While I did somewhat enjoy this book, the plot of the book felt very similar to another book I’ve recently read. Also some of the plausibility of it I just didn’t buy into with the love at first sight. Also maybe too many tropes trying to be squeezed into one book. I’ve read a few of Tessa’s books and this just wasn’t my favorite.

Actual perfection. No one, and I mean no one does man obsessed like Tessa Bailey. The way that Robbie wants to become a better man to deserve Skylar lives in my head rent free.

This one took me a minute to get into, but once it clicked, I was hooked. Pitcher Perfect brings the heat with a fun, competitive edge between the main characters that really made the chemistry pop. I loved the tension, the banter, and how neither of them backed down easily. It added a spark that kept things interesting. Classic Tessa Bailey charm, with just the right amount of sass and swoon. Definitely worth the read if you’re into fiery romance with a sporty twist.

Pitcher Perfect follows two athletes as they shift from "enemies" to lovers. I thought the opening chapters were extremely cringy and genuinely disliked the main characters. I did enjoy the writing style, pacing, and parts of the novel. I couldn't get past my first impression of the main characters, and ultimately disliked this book.

I received an ARC from Avon and Harper Voyager | Avon via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I really liked Skylar's growth and how Robbie stood up for her to her family. I felt like the pacing was pretty rushed; he was so into her almost immediately without knowing anything about her. I thought the ending with the the kite was a good touch.

This book had magic in it. I LOVED it!! Tessa Bailey please keep doing what you do best. Writing men that are tongue wagging down bad for their women.

In regards to the rom-com genre this is easily five stars! (Side note: I haven’t read any of the other books in this series but it was totally fine. Very loose interconnected stand-alone.)

I ADORED Skyler and Robbie together. I usually find myself annoyed by the overly competitive FMC stereotype but it worked so well here! And Robbie - so adorable seeing him being confronted about his past womanizing ways and get his stuff straight. The way he saw ways to take care of Skyler so easily when no one else around her did was amazing.

The spice, as always in a Tessa Bailey book, was excellent. Definitely not over the top at all, it served to move the story along and showed us how Skyler and Robbie were developing as a couple.

It legit felt like I was watching an awesome romcom movie in my mind. So many funny laugh-out-loud parts and excellent one-liners.

Thank you to Harper Collins for this advance review copy.

Thank you NetGalley and Avon publishing for this eARC.

If you are looking for a goofy, romantic read, this is it. Robbie is a sweetheart with his instalove with Skylar when he sees her pitching in the hockey player vs baseball players game that was mentioned in the last book in the series.

#fakedating

When Skylar needs a new teammate for her parents' crazy, yearly competition, Robbie is first in line to offer himself up as her fake boyfriend. Is the storyline a reach with the professional athlete taking part in a week-long sports competition during his season.... yes. But I ate it up. I can always count on Tessa to provide funny banter to take my mind off the hard stuff.

Looking forward to the next book in the series as it was hinted to be my favorite troupe (no spoilers here)!
4/5 stars

I liked the MC's chemistry together. They were a little too obsessive over one another; it was cute but sometimes questionable. The story started off strong. I forgot who the love interest was so it was fun to rediscover that while reading. I loved their flirting and nicknames. Side characters, parts of the plot, and the language felt unrealistic. I had whiplash from being fully immersed in the story to being almost completely taken out of it. Because of this, the last 20 percent dragged for me, even though there were plenty of parts I really enjoyed. It's just the further it went on, the unrealistic bits overshadowed the positives for me and I was ready to be done.

Tessa Bailey hit a home run with this one. The banter starts from page one and doesn’t end. If you want a sassy softball player who gives it right back to the guys then this is a book for you. Fake dating, fun banter, and spice

This is the fourth book in Tessa Bailey’s series focused on sports. Skylar and Robbie were lovable characters and that is why I truly enjoyed this book. My one complaint that made me subtract a star is the lack of sports in these sports romances. What are the chances these two athletes at the top of their game have a week off to see family in the middle of April? I typically appreciate more when the professional sports aspect makes more sense.

thank you avon and harper voyager for the arc! ♥️

i squealed when i got this book mail! my mom said she wished she had her camera open!

as per usual we get a peak at this couple in the previous book. you knew this was gonna slap when you saw the black cat x golden retriever energy between Skylar and Robbie.

i am a huge sucker for the heroine being “in love” with someone who’s not the hero and then surprising herself (but not us) by falling for the hero.

