Review: I love her books!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 15, 2014
I have been on a reading frenzy of Meghan Quinn books recently. They are like potatoes chips you can’t just eat one. I once again was pulled into this story as I have with her other books.Fair Catch is book one of the Love and Sports series. I am seeing a pattern that the author might like sports. Each one of her stories has lead characters but the supporting characters play an integral role in her stories. I find myself quickly turning the page not just because I want to know about the lead characters, but also the rest of the ensemble cast.Ok, so about the story. Lexi is a powerhouse, extremely beautiful and intelligent and an incredible athlete on the girl’s softball team.  I love her because she does not seem to know just how beautiful and incredible she is. Lexi is a strong woman, which I like my female leads, but she just does not know what she wants to do with her life. What I did not like about Lexi is that she could not seem to make up her mind and I think she gave into the Jake a little too easily. I did not like seeing how she was becoming once in the relationship with Jake.Jake is my hot, cocky football star the typical man whore, star of the football team, and on his way to the NFL. He can get in anyone’s pants most of the time. Here is the difference Jake is a leopard that decides he is going changes is spots. I love how charismatic he is but wanted to smack him upside the head a few times, that boy has a lot to learn if he wants to be in a relationship but it was his willingness to try that captured my heart and he really gave it his all. He fell in love, accepted it and nothing would stop him from keeping her and making it work.Jake and Lexi, when these two come together there is a lot of pass interference and foul balls called. Their dynamic is not unlike other stories I read but this is fun to read. Once Jake had the ball (Lexi) he was planning on making a home run. After they came to together they were inseparable and could not get enough of each other. The sex in the book is definitely hot and sizzles. I had to wonder if the relationship was healthy, I was seeing what her friends were seeing and she was so caught up in Jake’s dreams that she seemed to lose sight of her own might be. This was disconcerting to me because I liked how independent and strong willed Lexi was. I eventually was able to understand the message I think the author was trying to convey to the reader. I think the message is that a person really can’t give themselves fully to another until they give fully to themselves first.As I mentioned earlier there are quite a few other characters in this story, Mason and Brooke are together throughout and seem to be in love.  I am already in love with Mason and want more and more of him. I can tell there is a lot more to his story with Brooke and by the end you will see what I mean. Parker is hot baseball player and Lexi’s and Margo’s best friend. There is a story happening here too.  I can’t wait to see what happens next.Meghan Quinn’s books are always very detailed and involve multiple storylines. I have said it before and I will say it again. I love this about her books. Some people tend to like soul focus on one couple, but I like her writing style. The only thing I can say that I did not like about this book is that there seemed to be some phrases that were a bit repetitious throughout. I did read an ARC copy so some of those things may have been caught and cleaned up but I am not sure.