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Playing For Keeps by Tristen Crone
1.0

I love the cover of this book and I’m all for a sassy plus size lead in a romance. Unfortunately, it didn’t work for me. Both characters had a massive chip on their shoulders. They both blamed their families for not being there for them when neither of them made any effort to talk to them. Sebastian was beyond boring. We get introduced to a load of characters in the first chapter and then we don’t learn anything else about them. I didn’t really understand why the hell they had sex when and where they did when they waited so long. Plus Sebastian's sex talk didn’t seem to match who he was as a person. I didn’t feel any chemistry between them. I hate the stereotypical 3rd act breakup and this one was next level. The ending didn’t really do it for me either and Farren’s big reveal came out of nowhere. Just felt like another plan that she didn’t really think through. The book could’ve been so much shorter and I ended up skimming a lot as it was overly descriptive and their inner monologue got repetitive.  

I received a copy of the ebook via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review