Review: Cute Sports Rom
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 21, 2013
Usually, I stay far, far away from novellas. There are so few authors who can write a satisfying romance in so few pages. Understandably. I mean, there is a lot of ground to cover, from the meet cute to the (supposed) HEA. However, I thought that Donovan did quite a nice job with Play by PlayI'll admit that I am a sucker for sports roms, but there is one thing that they must get right, or else they annoy me the entire way through: sports lingo. The author must be able to speak with language of the sport. If they can't, it's just better for everyone if they stay away because they make themselves look ignorant of their material. That being said, and as a pretty fanatic baseball and college football fan, I want to say "Thank You" to Kate Donovan for not making my eyes twitch.Jake is the most adorable sports blogger I could imagine. His posts were both hilarious and realistic. Donovan even leaves in the comments section which was interesting to read as well, and added a plot component near the end. The story wasn't rushed, nor was it so full of sex that there was no room for plot. In fact, there is no sex, not on-page anyway.I walked away wanting to read more from this series, assuming that the future books will be flushed out stories, not vignettes. If you like your sports-ball and romance in one package, this is a good book/author to try out.ARC courtesy of Beyond the Page Publishing, via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.