Robbie is a reformed playboy which is probably my least fav microtrope. it gives me the ick usually. but Skylar doesn’t take his shit and almost gives him a wake up call and the dynamic is great. he puts the reformed in reformed playboy for real 👏🏻

i think my favorite is Dream Girl Drama…but all are five star reads in my book!

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Tessa Bailey never fails at sports romance, and this book is just another example of this! Pitcher Perfect was hilarious. I loved watching Robbie fall so very hard for Skylar and their dynamic’s development over time was so real. Fake dating hits every time, and this book absolutely nailed that trope. A softball girlie x a hockey boy may be a new favorite combo of mine!

Skylar may be one of the FMCs I related to the most! I laughed out loud at her dynamic with her planner and her determination to literally schedule everything into it. Her desire for order makes perfect sense in the world of her family, and I loved seeing how Robbie was able to fit into this sense of order as well as help her shift to a little bit of chaos.

It’s so fun to me how this book fit into the same timeline as Dream Girl Drama, and it was great seeing the characters from that book as well as The Au Pair Affair pop back up. I’m super excited to eventually read Mailer’s story and to hear how he gets his happily-ever-after too. I’ve loved reading this series and it’s such a treat to ARC these past two books!

Thank you to Avon and Harper Voyager for the opportunity to read and review this book! I received a free advance copy of this book via NetGalley and am voluntarily leaving a review. All opinions expressed are my own.

Thank you NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for the eARC in exchange for a honest review.

Skylar and Robbie meet at a baseball game and eventually decide to fake date to make her unrequited crush jealous. It didn’t work. But this book did! It was a quick and easy read, everything I’ve come to expect from a Tessa Bailey book!

There was some insta love and some side plots that really just didn’t go anywhere but this book was funny and spicy. Skylar was strong and grew in her confidence thru the book. Robbie was so sweet, so supportive and so down bad for Skylar. They were a solid mix with how competitive but also compassionate they were. I loved the book taking place during her family’s incredibly insane yearly game tournament.

Overall the subplot involving her friend Eve and subsequently her crush Madden was left mostly unresolved and really didn’t need to happen. However I am glad her family wised up to her and her needs!

Let me start by saying how much I loved this sports romance. I love the Big Shots series and while Dream Girl Drama was my least favorite-- I was blown away by Pitcher Perfect. Like WOW. And I'm not just saying this because I have a thing for red haired MMCs (my hubs is a redhead and GAH im obsessed)

This follows Robbie from Dream Girl Drama (remember the rookie with the orgasm donor sweatshirt? YUP thats him) and Skylar a D1 college softball player. And their love story starts with Skylar with a literal FU. I was locked and loaded from page one and ate this book up. Robbie was everything I wasn't expecting and I mean that in the best way possible. He swept me off my feet and I was not expected to adore him so much. Then, there's Skylar and I feel like I really connected to her in this book. She's competitive, obsessed with lists and planning, emotionally guarded and a people pleaser to a fault. Her development throughout this book was perfect and she couldn't have done it without her Redbeard.

This one gives you all the tropes: enemies to lovers, fake dating, one bed ;), he falls first, dual POV and opposites attract. There is a family competition throughout this book and I love how unique that is and was obsessed with Skylar's family. It was nice to see how her family changed throughout the book, and it really wrecked me to see how emotionally vulnerable Skylar was. All the feels aside, there was the exact right amount of spice and angst and I swear noone writes a smutty scene quite like Tessa.

Now, I'll sit here anxiously awaiting out Chloe and Sig love story.

