obsessed!!!Â
Bree and Nathan are so perfect together and I loved how they cared about eachother esp with Nathan's mental health issues (so good, we need more men suffering in romance).
Adams is so good at writing closed-door romances, in comparison to other books it really doesn't feel like you miss much. The Big Emotions we often get in smut scenes are just put somewhere else here and I loved those scenes just as much!
Disclaimer about why I gave 4 stars: there is some girl-on-girl hate (which almost comes with the territory with the boy-girl-besties thing) and Bree is a bit pick-me at times. But it's not as bad as other books I've read, just a teeny bit annoying.
Bree and Nathan are so perfect together and I loved how they cared about eachother esp with Nathan's mental health issues (so good, we need more men suffering in romance).
Adams is so good at writing closed-door romances, in comparison to other books it really doesn't feel like you miss much. The Big Emotions we often get in smut scenes are just put somewhere else here and I loved those scenes just as much!
Disclaimer about why I gave 4 stars: there is some girl-on-girl hate (which almost comes with the territory with the boy-girl-besties thing) and Bree is a bit pick-me at times. But it's not as bad as other books I've read, just a teeny bit annoying.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Mental illness
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Car accident
annasbooks00's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, and Car accident
Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Toxic relationship
theespressoedition's review against another edition
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
abbyluvsfrogs444's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This was just okay. I wasn't wowed. Actually, I was kinda annoyed throughout the whole book. The first is a writing style choice which really bugged me: why on earth are you capitalizing random words? Why are you using multiple exclamation marks? Are we texting our friends? No! We're writing a book! Do better. The other that irked me: Bree. She spent half the book whining about how she couldn't ever have Nathan and how much it will hurt when she loses him. I wanted to slap her in the face and tell her to get a hold of herself and just communicate. But no, she had to go on whining.Â
So yeah, I will not be reading this again. Everything was so dramatic and overdone.Â
So yeah, I will not be reading this again. Everything was so dramatic and overdone.Â
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Mental illness
Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Vomit, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
savvyrosereads's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Rating: 4.5/5 stars
Bree and Nathan have been best friends since high school, but never attempted to be anything more. Now, Nathan is an NFL star and Bree owns a dance studio, and they seem destined to be only friends forever. But when a drunken Bree declares her feelings to a TMZ reporter and they’re thrust into a fake dating arrangement, everything between them may just be about to change.
I ADORED THIS BOOK. I tend to really enjoy sports romances, but friends-to-lovers can be hit or miss for me, and thankfully this one was a gigantic hit. Nathan and Bree were absolutely perfect together, and the story was cute, sweet, and funny the entire way through. It also made perfect sense to me why neither of them made a move earlier in their friendship, and the development of their relationship felt natural and fairly relatable (maybe having a TMZ reporter film you in a bathroom is less relatable, but who’s to say?!)
It’s pretty rare that I fall for the cinnamon roll hero, but I was messaging all my friends at twenty pages into this book telling them how much I love Nathan Donelson and my feelings only got stronger as the book went on. He’s absolute perfection, and landed himself a spot VERY close to the top of my list of perfect book boyfriends.
I could go on, but really you should just read The Cheat Sheet yourself. If you want an absolutely adorable rom-com that is closed door but with LOTS of chemistry, this is the book for you!
Recommended to anyone, but especially if you like: sports romance; friends-to-lovers; cinnamon roll heroes
CW: Panic attacks/mental health; mentions of car accident/injury (off-page)
Bree and Nathan have been best friends since high school, but never attempted to be anything more. Now, Nathan is an NFL star and Bree owns a dance studio, and they seem destined to be only friends forever. But when a drunken Bree declares her feelings to a TMZ reporter and they’re thrust into a fake dating arrangement, everything between them may just be about to change.
I ADORED THIS BOOK. I tend to really enjoy sports romances, but friends-to-lovers can be hit or miss for me, and thankfully this one was a gigantic hit. Nathan and Bree were absolutely perfect together, and the story was cute, sweet, and funny the entire way through. It also made perfect sense to me why neither of them made a move earlier in their friendship, and the development of their relationship felt natural and fairly relatable (maybe having a TMZ reporter film you in a bathroom is less relatable, but who’s to say?!)
It’s pretty rare that I fall for the cinnamon roll hero, but I was messaging all my friends at twenty pages into this book telling them how much I love Nathan Donelson and my feelings only got stronger as the book went on. He’s absolute perfection, and landed himself a spot VERY close to the top of my list of perfect book boyfriends.
I could go on, but really you should just read The Cheat Sheet yourself. If you want an absolutely adorable rom-com that is closed door but with LOTS of chemistry, this is the book for you!
Recommended to anyone, but especially if you like: sports romance; friends-to-lovers; cinnamon roll heroes
CW: Panic attacks/mental health; mentions of car accident/injury (off-page)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Car accident and Injury/Injury detail