Another great addition to this series! We met Sig and Chloe in the last book, and finally get the rest of their story. Easy, fun, and steamy read. Forbidden love trope, where they are trying to find their path to each other. Still loving the series and look forward to the next one!

I really wanted to like this book. Like so bad. It’s a hockey romance for goodness sake and I LOVE hockey. But I just, didn’t. I finished, BUT it kind of felt like I was reading Wattpad fanfiction about 5 seconds of summer when I was in middle school. Of COURSE their parents happen to be marrying eachother, of COURSE she impulsively moves to Boston with him the night they met. It felt very predictable and very overly staged. The relationship between son and father and daughter and mother and the whole “if you loved me you’d leave her alone”. It just was not my favorite. I did tear up towards the end, I won’t lie, but it just wasn’t for me. And the naked harp playing just.. no.

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon publishing for an advanced copy.

What can I say? I read this in a couple hours so obviously I liked it. I do have to admit I picked it up and put it down numerous times in the past. The name Sig just rubbed me the wrong way and I couldn’t get past it.

It turned out to be a cute read. I enjoyed the “oh no our parents are getting married” trope, even though the ending was so easily spotted. The romance was a little iffy for me since it was insta love and I am not a fan of that.

Apparently it’s the third book in a series and I didn’t read the first two. I highly doubt I missed anything though.

Thank you to Netgalley and Avon and Harper Voyager | Avon for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I think if there were a different female MC I would have rated this higher. I found Chloe to be pretty childish and she had a lot of growing up to do. The story line was ok but I found the whole step sibling thing to not be as much of a deal as they made it out to be. I did like Sig!! Protective hockey player had me sold.

This was really cute! I was really looking forward to Chloe and Sig’s story and was so curious to see how it would play out. I liked how it ended, but I will say that in the beginning, I didn’t love how many times the story jumped forward several months. To me it almost felt like we wouldn’t get the dynamic between Chloe and Sig as much if we hadn’t read The Au Pair Affair. Other than this, I enjoyed the story and thought the couple was really cute!

This was an ok romance. It felt long for the story and the premise was hard to buy into - I kept thinking "Who cares if they are about to be step-siblings?!" Had they just said something in the beginning all of the drama would have been avoided. The sex scenes were great.

I saw the ending coming a mile away - but I suppose it's really the only way TB could end this story and please the masses lol.
The FMC is a bit infuriating, but I liked her ending.
Not my fav TB, but I certainly didn't hate it. Probably my least fav in this series though.

Sig and Chloe meet and have an initial attraction. The same night they learn their parents are engaged to be married.
Sig is a professional hockey player - the best in the league and Chloe is on her way to be a harpist in a Boston orchestra. Being in the spotlight means their relationship will also be frowned upon.
Sig is a well written character and deeply cares for Chloe and her well-being. Chloe, however, is a ditzy rich girl who doesn’t know how to do anything for herself. I found the soon-to-be step siblings drama a little confusing. I don’t think it would be that big of a deal, but since it was the problem of the story I give it 3 stars.
Thank you to NetGalley and Harper Voyager for this ARC.

While I was a big fan of Fangirl Down, the connection between the two characters in the third iteration of the series fell flat for me. Sig & Chloe don’t truly have story archs, either of their own or together, that compelled me to get past the incredulous plot that two adult step-siblings would be such a PR nightmare. Sorry but for me, I wasn’t sold on this from the lead up and it just continued to fizzle to the very end.

This book was everything I needed it to be! I didn’t think Tessa Bailey could make me love the Big Shots series more, but it just keeps getting better. Dream Girl Drama was entertaining and steamy! I rooted the whole time for Sig and Chloe’s relationship. I don’t enjoy insta-love but this made me change my mind!

Tessa Bailey's Big Shots series continues with this forbidden romance. Sig and Chloe meet on a one-off just moments before they find out that Sig's father is engaged to Chloe's mother. When the professional hockey player in Boston hears that Chloe wants to attend the conservatory there for her harp playing, he jumps at the chance to become her protector. Sig takes this as a chance for proximity until it starts to impact their professional lives. When a secret comes out, it completely changes their lives. This Tessa Bailey series has been great from the start, and I loved the easter egg at the end hinting at the next installment.

Spice? Check! Forbidden love? Check! HEA? Check! Sexy hockey player? You know it.

