2⭐️/2🌶️

Thank you Luna literary for this arc! 

I was really excited for this going in seeing all the good reviews but sadly this fell flat for me :( and I tried really hard to get into it, everyone else seems to love it so maybe it’s just me…


Very minor spoilers here but I dunno. I just didn’t like the characters or the writing either. It was meant to be childhood friends/brothers beat friend/second chance/it’s always been you/secret identity vibe and that certainly hit. But the plot itself was so off mark. 

1, I thought this was a sports romance but baseball isn’t really even mentioned until 70% in lol 
2, the sex/spice is so short it feels almost like the author wanted to add it to add it and not because it fit. It was an attempt at open door, not closed, so I was confused why it was so short lol. Like each instance was maybe 3 sentences and I couldn’t tell if time was flying or if our mc’s just get off at the press of a button. The dialogue during those scenes also felt… I’m not sure. Off? Childish? Hard to put into words but it just felt not great.
3, the 3rd act conflict made me so angry haha. I can’t say much else without spoilers but the whole secret identity reveal felt like it could have happened in a million other ways than what we got. 
4, the relationship between Syd and her brother and Koa also just kinda gave me the ick. Like wym you didn’t actually care if they dated but you all followed a rule you made at 13 into your 20’s lol.

Most reviews seems to people loving this book so again maybe it’s me 🤷🏽‍♀️ this was my first book from this author but since a handful of issues I saw here were more writing style opposed to plot I don’t think I’ll check out other books of hers. If you do give this book a chance I do hope you enjoy it!!