I enjoyed this baseball romance. At times, I found myself not connecting with Gretchen and Josh. However, I still liked the story and thought they were sweet together.

Thank you Wattpad Books for an eARC from NetGalley for an honest review.

This was a decent read, but I don’t think I’d read it again. It was pretty simple and easy to read. I was entertained while reading it, but it wasn’t a book I was thinking about in the moments when I wasn’t reading it.
The characters didn’t feel very real to me, and there were times where I didn’t feel like they were super consistent. I didn’t connect with any of them.
I thought the relationship was okay, but it went from insta-lust to more way too quickly. I also disliked that they wouldn’t talk about things and instead just kept going back to the physical aspects of their relationship. The miscommunication in here drove me crazy, and the time jump made me consider not even finishing.
Ultimately I did finish this book, and it was okay. It felt too long at times, and there were some very unnecessary things thrown in for drama that were solved too quickly. It was an okay read overall.

A chance meeting at the airport between Gretchen a sommelier and Josh a MLB player. No matter that he happened to be her favorite player and he just got some bad news. She bought him cup of coffee and just gave him some conversation not acting like a fan and they were on the same flight and sat together and just kept finding reasons to see each other again. 

This was steamy and quick chemistry and I always love a baseball romance. I enjoyed going to Vegas and going out dancing and eating and going to ball games. 

This book got such mixed reviews and I read a bunch of them and I am not sure I agree with any of them or maybe I'm not picky about certain things. 

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐💫
Thank you wattpadbooks and netgalley for the e-ARC for my honest and voluntary review.

Thanks to Netgalley and Wattpad Books, W by Wattpad Books for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was a sweet, easy to read, lighthearted romance with a lot of spice!!! I loved the characters and Gretchen and Josh were perfect for each other. It was a kind of love at first sight done right. The characters were well developed even with a couple obstacles that got in their way and some rash decisions without talking it out.

Great little romance and if you like spicy then I would definitely recommend this book.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC of this title in exchange for an honest review.

I was super excited when I first came across this book, as it has two of my favorite things: romance and baseball. When I went to read this book, though, I saw some not-so-great reviews that made me a little wary going into it. I will say that maybe having lower expectations helped, because overall I had a good time reading this one.

There were a couple of things I struggled with: first, there were times when I struggled to follow the dialogue and who was saying what. This could partially be from reading an unformatted ARC. I also struggled with some of the baseball talk and situations seemingly unrealistic (i.e. Josh claiming his .210 average was respectable, Josh apparently being able to walk up to a fan in left field to hand them a ball in the middle of an inning in a major league stadium?, Josh being told to take a few days off mid-season and just flying out to a random city and leaving his team while not on the IL or any other list, etc.) The plot was simple and the story seemed to mostly revolve around the steamy scenes. I also am not a huge fan of the insta-love trope, so the fact that this book was HEAVY on that was a little tough for me.

I did enjoy some of the cute moments between Gretchen and Josh and the way the story wrapped up (pre-epilogue). Some of it could have gone too far into cheesy (and sometimes it did), but their meet-cute and the way that it tied into the rest of the story was pretty adorable. I think Josh was my favorite character. He didn't let being an MLB player give him a big head. He was thoughtful about his future and how he wanted his relationship with Gretchen to progress.

Overall, this book was fine. There were things that bothered me, but I did have an enjoyable reading experience, for the most part.

Sadly, this book wasn’t for me. I appreciate the opportunity to review it.

I couldn’t get passed the stilted dialogue, and the characters didn’t feel complex enough for me to stick with it. Gretchen talks about how she’d never do x or y because it’s so impulsive, but the book opens with her buying a coffee for someone who looks sad. It’s impulsive and kind. I was hoping for the story to build on that.

As always, give it a try for yourself, because maybe it is for you!

sports romance + wattpad 2012 vibes = perfection. i loved everything about Out of His League by Caroline Richardson and read it in one sitting!

This was just an OK read for me. I did think the storyline was fun and that the chemistry was good. I found Gretchen and Josh likable and thought they made a cute couple. For me though the promising premise was derailed by a lack of depth and a heavy instant feel.

A baseball rom-com? Sign me up! Really enjoyed the plot and the chemistry in this one and that it was a quick read!
Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for providing me with an arc for an honest review.

I really wanted to love this book, but it was slow going for me and I just didn’t connect with the characters like I had hoped.

Out of His League by Caroline Richardson is a sports romance about a down on his luck athlete. When Gretchen spots her favorite player at the airport and sees he is down on himself, she offers him coffee and they strike up some conversation. They quickly realize they like each other’s company and spend some time together. This was an insta-love and connection that was quick and fun to read.

Happy reading.

This was a cute story and short romance. It started of slow but once I got into it I found myself enjoying it more. I really liked the characters.

