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love this author. this book was fabulous. the characters were easy to love.

What a wild ride. This has love triangle angst all throughout. Holy Moly!

I was concerned about the before/after time jumps, but it worked. I looked forward to Arrow's POV the most. For some reason I love a guys POV.

Your heart will bleed for Mia and Arrow. There were times I was crying. I can't wait to read the rest of the series to see what happens with Mason/Bailey. Chris seems like his story would be a heart breaker as well.

Mia and Arrow are surrounded by secrets and lies, which have caused both of their lives to spin out of control. Arrow began using drugs and alcohol to ease the pain and guilt associated with the death of Mia’s brother and the brain death of Arrow’s best friend. Mia suffers from the guilt of knowing that she loved Arrow’s best friend, but was really in love with Arrow. Their story unfolds through a series of twists and turns told intermittently through flashbacks and snippets of present day events. It is said that the truth sets you free, and that is certainly true in their case.

This book is the first in a series about the members of a college football team based in Indiana. I look forward to the future books in the series.

2 stars for me . I am usually a fan of Lexi's books. I'm sad I didn't like this book.To be honest, this whole series didn't work for me.

3.75 stars--SPINNING OUT is the first instalment in Lexi Ryan’s contemporary, new adult THE BLACKHAWK BOY romance series focusing on a group of friends who attend Blackhawk University. This is football player Arrow Woodison , and nanny Mia Mendez’s story line.

Told from dual first person points of view (Arrow and Mia), using present day and memories from the past divided into nine parts SPINNING OUT follow in the aftermath of a hit-and-run accident that killed Mia’s brother Nic, severely injuring her ex-boyfriend Brogan, and the resulting fall-out as family friends struggle to move on from the pain and grief. Months earlier Mia fell for Arrow Woodison but Arrow’s best friend Brogan swooped in and fell for our story line heroine. Infidelity, secrets, and lies lead to a New Year’s eve drunk fest wherein one young man would lose his life, while another clung to what was left of his. Fast forward to present day as our heroine struggles to move on from the past, as Arrow battles his own demons and more. When Mia is hired as housekeeper and nanny for the Woodison family, Mia is placed in the direct line of fire when the young man she has loved continues comes under house arrest and continues to push Mia out of his life. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Mia and Arrow, and the fall-out as sins of the past reveal more secrets and lies than anyone could have imagined.

SPINNING OUT is a story of betrayal, of death, loss, grief and forgiveness; secrets, lies, hypocrisy and cover-up. The large ensemble cast of colorful and broken characters include Mia’s struggling father Mr. Mendez, as well as Arrow’s father Uriah Woodison and his young wife Gwen. We are introduced to Arrow’s friends and teammates: Chris, Sebastian, Keegan, Mason Dahl; Coach Wright and his daughter Trish, and Mia’s best friend Bailey.

SPINNING OUT is an emotional story line about mistakes, defamation, addiction and deceit. The premise is detailed, raw and tragic ; the characters are broken and flawed; the romance is a second chance at love, forgiveness and a happily ever after.

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I loved this book!

Arrow and Mia were a perfect couple that kept getting dealt the hard cards in life. But they constantly tried to overcome the problems thrown at them by the past and present, and that is what makes the story.

It wasn't filled with constant bedroom scenes but made sure to develop the storyline. The past and present chapters really did make this book!

I’m a huge fan of Lexi Ryan and this book emphasizes the reason why. Give this book a read - you won’t be disappointed.

I was a little nervous going in about how much football would be in this book, but luckily football takes a back seat here to the romance. At first, I sped through this book and couldn't put it down, drawn in by the characters and their lives. However, by the end I wasn't putting the book down because it was getting repetitive and I just wanted it to be over. I enjoy a little bit of will-they-won't-they, but when it becomes really obvious they will, any more dithering gets boring. While the mystery aspects had a small twist, I had guessed it earlier.
Overall the writing was engaging and the plot suited the genre well. It was an easy read, not very challenging, and sometimes, that's exactly what you want.

I’m so lost and exhausted from just trying to follow the first part of this book. I hate the format, present time, past, present time, past just tell me the damn story. So frustrating to read this book and these characters are putting up a front but we don’t know why and it takes to long to figure out what happen and why they are all pissed at each other. Ugh was hoping for something more from this story because the blurb makes the book sound better than it is.

I've read a handful of books from Lexi Ryan in the past, and while I remember thoroughly enjoying her writing, none of her previous books have stood out quite like Spinning Out. This story completely consumed me. Spinning Out opens with Arrow Woodison making it known that he despises Mia Mendez's existence and with Mia barely treading the water that is her tattered life. Something has happened between these characters, something has torn apart the lives they once knew and the journey toward unearthing all that's happened, all that Mia and Arrow once were to each other, is exquisitely slow, perfectly paced. This is a messy, ugly, tumultuous romance that's both devastating and satisfying all at once.

More than a romance, Spinning Out is a suspenseful, gut-wrenching story of secrecy, loss and a love that defies time and circumstance. Arrow Woodison has longed for his best friend's girl since the day they met. The undeniable attraction between Mia Mendez, an underprivileged student from a trailer park, and Arrow, a wealthy college football star, was mutual, but Mia's insecurities lead her to take the safer route: his best friend, Brogan. When tragedy strikes and the tenuous house of cards surrounding these characters is demolished, life as they knew it spins out of control and the trajectory of all their lives is altered forever. Spinning Out is tragic  and raw and it completely blindsided me. I didn't expect to open this book and be so overcome with emotions the way I was, to be so captivated by this web of secrets. 

This story evolves over a series of alternating "parts" between the past and the present, the before and the after, offering up a fully encompassing look into these characters. Adding even greater depth to the story, the chapters also alternate between the points of view of both Mia and Arrow, leaving no stone left unturned. The undeniable attraction, the raw desire, and sexual tension between these characters has always been obvious. But there were gargantuan roadblocks between them, both then and now, and the painstaking manner in which Lexi Ryan reveals the details, the pieces to this mystifying puzzle, to the reader is both addictive and brutal. 

This storyline is sexy and it is angsty and it is wholly romantic. It's also deeply emotional, addictive, and beautifully written. This book is so much more than I thought it would be when I went in. The storyline is intriguing and perfectly paced, the details of this addictive puzzle revealed meticulously. This book was impossible to put down and the more I read, the more in love I fell with this author's luminous writing style and brilliant storytelling. Spinning Out clawed its way under my skin when I least expected it to and burrowed. I absolutely loved everything about it.