I loved this book! It was my first by Sariah Wilson but it definitely will not be my last. Logan and Jess are both students at EOL. Logan is a football player and Jess’s dad is the football coach. A relationship between the two is forbidden.

I really liked that the relationship that was built between Logan and Jess was emotional before it turned physical. I feel like that is super rare nowadays so I really appreciated it. Both Logan and Jess were likeable and I definitely found myself rooting for them.

If you are looking for a cute YA/contemporary romance novel, I definitely recommend this one. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this free ARC in exchange for an honest review!

The Friend Zone by Sariah Wilson was a terrific read. I enjoyed every last word. One of the few books I wish was longer than it was.

Logan Hunt has hit rock bottom in terms of being kicked out of college and playing football. He was given one final chance to go to school and play college football, but he and the team had so many rules to follow.

Jessica Oakley or Jess, was the coaches daughter and Logan's math tutor. Sparks were definitely flying with these two. This story just proves you can have a beautiful HEA without all the sex scenes. I heartily recommend this story.

I have adored everything I have read by this author, and this book doesn't disappoint. I love the authors way of writing characters that you want to become friends with. They are always a cute, sweet romance that keeps you wanting to read more. This book does have some errors but they do not take away from the story. Looking forward to reading more in this series!

This book was amazing! I'm not sure how Sariah continues to write books that are everything you want in a boo witty: swoony, real, conflict, emotional and makes you want to start over when you're finished. This author pulls the reader in and makes the characters come to life and makes you care about them. I love that there is swoon but no smut. This book is funny with well developed characters and plot that keeps you turning the page for more and then sorry when it's finished. Another book worth the read.

The friend zone is a clean sports romance that takes place in college. Meet the new Quarterback, Logan Hunt and the Coach's daughter Jess. The irresistible Logan Hunt came from a poor background and just trying to make something of himself. Jess has a secret of her past and this causes a no dating rule for anyone on the team. What they didn't expect was the game changer!

This new release by Sariah Wilson was star-worthy material. The characters, Logan Hunt and Jess, meet each other when he comes to play football for her father at a junior college in Washington after getting kicked off a superior college team in Texas for a bar brawl because of his temper. The new coach has rules—#1 being stay away from girls, especially his daughter. When Jess is paired up with him to tutor him in math, sparks sizzle, but they must keep their relationship strictly in the friend zone. But when the sparks ignite into flames the more they hang out together, will they be able to keep their feelings in check and keep her dad from discovering their forbidden romance?

I read this one in a day. It had me captivated. The characters were fun, their inner demons great, but my favorite part was the last quarter of the book when Logan really grows and determines to be the man he knows he can be so he can respect himself. Love-loved seeing his courage to do what was right in the end. The romance was swoon-worthy, and it was just a feel-good book overall with funny parts to make me laugh. I really like this author. She writes fun, clean romances that still have some sizzle.

I have read this author before and I really like her writing style though her books in the past are only from the woman s POV. This story was very different in that it has dual POV. Its also about some college students which is also nw, usually they have graduated.

Jess and Logan meet when she picks him up at the airport. Her dad is his new coach and this is his last chance to play football for a college team. Jess has had a bad experience with football players and so her dad pretty much says no dating to his players and that Jess is a no go there zone.

What ends up happening is Logana nd Jess become besties and I mean real besties. They are attracted but they love her dad and so they try to say just friends. This was an aewsome read. The characters while in college are mature and understand the risks they end up taking and they handle it very maturely.

It is very well written and I loved how the author explored the characters.

This was a sweet and innocent romance read that’s set in college and involves some sports and of course—the quarterback that is off-limits from his coach’s daughter. Overall, a cute friends to lovers romance if you’re in the right mood.

I think this book just wasn’t for me since I’m at that college age and nothing here was all that relatable or funny like it was supposed to be.

<i>ARC kindly provided by publisher via Netgalley <3 Thank you!</i>

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for granting my request for an ARC of this book. The review below is entirely my own opinion.

Sariah Wilson is one of my favorite authors. I love the way she tells a story! She has this way of stringing words together to make me just grin and laugh out loud and make my heart melt with all the feels. That is a gift and I'm so glad she's sharing it with us through all these wonderful, entertaining books.

This one is a slow-burn, sports, college romance that, for me, just hits all the right notes. It's sweet. It's got heat. It's got that push-pull, witty, and snarky banter/scenes that I love. It has humorous moments and great lines/dialogue. Jess and Logan are both so relatable and adorable. And the secondary characters are also people you want to get to know better. In fact, I can't wait for Bash's story!

So if you're looking for a college, sports, friends-to-lovers romance then I would definitely recommend this book.

I have read several of Sariah Wilson’s books and it never fails to amaze me how she can write such an engaging romance novel yet keep it clean. The Friend Zone is no exception. Jess and Logan both have things in their pasts they are trying to rise above. They both have dreams they are pursuing and obstacles to overcome to get there. They begin a friendship to help each other succeed but soon realize they want to be more than friends. But being more than friends will mean giving up their dreams. Is it worth the risk?

Sariah did it again! The Friend Zone is filled with swoony chemistry and lots of laugh out loud descriptions. I loved reading Jess and Logans’s journey as they tried to fight off their attraction to one another. My only criticism is that now I’m going to have to wait forever to read a new book from Sariah!

