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A review by adagetsliterary
Wild Card by Maggie Rawdon
5.0
As far as sports romances go, when I’m looking for story, spice, banter - it’s Maggie Rawdon. This was the last in the Seattle Phantoms series and Tobias & Scarlett were everything. This story of the football bad boy falling for the museum curator, while dealing with a potential public scandal and recovering from an injury was an easy, sexy, fun read.
✨Forced Proximity
✨Frenemies to Lovers
✨“Only one night”
There’s something refreshing about reading characters in their 20s/30s with great banter and who are comfortable in their sexuality. These two ever minced words about each other and it was hilarious, at times sweet, and super hot.
Scarlett was perfect as a vintage-wearing curator, all business until she meets Tobias & lets herself more openly talk about the things she wants from him. She was funny, smart, a great friend, and not shy about her needs or wants. She wasn’t a wallflower and held her own in any situation.
Tobias was a perfect mixture between cocky, sweet, and incredibly hot. Also open about what he wants and doesn’t (though, surprise surprise, Scarlett breaks all his rules from the jump), and owning his reputation. He was teased throughout the other books (and in an earlier series), but reading about him in this was better than I expected - he was cocky but never mean, open sexually but wanted consent, and ultimately had to reckon with who he was in his darkest moments after his accident. Letting Scarlett take care of him wasn’t easy, but it allowed them both to be vulnerable with each other and put down their walls.
Scarlett and Tobias were delicious. She called him out on his crap, and he gave her unconditional support. And, as always, the spice in this book was SO good - there was communication, honest discussions about boundaries, and the consent between these two made everything they did that much better. There’s a scene in an elevator and then one in a home library - both are now living in my head rent-free.
And we got to revisit Xander & Harper and Colt & Joss. I love the friendgroup and found family aspect.
I can’t recommend Maggie’s books enough and I am so excited to see what’s coming next!
✨Forced Proximity
✨Frenemies to Lovers
✨“Only one night”
There’s something refreshing about reading characters in their 20s/30s with great banter and who are comfortable in their sexuality. These two ever minced words about each other and it was hilarious, at times sweet, and super hot.
Scarlett was perfect as a vintage-wearing curator, all business until she meets Tobias & lets herself more openly talk about the things she wants from him. She was funny, smart, a great friend, and not shy about her needs or wants. She wasn’t a wallflower and held her own in any situation.
Tobias was a perfect mixture between cocky, sweet, and incredibly hot. Also open about what he wants and doesn’t (though, surprise surprise, Scarlett breaks all his rules from the jump), and owning his reputation. He was teased throughout the other books (and in an earlier series), but reading about him in this was better than I expected - he was cocky but never mean, open sexually but wanted consent, and ultimately had to reckon with who he was in his darkest moments after his accident. Letting Scarlett take care of him wasn’t easy, but it allowed them both to be vulnerable with each other and put down their walls.
Scarlett and Tobias were delicious. She called him out on his crap, and he gave her unconditional support. And, as always, the spice in this book was SO good - there was communication, honest discussions about boundaries, and the consent between these two made everything they did that much better. There’s a scene in an elevator and then one in a home library - both are now living in my head rent-free.
And we got to revisit Xander & Harper and Colt & Joss. I love the friendgroup and found family aspect.
I can’t recommend Maggie’s books enough and I am so excited to see what’s coming next!