This story follows Nicky, (an oddly hairless man) who is diagnosed ‘insatiably hungry at night’ (basically a nighttime eating disorder) that is a star tennis player. Nicky apparently doesn’t know what ‘leftovers’ are, but I guess if he did, there wouldn’t be much of a story here. Nicky hires Elle, a recently orphaned former teacher with hardly a culinary background, to cook him a ‘second dinner every night at like 2am. (I’m confused too, but we will go with it for the sake of the story).

All in all, I was thoroughly bored, the writing and premise came off as juvenile. In all honesty, I read like a wattpad book and I skimmed a lot.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with this ARC in exchange for my honest review ☺️

1/5⭐️

Thank you @netgalley and @hera_books for the eARC of Love Game by @emmarae.author in exchange for an honest review!

📖📖 Book Review 📖📖 Elle’s professional and personal life have seen better days. Then she lands the opportunity to be the personal chef to one of tennis’ hottest stars, Nicky Salco. He’s got a fiancé and she’s got a cheating boyfriend and an NDA, but the tension between the two is so thick you could cut it with one of her chef’s knives. Obviously a training athlete needs a lot of food to sustain them and Nicky is keen on middle of the night snacks, which brings about charming one-on-one conversations between the two as feelings begin to go deeper. Love Game is a delicious marriage between food and tennis, an adorable page turner that will leave you smiling and rooting for love (off the tennis courts, of course).

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The only thing I would change about Love Game, is that it was told in duel POV. It would have been great having Nicky's words spoken as well. But regardless of that it was a great story. And if you love tennis and romance this is the book for you. Our main stars are Nicky and Elle but we get some great secondary characters as well. Some we love and some we don't. Elle is hired to be Nicky's personal chef, he is a star tennis player. During many of Nicky's late night eating sessions, he and Elle become close. But Nicky is engaged to be married and for some reason Nicky feels he needs to stay in that relationship. Over time it gets harder for Elle and Nicky to hide their feelings for each other. What happens with Nicky's engagement and his tennis career? Does Elle stay in the states and continue working for Nicky? Read to find out. You won't be disappointed.