Review: Hot Read!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 5, 2013
This is well and truly a sports romance. It's not just a romance novel that mentions sports or has an athlete as one of the characters. Instead the characters really, truly love the game of football and the game is actually played out in various forms throughout the book. Cade's a quarterback trying to find his way back into the game and Angie is a high school teacher and football coach who has been helping her local high school team on and off since she was a freshman. I really enjoyed how much Angie's knowledge of the game was integrated into the storyline. We see the game from her POV, see the plays that she has created during practice and the ones that she calls during an extremely important game.  It was refreshing to have a female character as knowledgeable about the game as any of the male characters, including the hero.The chemistry between Cade and Angie is off the hook and only continues to grow from what was supposed to be a one night stand into a complicated relationship. I liked that the conflict in their relationship didn't come from the usual places. The insecurities that Angie had weren't based on Cade being famous and possibly cheating on her at the drop of a hat. Everything between them was based around the game of football and why Cade was really in town and what that meant for Angie and her career/future.I really enjoyed this book and would love to read more from this author. It looks like this was only the tip of the iceberg for a new series by Jackie Barbosa called Play Action. I can't wait to see what she brings to the table next. In the meantime, I'll have to see what else she has to offer.Arc provided by Entangled: Brazen via Netgalley for an honest review.