Loud Mouth

This romance lacked any sort of depth, especially in the case of the heroine. We saw very little character development from that quarter. Nothing happened to her and for her, that wasn't related in some way to the hero. There was also very little development in the romance department. We saw the hero and heroine have maybe 3 meaningful interactions and suddenly they were in love? The romance was definitely lacklustre.

However, what did work for me was the hero's lack of elite-level talent. Often in sports romances, it feels like every player is a star, especially when they are being pitted against formerly famous parents, the characters always end up on top. It was therefore really refreshing to read a sports romance where the main character was significantly less talented than their family members and had to come to terms with what that meant for them. It was also nice to see the hero eventually succeed in a slightly different arena. I really enjoyed that aspect of this book otherwise it would probably have been a 2 star read for me.