soccer

Review: Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner

Sep 19, 2023 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.25 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Phoebe Matthews just graduated college and is beginning her first season as a professional soccer player in New Orleans. It’s honestly the first time Grace has lived even more than a couple...

FILED UNDER: 4.25 stars, Contemporary, Veronica's Reviews
TAGGED: athlete, Meryl Wilsner, soccer, St. Martin's Press

Review: Legend by Isla Olsen and Willow Thomas

Jul 7, 2023 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Tom Whitford doesn’t really enjoy being called a legend—it just makes him feel old. At 37 years old, he knows his days as a professional player in the Premier League are numbered, but he...

FILED UNDER: 3.75 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: age gap, athlete, coming out, football, homophobia, Isla Olsen, kids, Pride F.C. series, self published, soccer, Willow Thomas

Review: The Moves We Make by C.D. Rachels

Apr 11, 2022 | 1 comment

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Landon is a soccer player at Korham University and has recently learned that two of his teammates/close friends are gay/queer. It bothers him, because he wasn’t super sensitive about it, and...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Contemporary, Veronica's Reviews
TAGGED: Artists and Athletes series, athlete, C.D. Rachels, college, coming out, dancer, new adult, OFY, self published, soccer

Review: The Lines We Draw by CD Rachels

Feb 9, 2022 | 1 comment

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Ravi is a college junior, focused on his role as a co-captain of the school soccer team and his business degree. The bane of his college experience is that all students are required to complete...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Contemporary, Veronica's Reviews
TAGGED: artist, Artists and Athletes series, athlete, BIPOC, C.D. Rachels, college, new adult, self published, soccer, virgin

Review: Duplicity by A.E. Madsen

Jan 20, 2022 | 0 comments

Rating: 3 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Ian loves playing soccer for his college team, but he keeps to himself around the other players. Ian hasn’t told anyone that he is bisexual, even his gay identical twin brother, Aiden, so he’s...

FILED UNDER: 3 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: A.E. Madsen, ADHD, athlete, bisexual, Blue Mountain University series, college, coming out, homophobia, soccer

Audiobook Review: Extra Time by C.F. White

Apr 30, 2021 | 0 comments

Story Rating: 5 stars Audio Rating: 5 stars Narrator: Piers Ryman Length: 5 hours, 20 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks Good things come in threes. Seb, left alone at home to watch penguin documentaries while Jay is...

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Audiobook, Contemporary, Elizabeth's reviews
TAGGED: athlete, C.F. White, District Line series, established couple, homophobia, kids, Piers Ryman, rock star, soccer, wedding

Review: Extra Time by C.F. White

Jan 5, 2021 | 1 comment

Rating: 5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel It’s been six years since Jay Ruttman, striker for the West Hams, proposed — publicly, foolishly, romantically, and wholeheartedly — to Sebastian Saunders, front man for the world famous band,...

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Contemporary, Elizabeth's reviews
TAGGED: athlete, C.F. White, District Line series, found family, kids, rock star, self published, soccer, wedding

Audiobook Review: Come Back by C.F. White

Jul 1, 2020 | 1 comment

Story Rating: 5 stars Audio Rating: 4.75 stars Narrator: Piers Ryman Length: 9 hours, 18 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks I am a selfish person. I have loved the District Line series since I first read it, and when...