I LOVE this series but this book fell a little flat for me. It is not my favorite of the four so far but very much still looking forward to Big Shots #5!

This book is now my favorite in the series. I loved both Robbie and Skylar! It was instalove with a very short timeframe, but it worked. Overall, I loved this book and I’m excited for book 5 if it’s who I think it’s about!

Overall I was meh on this. It wasn’t a bad book, but it didn’t blow me away. Unlike other straight baseball books I’ve read it didn’t treat softball as a “girls only, oh if only I had been born a boy then I’d play baseball” sport. Which was nice! I love softball. I just, wasn’t wildly into it. I hated the mfc’s family, her crush on her friend wasn’t fully believable, and she seemed a bit wishywashy. I did like the mmc, he was sweet but dumb. There was too much nipple talk for me.

2.5⭐️ Well… out of all the other books in this series, Pitcher Perfect was definitely my favorite. Unfortunately I think the direction Tessa Bailey is taking her writing just might not be for me anymore. I absolutely fell in love with Unfortunately Yours and Hook Line and Sinker but in this series it feels like the author isn’t focusing on her story telling anymore. This book, and the others in this series feels like they are just being crammed with popular tropes and spice in lieu of plot and good writing. It had its cute moments but it also had a lot of cringy moments. I hope the author will go back to her old, tried and true writing style because for a while she was an instant buy author for me.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this arc.

This book was by far my favorite of the series! I loved Robbie Corrigan! I also loved Skylar. I enjoyed how they each played roles in helping each other come into their own and be confident in themselves. I am looking forward to the next book in the series about Mailer.

Thank you Avon & Netgalley for the eARC!!!

4 stars!!!

Tessa does it again!! I absolutely ADORE this series & this newest installment did not disappoint!

I LOVE the fake dating trope and Tessa wrote an AMAZING story with one of my favorite tropes!! I loved the banter between our two main characters, Skylar and Robbie! Their chemistry was also equally as amazing! I love how obsessed Robbie was with Skylar, the he falls harder trope gets me every time!! I think this one might be my favorite out of the whole series?! their love story was just the sweetest! & Tessa never disappoints in the steam/spice department!! 🔥

100% recommend!!!

Quintessential Tessa Bailey! Easy, breezy, fun to read. Likeable characters - even ones you don’t initially think you’ll like!

Rounded up from a 4.75
⭐️ Huge thanks to Avon and Harper Voyager for the ARC via NetGalley ⭐️

⚔️ Enemies to Lovers
💋 Fake Dating
⚾️ Sports Romance
🥰 He Falls First
☀️ Sunshine Golden Retriever
💪🏻 Strong FMC

I love to tell people that Tessa Bailey books are essentially like a box of chocolates, in which you never know if you’re going to enjoy what you grab. Some of her books stick with the reader long after they’ve finished the last page, others you’ve forgotten about immediately, and some leave you craving for more. This installment in the Big Shots series was definitely more of the latter. From their brief introduction in Dream Girl Drama, I knew I was going to be obsessed with Skylar and Robbie (our favorite orgasm donor 😘) and Pitcher Perfect proved my thoughts right!

This was an instant favorite and it had good fun vibes throughout. I seriously was giggling and kicking my feet at the witty banter between Skylar and Robbie. I loved the set up and that Tessa wasted no time in the runaround of how this story would play out. Was it predictable? Yes, but I ate it up and left no crumbs. This was what I would consider a low-stakes, fun filled, steamy palette cleanser read. You in no way need to read the other books in the Big Shots series but it would help provide some context to other characters that make appearances throughout (Sig x Chloe and Burgess x Tallulah) and some insight to who book 5 will revolve around 👀

4.5 Stars!

Okay, I have to be honest with y'all - I was kind of getting over this series.

Fangirl Down - Loved
Au Pair Affair - Fine
Dream Girl Drama - No Comment

But Pitcher Perfect - Pitcher Perfect!! - BLEW the other ones out of the water for me.