It all started with a coffee. When Gretchen saw baseball player, Joshua Malvern at the airport she knew he was there being sent down to the minors. Joshua looked like he needed a bit of a pick up so instead of going up to ask for his autograph, she brought him a coffee. He asked her to join him in first class on the flight and from there things just get spicy. They both felt the immediate connection so since they were both in Vegas, they agreed to one night only together, but that connection was too great and after one night, they couldn't come to leave each other. However, coming from different worlds, their respective insecurities quickly began to emerge. Throw in a meddling agent, a new world unknown to Gretchen and the distance between them, things quickly begin to go awry. Both Gretchen and Joshua question everything and only time will determine if their relationship would be a home run or pop fly that's run its course.

I will say right off the bat, this book has a steam level of 10 cats. Oh my! Just be prepared if you enjoy a romance but not necessarily the steam. I really liked the overall plot and sports theme. I do feel the ending was a little rushed after spending so much time leading up the pivot point. The cover is really what drew me in as that by itself is a home run. This would definitely be a great beach read because the blushing from all the steam would hide with your sunburn. With all of the travel I do, I wish I could meet my own Joshua. I have 5 flights alone this week, so maybe there's a chance!

This book just kind of dragged out too much for me. It went into too much detail about things that didn’t matter. The storyline was good though, as were the characters.

This story had SO much potential! Cute cover? Check. Good plot line? Check. SPORTS ROMANCE? Check!!! However, the more I read it the more frustrated I grew with the story. Their relationship happened so fast and it like there was no build-up between the characters at all. There was also a lot of unnecessary conflict and miscommunication between the characters that the author seemed to include just to add to the story.

Overall, If you're looking for a short, smutty sports romance then this is definitely the book for you.

Thank you Netgalley for providing me with an eARC in exchange for an honest review!

Man do I have so much to say.

Let's get the hard stuff out of the way. I wanted to like this book. Oh boy did I want to like this book. But it was clearly a Wattpad book as it reads almost like a fanfic.

All the elements are there for such a fun read but it felt clumsy and like it fell short in so many places. It was a quick and easy read so I can't tell it it was just jam packed in too few pages and could have been letter had it not been so short. A good InstaLove trope is always fun but they were in love in their first 24 hours. It felt sooooo rushed and uncomfortable. It was getting a little off putting with how they so instantly were so engrossed in each other. All she does is get him a coffee (which let's face it, if it weren't a romance novel would be incredibly creepy with how brought this famous person their exact coffee order) and Josh was immediately like, "OKAY, you're not allowed to leave my side."

Gretchen herself didn't have much personality apart from loving wine, baseball/this one specific player, and constantly thinking "omg normal me would never do this, this is nuts!" Josh is just a super nice hot guy that is really nice to everyone he works with, has played baseball for a long time, and apparently is supposed to have anger issues/an injury. They meet and then instantly become each other's entire world. These two characters- the main ones at that- felt super underdeveloped and flat.

Also, Sharla SUCKED. I'm sorry, she did. She screwed everything up to begin with. While doing so she completely ignored Gretchen asking her to stop and just made everything worse. She wouldn't shut up when Gretchen and Josh were both clearly upset and wouldn't let up. Then when Josh tried to apologize 2 months later, she wouldn't even let Gretchen decide for herself if she wanted to hear what he had to say. Then blew up at Gretchen when she got back together with him. (Then was fine with it like 5 minutes later?) Sharla was incredibly controlling of Gretchen and just not a good friend. Her dynamic was really odd too?

The spicy scene, while not in any short supply, were clumsy and awkward to read ad not in a good way. They began to feel a little excessive.

This is all not to say that I didn't enjoy reading this book. It had all of the elements I love in a book and I could hardly put it down once I started. Thank you Netgalley and Wattpad Books for providing me with an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

A sports romance with a smokin hot baseball p[layer?! Sign me up! This was such a cute and fun and quick read. Perfect for a Spring Training game day! Love a good heartwarming read.

This was such a fun quick read. I haven't had a chance to read many books where the guys is a baseball player and IM MISSING OUT BECAUSE ITS SO HOT. Go read this now.

This story stars Gretchen and Joshua. Gretchen is a huge baseball fan. Joshua is a major league baseball player and just so happens to be Gretchens favourite player. When shes awaiting a flight to Vegas... she sees Joshua from across the room and decides to buy him a coffee rather than ask for an autograph and thats when things really get interesting.

Overall the book was just okay for me. It was a fast and easy read but it was an instant love from the beginning sort of story which I think made it lack alot of depth. I also wasnt a big fan of the side characters and their actions in the story. But if you like sports romances with alot of steam it might be for you.

Read if you like:

Baseball
Wine
Vegas
Toronto
Smut and steam
Sports romance
Instant love
Celebrity romance

Thanks to @netgalley and the publisher for the digital ARC of this book.

The sports setting was what drew me to the book. And for the most part, it did not let me down. However, I do question the author’s knowledge of the game.

Out of His League is a very steamy, open-door romance. I do not have a problem with the steaminess. But I have an issue with how some of those encounters were written. Some of the ideas felt like the author picked random scenarios from a hat and put them together, and others felt like they were unrealistic fantasies the author had.