When I began reading this book, I had just started watching the Beckham limited series on Netflix, so that made me look forward to reading this book more.
It started out well enough, I loved how the characters were introduced to the story, and how the relationships were established.
However, it went from that to boring very quickly. It was quite repetitive, and I didn't find it very readable, in the sense that I had to put in more effort than usual to understand what the characters were talking about.
I gave it until 30% before I gave up.

I received this book from NetGalley and the publisher in return for an honest review. This review is based entirely on my own thoughts and feelings.

Overall rating : 3*
Writing skill : 3*
Plot: 2*
Pace: 3*
Characters: 4*
Originality: 3*

So on paper a romance book on a champions league playing English footballer is right up my alley. There's lots of sports romances around at the moment, but majority are American sports - ice hockey, NFL etc, so this was a nice change.
The characters were the standout factor in this book, original, descriptive and well scripted. There was just something lacking in the plot for me, not a lot happened except a post football game conversation that never went well between the 2 MCs or a dog walk or twenty.
The twist at the end was nice, if not a bit predictable.
A good read for fans of sports romances without any spice.

Thank you to NetGalley, the author and publisher for this copy in return for my honest review.

This was a fun football player romance. It was fast paced and easy to read. I would recommend if you’re looking for a football romance.

I really liked this book, especially as it's difficult to find a good football player romance. Last time I tried to read one that claimed to be for fans of Ted Lasso, only to find they had essentially ripped off the character of Roy Kent almost entirely.

My only real issue with this book was with Tony's accent. I get that it was meant to be a London accent but adding an s at the end of words like know just made me hear Nessa from Gavin and Stacey, or Goldie Lookin' Chain... I knows it.

Overall, I enjoyed the friendship that built between Tony and Genie and, although it was pretty obvious who was causing the "mishaps" at work, the book was well-paced fun to read.

Thank you to Netgalley for an Arc of this book!

Unfortunately this book was not for me, I wasn’t a fan of the characters or the way the dialogue was written. I also felt that the arguments the main characters were having felt incredibly repetitive almost until the end of the book.

It definitely picked up near the end of the book and I would be open to reading another book by the author but unfortunately this book wasn’t for me.