Sariah Wilson’s ‘The Friend Zone’ harks back to a time when I remember YA/NA reads to be a lot more innocent and docile, both in speech and thoughts and deeds—or at least, when more risqué activities were kept firmly behind closed doors and stayed there, where the hottest things got were kisses and monologue-driven, self-actualising type of pining and many, many scorching looks.

It does take getting used to though, having this version of sparkly clean YA/NA sports romance graze my e-reader after being inured to a million sex scenes, to the uninhibited partying lifestyles of manwhore athletes and the women who prostrate themselves without care at their feet. So much so, that I kept wondering if Logan Hunt and Jess were going to go beyond censoring themselves and feeling hot under the collar after their bouts of denial, the chest-heaving sense of attraction, the running away and the pushing and pulling.

The answer, in short, is…no.

Wilson instead, does it the old school, slow-burn way: through friendship with some romantic, underlying tension and lets it grow and grow and…well, grow, with some bouts of humour in between. There isn’t a climax that ends up in torn clothes and smexy times (that did leave me somewhat disappointed anyhow) and with an ending that felt a little rushed and one that by-passed the physical nature of their relationship, I turned the last page still somehow wishing there had been more.

Another amazing story from Sariah Wilson! This story was told from multiple points of view and it was great watching how their relationship grew. You can feel the attraction build between the two and it was done without using raunchy details. It wasn't just all about the initial attraction though, but rather the trust that took time to build between two people that had very difficult pasts. I also loved how neither character used their past as an excuse - both wanting to overcome them and be stronger people.

What a fun and delightful book! Sariah Wilson scores (pun intended) again with another funny, sweet and romantic book filled with relatable and rootable main and secondary characters. If you're looking for something light and sweet you can get lost in, look no further. This is a must buy author for me!

I have been anxiously awaiting the newest arrival from Sariah Wilson, and it definitely didn't disappoint. The Friend Zone is a book that I know I will read over and over for its heart, humor and depth.

I fell in love with both lead characters. There's Logan, the swoon-worthy quarterback who is determined to do more with his life than the dysfunctional parents who raised him. Logan is strong and ambitious and totally driven to achieve his goals, but he's also incredibly caring and sensitive, not to mention hilarious and totally gorgeous. He's not looking for love, only for redemption and the chance to fulfill his dreams, but then he meets Jess and realizes how much he needs someone to care about him. And then there's Jess, a woman who has survived both the death of her mother and a vicious attack and betrayal that sent her spiraling into an identity crises. She hides behind her trust issues and overprotective father as an excuse not to put herself out there. That is, until Logan Hunt comes along and she finds her heart healing and her ability to trust and open up to someone returning.

There's just one problem: Logan and Jess are forbidden to date- her father is the football coach with a no nonsense set of rules for his players to follow, one of which prohibits dating. So for most of this story, Logan and Jess are trying to fight their attraction to each other and focus on staying in the Friend Zone. It's incredibly difficult for them, and nearly every scene between them is charged with the romantic tension they're barely holding back, which makes for some super hot chemistry. But mixed in with that are the delightful and touching layers to their relationship- the fun, easy friendship and the emotional depth they are able to share with each other.

It felt so satisfying to watch the progression of their relationship, which was a new twist on the best friends to lovers category within the romance genre. These two weren't long time best buddies who eventually realized they loved each other. These two were more "love at first sight", but because they couldn't act on it, they became best friends instead. Which, of course just made their love stronger in the end.

I will always, always, always buy everything Sariah writes, and I can't wait to read the stories of some of the fun and loveable side characters from this book. For now, if you're looking for a sweet, clean romance with plenty of heat and even more heart, The Friend Zone is the book for you!

As usual.... Sariah scores a touchdown with her football-based swoon-worthy book! I absolutely loved the characters, the premise, the outcome. She made me fall in love with the couple! Took me through the highs and the lows! I will be buying this one in paperback.... thank you very much!

I loved this book! The interaction between the two was so much fun. The connection between the two had major sizzle. I started reading and could not put it down. I highly recommend this book!

From the first moment Logan meets Jess, I am captivated. I love Jess's spunky personality and as the story progresses I enjoy the witty banter between the two. Another part of the story I enjoyed was the back stories for both Logan and Jess. They continue to do their best to overcome challenges they went through in the past to get to where they are. Stories of overcoming, make me happy.

That said, I could not understand the Jess/Ben story line. Seriously it rubbed me the wrong way. Here is this girl that has been through crap and has overcome falling for a guy that doesn't know who he is or what he wants. I felt Jess's character is so strong and confident why would she be drooling for her nemesis's leftovers.

In the end, both Jess and Logan each grow into mature adults who talk over the issues they face. It is a great story and I look forward to reading Logan's roommates' story next.

Slow burn but a good read. The main characters had an instant attraction but for a number of reasons didn’t act on it. They became friends first and the feelings grew from there. It’s not your typical college romance that is full of sex, drugs, lies, angst etc. but it was a really sweet story.

it didn't wow me and the story was predictable at best to be honest, it felt rushed and I was a little disappointed with it