This review may contain spoilers, so fair warning, upon reading the review.

Book Evaluation:
Plot: 🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️
World Building:🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎
Cover:📔📔📔📔📔
Hero: 🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻
Heroine:🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️
Intimacy Level: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Relationship Building: 💒💒💒💒💒
Heart & Feels:💞💞💞💞💞
Witty/Banter/Reaction of Laughter: 😂😂😂😂
Page Turner Level:📖📖📖📖📖
Narration:🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧
Ending:🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧
Overall View: ✨✨✨✨.5


First Impressions
The Catch is the conclusion to this duo series and this is where things really get resolved and both characters have to face up to this reality, and find the true heroes and villains of their story. But we also get one of the most satisfying conclusions that I have ever read in a long while. The Catch actually surprised me in what we see get implemented. I also read this in multiple formats with both ebook and the audiobook. If you love audiobooks, then I can't recommend these books enough to you as it has the best narration duo ever. But The Catch is a story where we get all the reveals, hidden truths and the secrets being played out. We also see how our characters have to really face up to the reality of their situation and all the emotion and heart that is shown in this book is so powerful. The Catch is a story where we see our couple fight for each other and really implement some more honest change about themselves and coming together to honestly fight for each other. They aren't perfect, but they both strive to do what they believe is right. The Catch captivated me heart and soul!

First Line
What did I just do?

Summary
In the conclusion of the Player series, we have our characters having to face up to the truths and deceptions and making some mistakes along the way. Scout makes a mistake, a mistake which she believes is her only path to fighting for Easton. But Easton isn't going to see it that way. When Easton was deceived to sign papers that he was manipulated into signing, and now his girl, the woman who should be fighting for him, takes some action that on the surface seems like a betrayal. And now Easton and Scout have to work hard to get to where they need to be and rebuild the trust and find the truth over the deceptions which also includes the secret that the hero has been keeping from everyone. But as Scout and Easton come together to find their own path, and learn to fight for love and what they have together no matter the stakes that are involved.

What I Loved
There is so much goodness that is delivered in this book. I absolutely adored Catch. And it definitely is so much better than The Player. This is the book where we get to the solid strength of what makes this couple so powerful as a team. These two just work so well together when they are all in and have complete trust. And they have to really work hard to build that trust and keep that trust and love so strong. Its not easy because they are both surrounded by so many secrets from people that they love. And your heart just breaks especially for Easton. Because it also shows what one injury can do to someone's career and how fast it can tank. Easton goes through so much hardship because he has to face up to the truth and reality surrounding his injury and the challenges that I am sure many athletes have to face up to and how your dreams can easily be snatched away. Easton goes through his own journey here. And normally in most romances, its all about the heroine. I found it so refreshing to see that we see it being the hero's journey being the focus. Not that the heroine doesn't have her own journey and how it meshes with Easton's. But the focus is definitely Easton's path. And seeing them fight their way....together...towards their HEA was so satisfying. I just couldn't put this one down and was all in for Easton and Scout finding their own path that works so well for them. And that ENDING----I was sobbing it was so happy and poignant and good and is so epic feeling. The ending is worth just reading these two books for lol

What I Struggled With
There isn't much that I truly struggled with in this one. I do think that these two could have trusted each other just a bit more than they did.

Narration
The Narration is done by Andi Arndt and Joe Arden and I can't tell you what a fabulous job that these two did on this one. Of course, they are always so enjoyable together, but they really packed a punch with this one so much that I wish I had done the first book in audio.

Overall View
The Catch is such a wonderful story that brings together the values of family, trust and intimacy in a way that will dig deep with the reader. The ways it resonates will speak so fervently and packs a punch!

Favorite Quote(s)
Women come and go. Teams are teams. I can still play ball anywhere. But it’s not just some woman. It’s Scout. The one who gets me. And it’s not just a team. It’s the Aces. The one whose blood I’ve bled since before I was born.

Clear Mind...Full Heart

He kisses me with a passion I’ve never felt before. It’s soft and sweet but there’s so much more to it.
It’s a hello.
It’s a goodbye.
It’s an apology.
It’s a declaration.

I see the hurt in Easton's eyes. I hear his voice in my ears. "What would you do Scout?" The answer, Easton? "I'd sacrifice me to save you."

“I want to drown in you tonight, Scout. I want to forget the world, forget what’s going to happen tomorrow, and drown in everything about you, starting now.”

God, I love this woman and her rose-colored glasses.
Even at my worst, she still sees the best in me.

Book Details (also in my shelves)
Sub Genre: Contemporary Romance
Character Types: Athlete, Doctor/Nurse
Themes: Tear Jerker, Lots of Heart/Emotion, Power Couple, Sports-Baseball
Tropes: Forbidden Love

Book Perspective
Duo POV

Relationship Conflict vs Plot Conflict
A Mix of both

Song This Book Inspires
Just the Way You Are by Bruno Mars

Recommendation For Reading Order
Yes you must read these in order

Steam/Spice Explanations

Steamin' up the room -the sexual content is more explicit in the language and tone, heavier amount of sexual scenes.

Narrators:
Joe Arden
Andi Arndt