I was very intrigued before I started reading this. I have never read anything liked it and that counts for a lot, writing style could have been better but overall I enjoyed it.

This book had more of a storyline than I was expecting. One of the main rules of being a Sugar Baby is do not fall in love. Jess is about to break that rule when she meets Sugar Daddy Jerod. This leads to a dangerous adventure that leaves her best friend Holly in danger. I found this book fun and easy to read.

2.5 stars rounded up because I enjoyed the overall plot and twists. Also enjoyed exploring the world of Sugar Babies mixed with Corporate espionage. A fun mystery!

However, writing was a bit weak. There was no real tension built, things just happened super quickly. I think a POV of Holly and a bit more foreshadowing and tension building seasons would’ve really really helped this.

Romance also happened way too fast and I just didn’t really buy it. But that’s the price I often pay for mixing my mysteries with romance.

This book could have been so much better had it not been for the author's lack of stringing together a cohesive, constructive and sensible story. The book started off reasonably well, but ended up being absolutely stupid and absurd. There were too many dialogues and not enough character development. Things were happening out of the blue and I wouldn't even bother categorising them as twists and turns. The amount of times the abbreviations SB and SD were used, not to mention the word, 'babe' was off-putting.
I was given an advance copy, but dear God, was the book not proof read at all? As someone who teaches primary school children, I honestly found the mistakes extremely frustrating to read especially when it came to the use of the apostrophe. I couldn't believe that I was reading sentences like, "your like Tom Cruise." (it's YOU'RE). Also, the plural of Dad is not Dad's and "too busy looking out of the dam window." was just ridiculous (damn). These weren't the only mistakes; there were plenty of others.

I liked this book. The story was different, and had me fully engaged from the first page.
The writing is something that could handle a bit of improvement in regards to characters, pace, and editing, but that didn’t bother me. A couple of spots in the book where a bit confusing and I had to go back a few pages to understand what was happening. That didn’t really bother me either, but I did drop a star for those reasons.

I still recommend the book. The cover is fantastic, the setting is unusual and intriguing, the plot is fun and fresh.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a free ARC

Loved the cover and the name of the book but that is it. Maybe my hopes were too high but the actual writing was terrbile. The constant calling each other "babe" really grated and the dialogue between Jessica and Jerod was so boring I couldn't even understand how they found each other interesting.
I gave up reading about 20% into the book because it was so badly written. Whoever is editing the book did a terrible job

I requested this book on Netgalley because THE COVER !! It's the first thing that catches your eye, and it's absolutely stunning. It's sweet, colourful, and is bound to attract readers. The theme, sugar daddies and this whole industry, is also interesting and uncommon enough to make me curious about the book.

However, unfortunately, these are about the only things I liked about The Sugar Game.

The first thing that struck me is the lack of construction in the narrative. I felt like the author was trying to say too many things at once, and kept switching between subjets, without real transitions or reasons for that. This is what disturbed me the most, especially at the beginning.

After that, we also are introduced to several abreviations : SD for sugar daddy, FM for First Meeting, etc. I understand it's so that the author doesn't have to write it fully constantly. However, as a reader who kept putting the book down and up again, I kept forgetting the meanings of them and always had to go back in the book to have the full words. It's a little thing, but that can be a little annoying.

Still, I kind of got used to the points above, and then BAM, the whole thing turns into some kind of spy-ish book. It wasn't brought well, and it felt like a kid's vision of what espionage is. This is what made me kind of give up on the book. All of a sudden, some random dude comes to meet the MC to tell her he needs her for an undercover mission and proceeds to give her EVERY LITTLE INFO on the man she needs to research, without her having agreed to it...

Lastly, the characters were straight out of the 90's/early 2000's. The girls especially are walking clichés, which made me want to hit them throughout the whole book. Maybe I shouldn't have pushed to finish it. The MC and her best friend are just some kind of Bridget Joneses but, you know, not quite there yet. There's a whole vibe about them that screams "I'm superficial" but of course they think they're smart etc. when they're really not. Here's a litteral quote from the book that made me realize that The Sugar Game was definitely not for me :

"What was I going to do ? Rewatch "Sex and the City" and eat ice cream ?"

Yeah, so that was it for me. To be honest, it might make a cool series or movie. But the narrative construction makes it kind of hard to read as a book. I mean, it's a peculiar style that wasn't for me, but who knows, maybe you'll enjoy it.

A peek into the world of sugar babies! This book was so well done and the story was amazing. I could not stop reading it! Definitely a different type of story.

This story started great. It was captivating to be thrown into Holly and Jessica's world of being sugar babies. It's a world not many women would dare venture into and yet fascinate by what this world might entail. Thrown caution to the wind is what Jessica did every day of her life. However, this fun roller coaster came to an end about 20% into the book. The story turned into a horribly told spy movie with bad dialogues. The story became unbelievable and it just doesn't make sense. If the "bad guy" has a way of leaving his dirty work untraceable, how is it that one of the girl can just disappears. She had no training of any type to go off grid. Yet the "bad guy" just let her go. If this story were to stick to following Holly and Jessica in their lifestyle, it would have made for a great read. However, it is quite disappointing.

Thank you to Cameron Publicity & Marketing Ltd and NetGalley for letting me read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.