How To Score Off Field
By: Sara Ney
Series: Campus Legends
Book # in Series: 3 of 3
Genre: New Adult/College Romance
Trope: Older Brother’s Best Friend, Age Gap, Forbidden
Publisher: Self Published
Publication Date: September 13th, 2023
My Rating: 4 Stars
My Reading Format: kindleunlimited
Synopsis:
I, Drew Colter, think it might be time to go home.
From school, from football—from living with roommates, my obnoxious twin brother and our older brothers girlfriend. The only person who I can talk to these days is my best friend from high school, and he’s back in our hometown and halfway across the country. Somehow he convinces me that maybe…
…Maybe it’s time to take a trip back to small ranching town I grew up in. Celebrate. Have some fun.
That fun does not include his younger sister.
Long black hair and even longer legs, Tess Donahue had lost the braces and gained the confidence she never had as a teenager. She’s hilarious, pretty—and when I see her in those cowboy boots?
Whoa.
Stolen glances. Flirty banter. One drunk filled night.
Suddenly, my uncomplicated weekend of ‘living a little’ in my hometown becomes a lifetime being tied to the one girl that was off limits.
How To Score Off Field is the third standalone romance novel in the Campus Legends Series by Sara Ney. This older brother’s best friend romance follows football superstar Drew Colter and his, unbeknownst to him, leading lady Tessa Donahue.
Drew is burnt out from life and from football. So when his best friend from back home, Grady Donahue, invites him to a weekend of bachelor party fun. He decides to take him up on his offer. After all, anything is better than sitting around watching his twin brother get everything that Drew has always wanted. An epic romance. So with a bag of clothes packed, he hops on a plane and heads back home.
From the first moment Tess can remember, she’s loved Drew Colter. That love was never reciprocated due to him thinking of her as his best friend’s little sister. When Grady tasks her with the mission of collecting Drew at the airport, she
But know times have changed… Tess is older, wiser, and more experienced. And she isn’t about to let Drew walk out of her life so easily this time. This time she’s got a game plan… She just has to get Drew to see her as a woman, and not as his best friends younger sister.
My Thoughts:
Okay, I have so much to talk about when it comes to Sara Ney’s How To Score Off Field. Mostly good situations, but be warned there were a few moments that had me questioning whether I liked this one or loved this one. So let’s get started.
Sara Ney is still a fairly new to me author. I say fairly new as I’ve only read six, now Seven, novels from her. I love her writing style and her ability to draw her reader’s in from the very first page. I love the fight her characters endure to truly gain that epic happily ever after. Trust me when I say, these characters endure a lot. I also love her ability to add comedy into her romances. And I love how flawlessly she maneuvers her comedy into slight angst. Basically, when you read a novel from Sara Ney, you’re getting all the feels, all the emotions, and sometimes all the drama! And I’m here for that! How To Score Off Field was a great read, but I have my qualms. So let’s get started with this review.
Let’s discuss the characters in this novel. First one in the hot seat is Drew Colter. Drew is your typical boy next door book boyfriend. He’s a cutie with a heart of gold. He’s the brother out of all the Colter’s who wants love, wants the relationship, and wants the white picket fence. But no girl has met his expectations. I have to say, I loved this man’s overall vibe!
And then we have Tess. I have to say one thing, I absolutely adored her childhood/teenage journal entries! I loved seeing young love play out through her thoughts. It reminded me of those times where I would write my elementary crush’s name in a journal dozens of times. Sara Ney took me all the way back to my own childhood with this novel! But anyway, Tess is as sweet as sugar, but she also has this determination that is so uncanny! Almost as if the world is hers and she has the power and she uses that power in the kindest of ways. I don’t know, I really loved her character.
The chemistry between Drew and Tess was hot as hell! I loved the small talks and the friendship that built between them. I also loved the slight forbidden and secret relationship vibes. Everything was flawless, until the second half of the novel. In my honest opinion, I felt like important scenes after the half-way point were rushed through. There were moments, I as a reader, needed time to digest and connect to the tragedy of what had occured. I needed to feel that grief that Tess should have felt, but sadly, it felt like that moment in time was swept under the rug. There were a few more moments that were rushed, but that one was the pivotal moment that I needed more connection from.
Overall, I loved the relationship between Drew and Tess. I loved the friendship and the romance. I loved the quick wit and the sexual chemistry between these two. It was fun to see Tess fall in love with the adult version of the boy she once loved before. If that makes sense. I loved seeing her get her happily ever after. But as I said above, I wanted a lot more from the last half of this novel. With that being said, I can’t wait to see what Sara Ney will publish next! I’m excited for what’s to come!!
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Peace Love and Happy Reading,
