cute, fun little sports romance book but also had some depth to it. Follows Breslin and Olivia, Breslin is a baseball player who gets himself into hot water following an altercation with a reporter and Olivia is the school reporter who dreams of being a scout but her family is against it.
i really enjoyed the banter between the two main characters, it made the story really fun to read.
This is definitely a young adult novel and if you aren't a fan of slow burn it may annoy you

overall 3.5 stars due to the banter between the two

Olivia has always wanted to be a baseball scout. But despite coming from a baseball family, her father firmly believes she should stay away from baseball. Breslin Cooper's family is the opposite - after the death of his mom and some legal trouble, he's trying to prove that he still believe that he still belongs playing baseball. But will he be able to become a team player?

Chasing Headlines is a book that understands that becoming an adult can be incredibly messy. Both Breslin and Olivia are not only trying to follow their dreams without family support, but going through the process of figuring out if your childhood dreams are still really what you want and how to make sure you're supporting those you love. Breslin and Olivia are a nice contrast in that Breslin doesn't really have any friends he has to lean on or seek support from, while Liv is surrounded by friends who have clear ambitions of their own. But the book has an unusually strong perspective of how essential it is to be able to rely on the people who care about you. Too often in New Adult books, problems are really solved without any support from the adults in the main characters' lives, and I enjoyed that in this book, there was a supportive staff of coaches and teachers who really wanted the best for their students.

This book also has a great sense of setting and place. I felt like I could feel the sun shining down on me and the Texas dust everywhere - it was incredibly vivid. I also enjoyed that this book ends more realistically - unfortunately, not all problems (particularly trauma) are solved by finding a partner and this book makes it clear that moving forward can be long-term work. I am definitely excited to read the next book in the series.

Breslin and Olivia's story was a fun sports romance that hit on some tough issues and it was well written about how those issues affects these characters. Olivia is driven to reach her dreams even though her brother and father is against it. Breslin and Olivia are sunshine/grumpy and their relationship is entertaining. I loved how the book was dual POV and we get to see the internal struggle of these characters and the mental health struggles of Breslin was well written. I really enjoyed watching the relationship between these two characters grow and I would really like to see more from them, I felt that the book just stopped leaving so many questions.

Received ARC in exchange for voluntary honest review from NetGalley.

Unfortunately this book was not for me and I ended up DNFing it at about 11%. I love sports romance but this book was VERY baseball focused and I didn’t find myself gripped by the plot. I found the FMC to be quite unlikable because she was SO obsessed with baseball and she didn’t really care about anything else. I think if you love the sport you’ll probably love this book, however as someone who doesn’t really care about baseball this didn’t hit for me.

This book actually might be the new textbook definition of slow burn. I'm talking such a slow burn that I couldn't even find the matches to start the fire at times. The author set up beautiful tension between the two MC's, Breslin and Olivia. I was so aggravated at points, wondering if they would ever get together, but let me tell you that these two were at each other's throats, making for some dialogue dripping with sass and enemies-to-lovers energy. While there is limited spice, the tension continuously built through the banter between these two.

I know that this book is supposed to be driven by our girl Olivia, overachieving baseball reporter and wannabe baseball scout, but my man Breslin was really holding down the feelings and the plot for this one. From start to finish, our guy could not catch a break to save his life. Other than the viivd descriptions of his forearms, I appreciated his inner monologue, jarring conversations with his therapist and debates with himself as he wrestled with his feelings for Olivia and his journey through grief. The author did such a thorough job with Breslin's character with the details and emotions that make up his complex personality.

If you are looking for a rom-com with two headstrong MCs and a diverse cast of secondary characters set in a baseball world, this book is for you. Personally, I am not as familiar with baseball and found that the plot revolved heavily around knowledge of it and less about the romance, so I'll give it 3/5 stars.

I absolutely love this book. Olivia, having grown up in a pro baseball family, Is off to college and dreams of being a baseball scout. Breslin Cooper, or Coop, is one of the top athletes heading into college for baseball but also mourning the passing of his mother, but after poor timing on a reporters part, he now hates reporters. Liv gets a job with the college paper covering baseball and her longtime crush, Coop, who ends up be an insufferable ass.

The book is not just an enemies to lovers romance but tackles realistically grief and the stress of family expectations. I love the growth and character development in this book so much. I cannot wait to read the next book in the series.

The banter between liv and coop was amazing i found myself engaged in this book. The slow burn was definitely slow but it had decent spice. I wasn't a huge fan of the FMC if I'm being honest. There was a good amount of baseball content which I appreciated.

Tropes included :
enemies to lovers
a lot of banter
forced proximity
fake dating
Slow burn
mental health rep

The first chapter scared me with all the baseball talk but it progressed. Slow burn enemies to lovers fake dating and teases the 🌶️ but doesn’t produce. Overall not a bad read just wanted a little more.

I had a wicked hard time putting this book down! It has a covers a wide range of tropes. Enemies to lovers, baseball romance, young love beginning their college careers, redemption, grief, mental health, found family, and cinnamon roll supporting characters. The only reason I did not give this book 5 stars was because the slow burn did not bring about an eruption!!!!! I can’t wait for the next book!

Also the author did a great job portraying the complex balance college athletes face on a daily basis. They juggle school, athletics, family/friends, networking, and trying to navigate the beginning of the athlete’s future (socially, professionally, and personally)

This was such a good book, I can’t recommend it enough. The banter back and fourth between the characters was hooking and pulled you in to read more of the book.

I'm a sports romance addict, and while I prefer them to be high quality (Elle Kennedy, etc.) I'll read some subpar KU sports romances without a problem. Unfortunately, this one has too many incomplete sentences in the first few pages for me to even give it a shot. Bummer because baseball is my FAVORITE sport, and there are far too few good baseball romances.

High school baseball star Breslin nearly destroys his career prospects due to a public altercation with a reporter. He’s now a Freshman in college trying to climb back up the baseball ranks.
Liv has dreams of becoming a baseball scout, coming from a family whose name is famous in the industry. Also a Freshman, she gets a job at the school newspaper and is gunning for the baseball beat.

I’m really torn on this book because I quite enjoyed the storyline, and we go on a very emotional journey with our MMC; however I disliked the FMC quite strongly - she came across as a naive nepo-baby and didn’t really seem to change much by the end which personally rubbed me the wrong way.

I believe this is the first in a series so we may see more development from Liv in the next book.

This is a well written book, and there were definitely some really emotional scenes from Breslin as he grapples with the death of his mother and rejection from his father which really got me.

this was my first book by this author and i gotta say... more please. great read. just what i needed from this type of book.
the banter. the swoon. the "please come on get it together" you feel and wait for. yup, this book hit the spot of the genre and plot i needed from it.
bring on the next book of her for me to read...

In Chasing Headlines we have Breslin (or coop) and Olivia. Breslin is a baseball player and Olivia is pursuing her dreams of becoming a scout while studying as a journalist in the interim. This is a dual pov, which i love because you can see both characters develop and grow. This was my first book i read by Jen and I was genuinely impressed by her writing. The banter between liv and coop was amazing i found myself engaged in this book, never wanting to put it down.

Tropes included :
🦋 enemies to lovers
🦋 a lot of banter
🦋 forced proximity
🦋 fake dating
🦋 slow burn
🦋 small town
🦋 mental health rep
🦋 found family

Amazing Read to start in year,

the plot and caracters so amazing. So beautifully written,

I can't wait for book 2.