I didn’t think I would be able to look past her behavior in book one, but our black cat FMC really worked her way into my heart. So glad these two found each other again and were able to beat the odds and come together. They knew what each other needed.

I read the first book in this series back in December, and I'm glad I did. This is not a book that can be read as a standalone. While timelinewise it doesn't pick up right from where the first one left off, it does continue storylines of side characters and their character arcs from that story, as well as have characters that were introduced in the first book.

I still don't know a whole lot about tennis despite telling myself that I would learn about tennis if I was going to read books about the sport.

This book was a little more technical than the first book was, using terms that while I didn't actually know what they were I was able to infer close to what they meant by using context clues. I wish I knew a little bit more about just the basics of tennis, but that is a me problem, not an issue for this book as it was a lovely story without it.

I enjoyed the fact that there was no third act breakup. A lot of Dylans storyline was about personal growth, and while normally humans don't clearly communicate. When the clinch point for what could have been the third act breakup would have fit in, they were at a point where they should have been able to communicate well, and they did as a couple. But plenty of miscommunication.

I think I adore Dylan more than I adore Scottie.

Love-love! That’s my opinion on this one. After reading her first in the series, I didn’t think Ms. Jones could top it. Well, she did with “Game Point.” If you’re a fan of witty banter, enjoyable characters, feisty heroines and sizzling chemistry, this one is a sure bet for you! Since it doesn’t release until fall, spend the summer reading “Clean Point” & watching tennis. You’ll be all set for “Game Point” when it releases.

I really enjoyed the first book in this series, and I was so excited about Oliver and Dylan's book. Both characters appear in 'Clean Point', and I loved learning more about them in 'Game Point'. Dylan went through a journey at the end of the first book, and she continues to struggle with her image as being someone who can't win at a final. She keeps coming in second place (she even holds the record for most finals without winning), and it starts to bring her down.

She develops a friendship with Oliver, who is also a tennis player. Oliver is recently divorced, and he's questioning if he has the drive to continue playing tennis. Through his friendship with Dylan, he looks forward to texts and facetime calls with her. Both characters realize that they have feelings for each other beyond friendship, but neither one wants to lose the other. When he decides to stop competitively competing, he steps in to coach Dylan.

Their relationship changes as he lives in her home in Australia, and he begins to coach her. They spend all of their time together trying and failing to cook and watching movies. When the tension starts to overcome them, they agree to one night- just to get it out of their systems, and then, they can go back to being friends. After their night together, they go back to normal, but there's always the underlying tension and pining for each other.

I love the trope of Black cat/golden retriever, and Dylan and Oliver were a great example of this. I'm also a sucker for friends to lovers, and the slow burn buildup for these two led to spicy fun. He calls her a brat, and they have fun with toys too.

I'm a huge fan of watching tennis, and the descriptions made me feel like I was actually watching a tennis match. I felt the nervous tension of the players, and it was a lot of fun!

Thank you for an advanced reader copy. I have grown to love sports romances and reading about tennis this time was so fun. I liked the dual point of view and the game strategy, player mentality, and also the romance was a little less than I would have preferred, but this was still very enjoyable. Would definitely recommend and I am so glad I read it!! Would read another book by this author, for sure.

This just didn't do it for me. It felt too much like the author was trying to recreate Carrie Soto. I've seen some other reviewers complain that there's too much tennis rhetoric, but I would've liked more detail, more strategy. I enjoy tennis -- I've been on vacation for the last week, but I'm still checking in on Roland Garros.

The characters... I get that Oliver and Dylan are athletes and are constantly traveling and whatnot, and I get that cooking especially is a skill that has to be acquired over time, but -- y'all can't even do one load of laundry? And I liked them as friends more than a couple, honestly; the chemistry just never accelerated for me (though I did appreciate the 69-ing rep in their first sex scene).

So for me this was pretty meh. Pretty mediocre.

Book Review | – Game Point by Meg Jones
Release Date: September 9, 2025

Game Point serves up a winning combination of fierce tennis, heartfelt romance, and raw emotional depth. Set against the electric energy of the Australian Open, this friends-to-lovers sports romance is the second installment in the Game, Set, and Match series—but it reads beautifully as a standalone too!

More than just a love story, Game Point dives deep into the mental battles athletes face. Through Dylan’s powerful journey, Meg Jones explores the pressure, expectations, and resilience required of female athletes—on and off the court. Her story is one of strength, vulnerability, and ultimately, triumph.

With fast-paced matches, slow-burn chemistry, and honest conversations about mental health, this book scores major points in the sports romance genre. It’s equal parts adrenaline and emotion—and impossible to put down.

If you’re a fan of tennis, romance, or stories that make your heart race and your soul cheer, go pre-order Game Point. It’s a total ace!

I totally enjoyed and loved this story.