Tessa Bailey is one of my favorites and I will read anything she writes.

While this book was more focused on the insta love (my least favorite trope) and the romance, I was still invested in the characters getting together. There wasn’t much plot besides the romance so it was a quick read.

If you’re looking for something smutty, fun, and quick, pick up book 3 in the big shots series or go back and start with book 1.

Thank you NetGalley, Tessa Bailey, and HarperCollins for an ARC.

“I exist for her” 💓 I really enjoyed this book. This was my first Tessa Bailey book, I will definitely be reading more!

Chloe and Sig have a big problem. After having a very romantic first time meeting, they quickly find out they cannot be together because their parents are about to get married. They try to stay just friends but it seems almost impossible because of how attracted they are to each other. Can they figure out what to do to be together?

This was a super cute romantic comedy. This is Tessa Bailey so it is spicy. Sig is almost too good to be true, but it makes the story more fun for Chloe. If you need a feel-good romance to get into then check this one out!

I am an avowed lover of Fangirl Down and let me tell you that this book has almost eclipsed it as my favorite Tessa Bailey. Sig and Chloe's story is teased in an earlier book and I was SO curious to see how these two become almost-step siblings and the how this story ends! What you get is steamy-as-hell chemistry, a sheltered FMC that is magically not annoying, and a relationship that meets both of them where they are. I had NO clue how these two were going to end up together but the way Tessa Bailey crafts this story is pure romance magic. Drink this book: If you can steal or buy a 2k bottle of champagne, I will not stop you. But any Champagne will do!

Sig and Chloe meet and have an instant connection. They soon find out that their parents are engaged and that they will become step siblings. Chloe has been under her mother’s thumb and has now decided she wants to break off onto her own and Sig helps her. They soon become best of friends, while resisting the pull of their attraction. They are doing all they can to figure out how to be together. As the title implies there is a lot of drama.

Tessa Bailey does it again! Dream Girl is a swoony, fast-paced, laugh-out-loud romance that had me hooked from the first chapter. If you love a mix of spice, snark, and softness, this one should absolutely be on your radar.

Hallie and Julian’s chemistry? Off. The. Charts. I loved the dynamic between the grumpy, no-nonsense hero and the chaotic, sunshine heroine. Their banter was electric, and the way their relationship evolved felt natural and satisfying, with just the right balance of tension and tenderness. Tessa Bailey knows how to write a hero who falls hard, and Julian might be one of my favorites of hers yet.

The pacing was quick (in a good way!), the side characters added depth and charm, and the plot kept me entertained the whole way through. Plus, the spice level was classic Tessa—playful, steamy, and full of heart.

If I had one tiny critique, it’s that I wouldn’t have minded a little more time exploring the emotional beats toward the end—but honestly, that’s just because I wasn’t ready to say goodbye to these two.

All in all, Dream Girl is a feel-good, flirty romance with big heart energy. Highly recommend for fans of Bailey’s signature wit and heat!

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. Thank you, to NetGalley and the publisher, Avon and Harper Voyager for the opportunity to read this book.

I gave this book a 2.5 stars, rounded up to 3 stars. I tried really hard to love this book, especially since I usually enjoy Tessa Bailey books and I also enjoyed the first two of this series, but I had a really hard time getting into this one, continuing it and resonating with it.

I was very excited about it because I enjoy a good “forbidden” romance and then you add in hockey/sports, and I would typically be all over it. This one really just fell flat to me though and I really do not like “insta-love” tropes. I know there are people out there that will love this book, but it was just not for me.

I don't think Tessa Bailey is the author for me. I have enjoyed some of her books, but I've also DNF'd several of her books. I almost DNF'd this one but I decided to persevere. Both Sig and Chloe are unrealistic and unlikable. Their chemistry didn't feel real to me, and I don't really know why they would like each other. Nothing in this book made sense to me. I would not recommend it. It's not even good as a hockey romance. Thank you Avon and NetGalley for this ARC.

I absolutely loved this book!! I was already looking forward to reading Chloe & Sig's story after reading the last book in the Big Shots series and Tessa completely delivered! Chloe and Sig meet by chance and fall head over heels for each other before finding out that they're about to be step-siblings. Sig is the human embodiment of yearning and I fell head over heels for him reading this! That & Chloe's character growth made this book impossible to put down! I can't wait to read the next book!