I quite enjoyed The 7-10 Split, despite its mixed reviews. Ava and Grace are former childhood best friends and bowling rivals who had a falling out that led to them having no contact for about ten years. Grace has now returned to teach science at their former high school in small town Georgia, where Ava is an English teacher in the classroom across the hall. It’s partly enemies(ish)-to-lovers, partly second chance, and it was a fairly quick read that worked for me. 

The story sees the leading ladies reviving the school’s defunct bowling team with some miscommunication as things get started, but they work through it quickly and that’s when the story starts to get more interesting. The bowling is more a vehicle for the story than the story is about bowling itself. There’s a lot of time spent on interactions at practices and with the students on the team, but not a lot of detail about bowling or how the scoring and competitions work. 

I loved Ava and Grace, they were both women I’d be happy to know and spend time with in real life, and the chemistry between them is fabulous. I also really liked what we saw of Ava’s family, they were so caring and supportive, and it was obvious how tight knit they are. Their co-worker (and Ava’s best friend) Brad brought some levity to the story and I really enjoyed his character, and I wished he was actually in it a bit more. 

There are a couple of scenes with some spice, and although they’re not super long or detailed they are nice. I felt like the ending was a bit abrupt, although I do think that everything that was brought up throughout the book was resolved well. Overall I really enjoyed The 7-10 Split and I’m looking forward to reading the next book in the series.