#SportRomance

Thank you for the advanced reader copy. Dylan is a competitive tennis player. She ranks towards the top in the world. She is destructive on the court until, the final match. Everything falls apart and she can’t close the competition. Dylan and Oliver meet at a party and that is where their friendship begins. The friendship leads to deeper feelings, and they eventually give in to one night. Oliver begins as Dylan’s coach. He wants her to win, better yet, he knows she can win. He is her biggest supporter and helps her through an injury and her anxiety in championships. The hometown favorite,Dylan, wins the Melbourne Open.
I enjoy the two points of view. It adds so much depth to the story. The news headlines/stories were a fun insert in between come chapters. Dylan just needed someone to believe in her and not question her. Going back to her first coach helped her realize what kind of coach she didn't need. Going back to the beginning of anything helps refocus and fix problems. The slow burn relationship was fun to watch unfold. The perfect light hearted, sports romance story everyone will want to read.

Dylan Bailey needs to figure out why her tennis game is off impacting her matches or she will never be able to take her game to the next level. Will the path to success be as simple as a new coach or changing directions and taking a new path? It's time to figure out what's going on and finding out who you can trust is everything.

A tennis romance that gets into the heart of the game as a player discovers that in order to win one must get out of "their head" and figure out what matters. If we allow others to control our path and play the game for us we will never win. While winning isn't everything...it's nice to win at least once in a while.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Ahhh I loved this!! Thank you so much NetGalley for the arc!
I’m such a huge tennis fan so I was a little worried going in about how accurate this was going to portray the sport but the author absolutely aced it (get it 😉). I loved how she wrote about the mentality of the sport because that is a huge priority for players.
As someone who also comes off as bitchy and scary, I really like Dylan’s character. I loved the direction her character went over the course of the book. She remained a total tennis badass and refused to kiss ass but it was so sweet to watch her dynamic soften with her loved ones.
And Oliver…I love a man who knows when to sit back and let their woman do their thing🥹. I have such a thing for tennis players so I loved him from the start.
The world needs more tennis romances!!

What a great strangers to friends to lovers story, plus throw in a coaching moment in there as well! Sometimes that dynamic of friends to lovers can lack tension and angst (it's easy for the story to fall into "they've liked each other forever, so why don't they just get together already" territory). From the way Dylan and Oliver met to their budding friendship, the build up in their relationship was great. They had amazing best friend banter while also having romantic chemistry.

The FMC, Dylan, had such a satisfying journey through this book. She honestly outshone Oliver in my opinion, who was a great character but he already felt "fully formed" and didn't really have much to grow into. Dylan's arc however had me hooked and cheering her on. The crux of her story is that she always makes it to the finals (easily) but then she always comes in second place. I found myself wanting her to win so badly, and when she was starting to give up, I wanted to shake some sense back in to her (which Oliver did do). Because Dylan was already a strong player, her story really focused more so on the mental health aspect of an athlete. I honestly wish the book dove even deeper into that because I think it's such an important topic. Dylan did a lot of mental work to prepare for her next competition, but sometimes it was relegated to the background instead of brought directly into the story (e.g. mentions of her seeing a therapist but no scenes with her actually talking to her therapist, etc). And on that, when Oliver does finally become Dylan's coach, I feel like it also didn't last long enough and was relegated to the background at times. Oliver being her coach was such a turning point for Dylan so I would have loved to have more time on that and maybe less time up front or at the end.

Overall, I think this is a really solid read and fun take on strangers to friends to lovers with some coach-player dynamics thrown in for an extra bit of fun. Definitely recommend checking this out, and while it can be read as a standalone, I do recommend checking out the first book in the series Clean Point first to get some extra background on the characters.

Quite predictable but cute! I feel like I didn’t need all the tennis matches but I understand that tends to come with a sports romance. I definitely liked the way Oliver supported Dylan.

I wish there had been a bit more done to address how Dylan was often described as over-dramatic but I suppose the point was that Dylan was able to get to a place where she knew that wasn’t true about herself and was able to tune it out. I’m not sure if there’s going to be a third book with Chloe as the lead but it definitely felt like the author was hinting at a lot that didn’t really go anywhere with regards to Chloe’s career path, so I’m curious about that.

Thanks to NetGalley and Avon Books for the ARC.

*Ignoring the fact that the author refers to the US Open and Arthur Ashe stadium as a grass court on the literal second page.*

Game Point follows tennis stars Dylan Bailey and Oliver Anderson who we were both introduced to in book 1 Clean Point. They meet at a party following both of their second place finishes at the US Open. Dylan is competitive and arrogant and a threat to anyone on the court, except in a final. She is a career runner up, making numerous finals but never able to seal the deal, choking in every final she reaches. Both are going through a bit or a rough patch in their careers, Oliver is not as motivated as he once was and Dylan is burnt out and sick of losing. They strike up a friendship and a bet that Dylan will win the Australian Open. Motivational check ins turn into hours long facetimes turn into Oliver moving in and becoming Dylan’s full time coach. As they live and train together they struggle to fight their growing connection.

