Wow. Simply wow.
I'm not sure if I would have picked up this book if I had known that I would sob my way through two or three whole chapters but I would have so missed out on something really special. Because this book is special.

Amidst all the sad parts there is always laughter and hope, there's love that helps people to deal with the loss, that helps them to go on and there's the kind of family that is not determined by blood relations but by the way people care for each other and are there when the other one needs them This is also a story about letting go and setting free and it's about learning that even though you set somebody free it might just mean that everything changes - and for the best.

Love, laughter, hope and new beginnings despite the loss and the sad parts, wonderful characters who have found the way to your heart before you even realized that that's where they are heading for and a story that is just right - this book is amazing!

I can't even tell who I loved most because all those characters are unique and wonderful. I loved Em and Sanchez but I also loved Miller and Kinsley and, of course, Jax and....oops, read for yourself! Oh, and don't forget Marco. He is sweet and fun and is such a ray of hope and sunshine that you just have to love him - once you've packed away your hankies.

Full of action and emotions, this book is an amazing story that you won't want to miss.

Full review to be published online in early January, 2018.

INFRACTION is the second book in Rachel Van Dyken’s fun and intriguing “Players Game” series about pro football players. Here we have Miller Quinton (from the first book ‘Fraternize’), and Kinsey, the sister of one of his teammates. He has been asked to pretend to date Kinsey; but no one knows that Miller and cheerleader Kinsey shared a hidden steamy encounter some months back.

INFRACTION is a nice story, suitably romantic and angsty. Most of the key players in the story carry over from the first book, so this is not really recommended as a standalone read. There are too many previously introduced characters. Still, it’s fun.

This book was missing something for me. I felt like the actual story of Miller and Kinsey got lost in the story of Jax’s overprotectiveness of Kinsey. I wanted a slower resolution for Kinsey and Miller, but instead we get one that happens pretty early on. The angst level was pretty low.

I wasn’t the biggest fan of Kinsey. We kept being told she was strong while being shown she was weak. I’m gathering people are calling her strong because of what she went through with Anderson, but I honestly didn’t see it. There really isn’t conflict or resolution in regards to him. Being that he is Jax’s whole reason for wanting Miller to date Kinsey I think it was a missed opportunity.

Miller was a pretty good H. He seemed like a really great guy who was trying to be better. I don’t really have much to say about him.

I really felt like Jax took away from Kinsey and Miller. I don’t see what the point was of having his perspective. The small story we got of him deserved to be expanded on in his own book.

This book lacked a lot of development. The storyline could have been stretched and have more details. We could have had more of the MCs and their budding relationship, but instead it became about everyone else.

I can’t say I recommend this book, but I’m probably in the minority here.

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“God bless football, and God bless the V.”

Y’all know what the “V” is, right????

When we last left our players we were in Vegas where there was a surprise guest in someone’s bed. Deciding the old adage “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” are words to live by, Miller and Kinsey agreed to tell no one and Miller promptly shoved Kinsey on the nearest plane to Europe for the summer. It turns out that absence may indeed make the heart grow fonder and when Miller is requested by his teammate/Kinsey’s overprotective brother to “fake date” her upon her return, things start heating up . . . .

“You’re familiar with the kind of rides I give, and when this whole friendship ting goes to hell and you actually ask me to kiss you – to touch you – you’re going to need to buckle up, sweetheart, because it’s going to be rough.”

I’m going to address the pink elephant in the room real quick because I am nothing but brutally honest at all times. Jax, the brother??? I got less of a “overprotective” vibe and more of a Donald and Ivanka one #eww. And believe me when I say the big reveal didn’t make things better. That being said, Jax and Harley’s story being thrown in was an unexpected treat and it helped reduce my squicky reaction. Miller and Kinsey were just as adorable as Emerson and Sanchez were in Fraternize, the angst (brother lovin’ aside) was real life shit people should be angsty about and when we finally reached the halfway mark and got down to bidness?????


It was guuuuuuuuuud.

I’ve somehow managed to stalk work my way up to an auto-approval for this publisher and for that I say I'M NOT WORTHY I'M NOT WORTHY. If Rachel Van Dyken keeps writing, I’ll keep reading ‘em. I am a superfan.

LOVE RVD!! I really enjoyed this continuation of the Players Game Series. Loved getting to know Miller better after meeting him in Fraternize. Enjoyed learning more about Kinsey and her relationship with Jax. Also loved the Jax/Harley/Harley's Grandmother storyline. Will there be a third book? Will it be Jax and Harley? I hope so! Didn't love getting my heart wrenched out of my body during this book though. My husband couldn't understand what I was so upset about. This book absolutely gutted me. That's what I love about RVD!!