Review: Loved the Football Players
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 19, 2013
What a fun and cute romance! Rush Me has reignited my love for sports themed romances and I’m eager to read the rest of the books in the series. I loved the normal everyday girl and famous football angle and despite the angst of the main character, I was hoping for a happy ending between Rachel and Ryan.Rachel was a very neurotic main character, but although she’s quirky, I still liked her. She felt real and I loved her cluelessness regarding football. NFL quarterback Ryan strays far from the artsy type of guy she usually goes for. They pretty much start fighting from the moment they meet and a dislike for one another transforms into romantic feelings.Ryan was swoonworthy. Movie star characters in books never do it for me, but throw in a football player and I’m melting. He comes off as very arrogant at first, but I loved him by the end. I liked how Rachel was able to peel back the layers and see Ryan was much more than a “dumb jock.”The romance was tumultuous and a few of the characters’ fights were a little over the top. This was one of those books where I felt like the underlying message was be yourself and true love will follow. In reality, I kept thinking a catch like Ryan would drop Rachel in a hot minute. But Rachel works through a lot of her issues and she seemed to grow a lot in the last third of the book.The writing was good and I liked the secondary characters a lot, especially Rachel’s roommate and Abe. I hope to see more of the football players in subsequent books. A few subplots could’ve been trimmed, but I thought a few of them were cute like the musical Pride and Prejudice. Overall, a cute and angsty contemporary romance I’d highly recommend.Rating: 4/5 StarsThanks to the publisher for a copy of this novel for review!