Review Round Up ~ September 27

ARC/New Release

Team Player 2: A Sports Anthology by Charleigh Rose

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Arena Lights by Mandi Beck
This is a stand alone novella set in the Fulton University "world." Maeve and her twin are softball players for the university. Hockey Player (and their brother's roommate), Benny, ends up traveling with the team to a tournament/clinic in Arizona.

It was fun watching these two get to know each other outside of their normal environment. I genuinely liked them together and would love to see how this couple try to make things work in their native environment. THe potential stressors of competing travel schedules, classes, siblings, etc would make this an awesome full length novel.

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 Christmas with a Cowboy by Carolyn Brown

My rating: 3 of 5 stars - Average Read

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This was a sweet story, but..... I had a really hard time connecting with it.

Maverick and Bridget have an interesting meet cute that goes no where because of travel plans. Fast forward a year and fate (or matchmaking grannies) bring them back together.

While I liked both characters (and the supporting cast) it didn’t feel like there was a ton of character development. We know a little about each of their histories, but more about who they are now.

One of the things I struggled with was the pacing of the story. There were several places where everyone seemed to be inert. Yes, they were doing things and going places, but nothing else really changed.

This was a book I enjoyed reading, but I had no problems putting it down to do other things. If you are looking for sweet Christmas read, this would be a good one. If you need something more fast paced, I would save this for another day.

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 Say It Again by Catherine Bybee

3.5 Stars - Worth a Reader's Time

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This 5th installment of the First Wives Club focuses on the elusive Sasha - a frequent secondary character in the first 4 books. We learn a lot more about Sasha’s past and see her connect with a potential romantic interest.

This installment of the series is well written and entertaining, the intrigue and mystery portion of the story line is definitely the strongest. Sasha’s potential romantic entanglement, AJ, is an interesting character on his own, but this is very much her story.

This could be read as a stand-alone, but I would advise against it. The secondary cast pulls strongly from the previous 1st Wives Club Books and some of Sasha’s relationships/back story is very much in those books. I would suggest reading the series in order. This book also introduces us to a few new characters, I am hoping we will see some of those stories soon.

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