And what it comes down to is how excellent Skylar was as a character. She's a FMC that is easy to cheer for, easy to understand her logic, easy to feel her pain. She's capable, driven, and interesting - and Robbie manages to fit right in with her and provide her a great counterpart.

Now, don't get me wrong, there's still a few signature Tessa Bailey cringe lines (only 2 were truly awful in this one) and I wasn't the biggest fan of the epilogue- but over all, this one is going to end up as one of my top reads of the year and is most definitely my favorite Tessa Bailey to date. I cannot wait to get my hands on a physical copy and dive in again!

I am a sucker for a Tessa Bailey book, especially this Big Shots Series.
Is it a little instalove/instalust? Yes. Do I care? Zero percent.
I absolutely LOVED the character growth and development as the book went on.
Robbie is one of the most golden retriever MMCs I have read in a while and I ate it up.

I am so pumped for book 5 of this series already!

Thank you so much to Avon and NetGalley for the ARC!

TESSAAAA! Okay, so I have always been a big Tessa Bailey fan, but then she started the Big Shot series and writing sports romance and she KILLS it every time.

I love love love the books in this series, they can all be read on their own, but they DESERVE to be read together. The found family and interconnected characters are everything!

In Pitcher Perfect, both main characters are serious athletes, Skylar is a kickass pitcher and Robbie is on the professional hockey player. This book has a bit of fake dating, a sprinkle of enemies to lovers, and such. great. spice. Tessa always delivers on the spice and this book is no different. Pitcher Perfect will have you laughing and rooting for the couple from the very beginning.

Skylar has decided that Robbie is a player, and not just for his NHL team on the ice. When Robbie finds out that Skylar is pining after her brother's best friend and in need of a fake boyfriend, he is more than eager to help her out. They go on a family wilderness trip and quickly learn that they will have to trust each other to succeed both in the competitions on the trip and in Skylar's scheme.

Tessa Bailey's books are known for their humor and spice, and Pitcher Perfect is no different. The unique premise of the wilderness trip and featuring a softball player FMC adds a fresh take on the fake dating and sport romance tropes, setting itself apart from other releases coming out this year!

Thank you Tessa Bailey, NetGally and Avon and Harper Voyager for the advanced reader copy of Pitcher Perfect (09/09/2025). I have been a long time Tessa Bailey fan, and have been so excited for every book in the Big Shots Series, and this one did not disappoint!
Skylar is in love with her brother’s best friend, Madden, and Robbie is a NHL player for the Boston Bearcats, and he is known for being a bit of a ladies man. Skylar and Robbie meet at a pick up baseball game where things get a bit heated! Skylar and Robbie make a deal to fake date each other to make Madden jealous, along the way Skylar and Robbie start to have actual feelings for each other.
I really enjoyed this book, it was a quick read and I will always read a Tessa Bailey written book! I do think this is one of the better books in the Big Shots Series, Skylar and Robbie’s story is fun, flirty and a little messy!

Tessa Bailey does it again! Stepping back into the world of the Boston Bearcats is always fun. The overlapping timeline of Dream Girl Drama and Pitcher Perfect was also fun. The setup for book six was present, and I’m definitely looking forward to it.

There was definitely character growth from Robbie, but I feel like we maybe could have seen more growth from Skylar. Her relationship with her parents and brother were super weird, but explored well

She does it again!!! When i started this series i was invested but now i dont know what to call this other then obsession. These books really make me fall in love with the couples and this one continues to do this. Overall great read this should be on everyone's TBR.

3.5 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyage for the ARC.

I have enjoyed this Tessa Bailey book the least so far out of all of hers that I've read, but in my defense, no fmc in these books has ever really frustrated me the way Skylar had. She had two problems throughout the novel:

- The first was her lack of coherent character, and what there WAS of her character was super judgmental. She starts off as a confident woman, and certainly seems that way in what I saw of her in Dream Girl Drama, but it felt like her chapters were nothing but repeated monologues of insecurity and blaming Robbie for a past he couldn't change. Her insecurities at first felt relatable, BUT Skylar was insecure about every tiny thing and ALL the time, so it felt like I was just being told that this woman was capable and tough without seeing any of it.

