The Final Score (Play by Play, #13)
Jaci Burton
In the new Play-by-Play novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Contact, a star quarterback is torn between his love of the game--and the woman who may be the love of his life. Nathan Riley is ready to follow in the footsteps of his famous football player father. He's been drafted as quarterback for his dad's former team, and his future is bright. When his friend Mia Cassidy moves to the same city, their years-long friendship suddenly sparks hot, reminding him of the one night they had together in college that he can never forget. Like Nathan, Mia is from a sports dynasty family and embarking on an incredible new career--as founder of her own sports management company. Her friendship with Nathan means everything to her, and tossing sex into the mix again could jeopardize it. But the chemistry between them has always sizzled, and it isn't long before Mia realizes she wants more with Nathan than just late-night talks and pizza. Passion has a funny way of changing the rules, and soon Nathan and Mia discover that to win it all, they'll have to make an unexpected play for love.
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0 0Before I dive into my review of this story, can we take a moment to talk about this cover? I mean, c’mon! It’s enough to get someone to read this book even if they know nothing about this series or this author. Kudos to whoever designed this one!
It took me longer than I would have liked to get to this story. After all, it was published more than 3 months ago. Not to mention that I’ve read all of the books in this series so I’ve “known” Nathan since the very first story, The Perfect Play. So it pains me to say that it didn’t live up to my expectations. That’s not to say it wasn’t good, it was very good. It just wasn’t spectacular.
As much as I adore Mia Cassidy from previous stories that featured her brothers, she lost some of her luster for me here. I understand her being a young woman starting her own company and wanting to prove herself. But her protestation to that end wouldn’t always match what she was protesting. I know that’s a confusion sentence, I hope you get what I’m saying though.
I still love Nathan. He’s such a great guy. I absolutely appreciate Jaci Burton including scenes in which Nathan and Mia seem to be heading to the bedroom and Nathan’s reactions when it doesn’t go as planned. No cajoling, only understanding. Isn’t that the way things should be always?
What was lacking in this story was chemistry. The actual sex scenes had some chemistry and were extremely well written. But overall I didn’t feel that pull between Mia and Nathan that I want to feel when reading a romance.
Find my full review at https://allingoodtimeblog.wordpress.com/2018/02/15/the-final-score-book-review/
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