I really enjoyed book 1 but this just fell a little flat for me. It was nice getting to know Dylan more and why she was so angry in book 1, but I didn’t feel any real connection to the characters. I struggled with someone as confident and outspoken as Dylan surrounding herself with people that constantly belittle her and even though it was Dual POV I felt like I knew nothing about Oliver. Overall it was okay, but definitely not a favorite.

I really really enjoyed this book. Loved the sports theme and loved the coach player relationship. The story held me until the end and I couldn’t wait to find out what happened.
The spice was good and had good build up.

Will definitely be checking out more Meg Jones books

Such a cute story that I read in one sitting! Loved the banter and chemistry between the two MMC’s. I love tennis so I loved all of the vibes. Felt like Carrie Soto just not as emotional and more steam!

As someone who used to play tennis for fun and even took private lessons, I was excited to discover this author. I read her first book, Clean Point, and I had the opportunity to read the ARC for Game Point, and I love them both. After Dylan loses 10 Grand Slams, she's just about to retire when Oliver offers a bet to get Dylan to try one more time at winning and he ends up coaching her for the Australian Open game. Of course being coach and player risks crossing lines when they start having feelings for each and put in jeopardy the tennis world finding out about their more than professional relationship. Game Point is funny with witty banter and cute moments and I love the dynamic between Dylan and Oliver's relationship.

That. Was. Incredible.

Oliver and Dylan are like, the couple of the year for me after this. And I feel like I learned so much about tennis within the first half. Meg Jones, you are the queen!!!

Spoiler??? Idk.




Thank goodness Dylan won. I think I would have lost my marbles if I read every page of this book and she lost to Chloe Murphy.

This was such a CUTE and FUN read!! It was a blast to experience! I don’t know if I was so into this because it felt like a better version of the Challengers or because the tension and banter was PERFECTION but I loved it!! I didn’t read the first one in the series but didn’t feel like I missed anything. A phenomenal read. Will be definitely on the lookout for more from this author!! Amazing job! The character development was amazing and the plot line was incredible. The other characters didn’t feel overwhelming and I didn’t feel lost at any point. Didn’t know I’d love a tennis romance….but I did!

I wanted to love this book so badly, but it just didn’t happen.

I’m a huge tennis fan—I’ve been watching it since early childhood, which isn’t that surprising when you come from a country that gave the world Novak Djokovic. That’s one of the reasons I genuinely expected to enjoy this story. However, after reading 57% of the book, I have to DNF it—which I almost never do.

Right from the beginning, I was overwhelmed by the sheer number of names and felt like I’d been dropped into the middle of a story. That might be my fault since I haven’t read the first book in the series.

There were a few things that bothered me during “Set One,” but that part wasn’t terrible, and I figured I’d probably rate the book four stars. (DNF-ing it wasn’t even on my mind.) Among other things, the way the author handled sets, games, and points really threw me off—as if she herself wasn’t entirely sure of the difference. Points were referred to as games, games as sets. I know ARCs are not final versions and that some mistakes are to be expected, but this felt like a pretty major error for someone writing a tennis romance. Still, since the actual scores were shown numerically most of the time, I was willing to let it go.

Also—Avery is a really shitty friend. I’m sorry you were in a car accident, but Dylan owes you nothing. If she wants to end her career, she has every right to, and you have no right to tell her she should just be grateful to have the opportunity to play. That opportunity didn’t just fall into her lap—she earned it with hard work and training.

Then there’s the part where a professional tennis player oversleeps on the day of a tournament final and is late to the arena. I honestly can’t believe that would happen. And even less believable is a coach—no matter how awful—allowing their player to go on court right after a car crash, instead of taking them to the ER. And don’t even get me started on someone playing tennis (and winning a set) with broken ribs. I was still willing to overlook all of that for the sake of the story.

But then “Set Two” started, and I just felt like I was dying of boredom. It took until 57% for Oliver and Dylan to even have their first training session together after he became her coach, and I had no more patience left. The story is way too slow and drawn-out, and there’s absolutely no reason for this book to be over 400 pages long.

Plus, the chemistry between Oliver and Dylan just wasn’t strong enough to justify slogging through so many unnecessary scenes. I’d read over 200 pages and still hadn’t connected with either of them. I saw someone say that the story really picks up at 65%, and I considered pushing through since I wasn’t far off—but honestly, I just don’t want to torture myself over one book when there are so many others I’d probably enjoy a lot more.

I’m really sad I didn’t enjoy this one, but thank you Avon and Harper Voyager for an arc copy and a chance to read it before the release date.

Game Point was a nice follow-up to the initial Clean Point. However, I found it slightly lacking. I will admit, I absolutely loved Scottie and Nico from book one and was happy with how much they appeared in book 2. I didn't mind this focusing on Dylan and Oliver was a lovely addition. However, it felt like the vast majority of tension we had in Clean Point was gone. This was much more laid back and while it still had some tension, it was definitely a lot less than Clean Point. All that said, I'm really enjoying this series and very much looking forward to the next two books. 3.75/5.