- The second was, and I hate to say this, but she came off SO stupid. I won't spoil it, but there was a point where she was so ignorant of something so blatantly obvious that I was baffled that she couldn't figure it out.

And this really frustrates me because the fmcs in Bailey's books are rarely a problem for me, they're usually really, really easy to like, but Skylar was so inconsistent and silly and judgy that I groaned every time she got a chapter because I knew it was just going to be endless loops of her own insecurities.

I loved everything else though, I loved Robbie so much, I can't wait for Mailer's story (I just wanted to give him a hug throughout this whole thing! (づᴗ _ᴗ)づ♡), Elton provided the only laughs so thank the gods for him, and the romance itself was pretty cute most of the time. There's a scene near the end that I particularly loved, even if the epilogue itself didn't make much sense (I had no idea what they were referring to there).

I will say, I'm used to certain frustrating tropes with Tessa Bailey's books, I'm used to certain kinds of drama. She uses a formula in every book, but in my opinion she uses it really well. Except here, it didn't feel that way. Dream Girl Drama felt like it had legitimate reasons for the drama, but this drama just felt like it was stemming from Skylar being silly. This book also wasn't nearly as funny as her others, so there wasn't even that humor to take away from the more frustrating parts. I had a fine time reading, I had just hoped for a good excuse to buy the physical book, but I think I'm good with the ARC that I have.

This was great! I think the last Tessa Bailey book was a miss but it was great to be able to see her redeem the series with this book.

This book, in my opinion, was the best of the series! Reading the other books I was shocked that Robbie was going to get his own book, but now I can see we NEEDED this man's yearning. Skylar working through her family and confidence issues was sweet and heartwarming to see her let someone in. This series is my favorite of Tessa's, and I cannot wait to read the next one!

Robbie and Skylar meet when her brother forces her out of bed to pitch at a baseball game, little did Skylar know that she would be pitching against the Bearcats hockey team! Instantly Robbie is attracted to Skylar, but the feeling was not mutual as she has been crushing on her brother's friend for many years. Robbie makes a deal with Skylar and joins her at her family's house to compete in their yearly games and to help Skylar win over her long-time crush however things take a turn, and sparks ignite between Robbie and Skylar.

I love how this series is playing out and that this one picked up from a scene from one of the other books. The characters are great and likeable plus the spiciness is always great!

Thank you Netgalley, the author and publisher for the ARC.

I won’t lie I had higher hopes. Man. It’s been too long since I picked up a TB book, so I was pretty stoked to jump back in! A sports romance, fake dating, AND dating lessons?? Let’s break it down & go from there.

THE PLOT
Okay so honestly I actually ate up the zany plot- her family is low key bonkers and holds an annual, surprisingly athletic competition for a “Geller Cup”-esque prize and bragging rights. And our FMC, Skylar needs a partner, and somehow NHL playboy Robbie steps in. It’s insta hate meets insta love. But it jumps in so abruptly and moves so fast to get to the games then milks the actual week with her family that I felt a lil literary whiplash (and not in a k!nky way).

THE GOOD
It’s Tessa Bailey, the spice and the tension were fanfreakingtastic. And honestly I was very invested in the side characters subplot. The family dynamics of the preferred college had me deep in my own feels so I did feel for Skylar. It had moments that felt like peak romcom and I really enjoyed that. The banter was great, and I expect nothing less from TB on that front. And the ending was cute as hell imho.

WHERE I STRUGGLED (because saying “bad” if it’s not problematic makes me sad and is pretty subjective)
We jumped in so fast I thought it was a whistle blowing kid swim was good to resume at the local pool on a 101 degree heat day. Then throw in how quickly our mmc experiences a change of heart and his ways…. It threw me off. Like insta-love dialed up to a 10. And the third act conflict just didn’t settle well with me. Ugh.

Overall it was alright. I will say it does make me want to go back and read the Au Pair Affair and Dream Girl Drama because of the cameos. Despite a fun plot, Pitcher Perfect just fell a little short for me. Thanks to Avon for the arc in exchange for my honest review.