EARLY COPY PROVIDED BY HEAD OF ZEUS
UK RELEASE DATE – 20 JUNE 2024
⭐⭐⭐ stars
❤️🔥Open Door romance (18+)
❤️ Romantic Fiction
🎾 Sports Romance (Tennis)
❗Trigger warnings1
Jumping into June with Sport Romance
“A drink throw so good, it’s gone viral”
This was a sports romance on the cusp of ticking all the boxes.
I appreciated the premise of the story. I don’t entirely agree with the advertisement of this as a enemies to lovers story, I think this story fits different romance tropes better – for example, force proximity and one bed (these tropes added a fun dynamic between the characters).
For the characters, I would have loved to have seen a deeper development of them overall. I found that many of the characters had a good motivation behind them and a good flow in their arc, but I found it harder to connect to the main female character. Unfortunately I felt that she was lacking development in some scenes and therefore she wasn’t as defined as other characters. I would have loved to have gotten more from her character overall. The main male character I did enjoy, I liked that there were different motivations and layers to his character, out of the romantic leads I think that he was definitely the highlight.
Whilst I understand the potential need for the prologue, I think that the set up of the story was more successful after it. The rest of the book’s pacing and storytelling was good, I would have preferred to have more scenes giving depth to the story as a sports romance but I understand that the romance was the main focus point.
Overall, I would have loved to have seen more character development but a fun, cute romance!
Thank you to Head of Zeus for an early copy!
Book Synopsis
For two weeks Wimbledon hosts the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world and this year everyone is talking about player Kieran O’Sullivan, the infamous bad boy of the sport with one last chance to win a Grand Slam.
Everyone, that is, expect Flora Hendrix. Flora might live in Wimbledon, but she’s renting out her flat for the summer while she explores the fresh start that she’s longing for. Expect when Flora’s plans unexpectedly fall through, the last thing she expects is her house guest to refuse to leave. Especially when it’s none other than Kieran O’Sullivan.
Thrown together for the summer, sparks fly between Flora and Kieran. But they’re not going to let a few sparks distract them from finally flowing their dreams. Are they?
- familial grief, mental health struggles, cheating ↩︎
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