Thank you AVON, Netgalley and Tessa for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

4.5/5

Soooo good! I have never read a romance with the couple each involved in a different sport. She's a baseball player, he's a hockey player. Enemies to lover play out perfectly!

Another home-run from Tessa Bailey!

Thank you to the publisher and to NetGalley for an arc. All opinions expressed are my own.

Anything Tessa Bailey writes I will read. I have loved this sports romance series - it is the perfect blend of sports, slow-burn, banter, and romance. I so enjoyed reading Skylar and Robbie's story - I am hoping we get Madden's next. Skylar is an independent softball pitcher who has disappointed her family by going to school at Boston University rather than Brown - the families' alumni school. Robbie, a star hockey player for the Bearcats, agrees to date Skylar in the hopes of making her crush and brother's best friend, Madden, jealous. Robbie agrees to compete with Skylar at the families' summer competition that they have every year. In doing so, the two quickly start to fall in love and things slowly become more real.

Robbie was a player turned golden retriever boyfriend material, and I loved watching him fall head over heels for Skylar. When he came in wearing the Boston University gear (iykyk), I absolutely melted. I thoroughly enjoyed Skylar and Robbie's banter. They were exactly what each other needed without knowing it. I enjoy romances that start out as more of a friendship vs. insta love, and this did just that. Not to mention the spice in this book!!

Skylar was strong, and independent, but she was able to lean on Robbie and trust that he would be there for her. It showed a lot of growth within her character. I also liked seeing Skylar's best friend and Madden's connection - Tessa is definitely setting us up for another sports romance... Fingers crossed that this is the next book in the series.

This whole series is one of my favorites by Tessa. It Happened One Summer was my introduction to Tessa Bailey, and her books have only gotten better since. Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher, and Tessa Bailey for the ARC! Can't wait for this book to be released into the world in September!

AMAZING! This book gave me everything I wanted. Tessa Bailey outdoes herself every time.

- I loved being in Robbie's head. He was extremely funny internally and externally while also being able to display his emotional and caring side. He is such a fun character to learn more about. I think I'm a little in love with him.
- Skylar is now one of my favorite characters from this companion series. Her emotional journey was so real and relatable.
- This is one of the most perfect matches in Tessa history. The chemistry was unreal! Robbie and Skylar balanced each other out perfectly.
- Somehow Tessa was able to write a fake dating plot that felt natural. The setup had even me believing that the only way to move forward was for the characters to fake date. A very impressive feat for an author to accomplish.

The plot was perfectly paced, each emotional beat was hit, and I cannot wait to reread this until the next in the series comes out!

Let’s be honest, TB is my go to author for a silly goofy time with heart. She has saved me from many a book slump with her hilarious writing and gone for their girl MMCs. One of her specialities is crafting a himbo with a heart of gold, and she brings that full force when Robbie falls for Skylar in Pitcher Perfect!

Until now, Robbie was a minor character in the Big Shots series. And I had no clue he was going to get his own story until the end of Dream Girl Drama! And I’m SO glad he did! Robbie is a hockey player, who has really never had a reason to give up his super bachelor lifestyle to settle down and get serious until he is struck dumb by Skylar. Skylar is an ultra competitive collegiate softball pitcher, who has been in love with her brother’s best friend for years. After Robbie blows his shot with Skylar he offers to help her make the best friend jealous so he’ll notice her. And from there, the story takes off.

If you’re looking for….

•reformed playboy
•fake dating
•a series of competitions in an over competitive family
•FLIRTING LESSONS
•he falls first (hard, without abandon)
•high school musical jokes
•don’t choose him, choose me
•more set up for MORE books in this series 😍

Overall I rated 4 stars and it’s my favorite in the Big Shots series so far! I recommend reading them in order to see the backgrounds of all the characters, but it’s not required!

Thank you to Avon for access to the eARC via NetGalley! This one is out in September, so be sure to add it to your Fall TBR!

This was cute, fun and spicy. It definitely didn't disappoint, but I have yet to read a Tessa Bailey book that does!
I enjoyed it!