Thanks to Avon and Harper voyage and NetGalley for this arc!

I thought this was such a cute little rom com! I absolutely loved it! It was so sweet!

Thank you to Avon and NetGalley for this ARC!

I’ve never read a pickle ball romance, so this was a fun change! Brooke is a ghost writer in need of a muse. After finding Kai playing pickle ball, she wants to date him for inspiration. She doesn’t know how to get closer to him, so she decides to learn to play pickle ball!

Her coach, Owen, works with her to get better at pickle ball and with her cowboy romance! He clearly has feelings for her, but Brooke is interested in Kai. But soon she learns she never wanted Kai at all. Owen doesn’t want to be in another love triangle, so Brooke has to show him that they can have love off the court!

This is a single POV from Brooke’s perspective only.

Wow the chemistry these two had was amazing!
This was a random book I found and I’m so glad I was approved for an early copy.
I was invested in Brooke from the very first page. She’s smart, funny and honest.

Wow the chemistry these two had was amazing!
This was a random book I found and I’m so glad I was approved for an early copy.

This book was such a cute book! It takes a different perspective on a sports romance! I loved how the FMC Brooke learned to be confident in her athletic abilities and quit having negative self-talk!

This was delightful! Brooke is facing a deadline but is in a writing slump. When she encounters a handsome stranger at a pickleball court, she thinks he may be the solution to her creative block. The best way to the stranger’s heart is via pickleball so she enlists the best trainer in the city to help her out. It doesn’t hurt that the trainer seems to understand her, support her, and that he’s easy on the eyes.

I adored this! It was interesting to see Brooke grapple with being from a sports family but not feeling at all athletically inclined. Owen is a darling and a perfect match for Brooke. It was lovely to see how their relationship developed and I enjoyed learning a little more about pickleball. 4.5 stars.

Thank you to Avon and NetGalley for the opportunity to read a copy.

I loved this book so much 😭 for being a pickleball rom-com, it was SO CUTE. Great tropes: coach-student, fake dating, sports romance, he falls first. There's even time at a horse ranch. One POV. I can't wait until this comes out so I can buy it for my shelf! I'm so glad I got picked for an ARC!

Pick Me by Victoria Schade is an utterly charming and heartwarming romance that delivers just the right amount of humor, healing, and heat. This feel-good story follows Brooke, a writer battling a serious case of writer’s block (and a broken heart), who unexpectedly finds inspiration—and more—on the pickleball court.

What starts as a playful ploy to spark her creativity by finding a new muse turns into something far more meaningful when she meets Owen, her charismatic and unexpectedly deep pickleball coach. Their chemistry is instant, but it’s the slow burn of emotional connection and shared vulnerability that truly drives the story. Watching Brooke rediscover her voice and passion—both in her writing and in life—is deeply satisfying.

Victoria Schade has crafted a story that’s as cute and fluffy as it is emotionally resonant. The witty banter, lovable characters, and lighthearted sports backdrop make this book a delightful escape. Whether you're a romance junkie or just need a sweet story to lift your spirits, Pick Me is an absolute must-read.

Brooke Murphy, es una escritora de novelas románticas que atraviesa un bloqueo creativo devastador tras ser fantasmeada por el hombre del que empezaba a enamorarse. Presionada por una fecha de entrega y motivada por su mejor amiga, Meredith, Brooke adopta la filosofía de decir “sí” a nuevas experiencias como forma de desbloquear su mente… y su corazón.

Su vida da un giro cuando un incidente escatológico con un perro callejero la lleva a conocer a Adam, un encantador paseador de perros, y poco después a Kai, un carismático jugador de pickleball que se convierte en su nueva obsesión romántica. En medio de intentos desastrosos por destacar en la cancha, Brooke también cruza caminos con Owen, un instructor poco convencional pero auténtico que la ayuda a entrenar.




La razón de mi calificación fue por el que me desespero Brooke, y lastimó a Owen. Me alegre de lo que él hizo en los capítulos finales (no fue nada malo y no involucra a otro, simplemente se dio su lugar).




Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for the ARC in exchange for an honest

3 ⭐️! Pick Me follows an author looking for her muse to help shake off her writers block. And how exactly will she find this muse? Through pickle ball obviously. The characters are fun! The concept is new and different! However… while this book had the potential to be great but there was just so much happening at once. She’s a cowboy romance ghostwriter, wanna-be romantasy author, who plays pickleball to impress one guy, while being coached by another guy who is clearly into her and who she fake dates in order to make their respective exes jealous, and her brother is a famous soccer player. Meanwhile he developed an app so he’s super rich but it’s only touched on for like two sentences, played college tennis, teaches pickleball, wants to write a book and has major trust issues from his last love triangle situation. The characters are weirdly somewhat unrealistically complex… it’s all just so much. If you love heavy microtroping and characters with a lot of stuff going on, you’ll love this. It was just not my style. The book is only 350 something pages and somehow manages to fit all this in but not very well … so much of it felt unnecessary and I wish the author would’ve picked less random things and focused in on a few instead. That being said, the concept and idea behind the book is fun and I think I would’ve loved it so much more if there was a little less going on. Would maybe recommend it as a quick fun palette cleanser in between series. The ending was fun and felt like a good wrap up but was a bit rushed

Lately I’ve been serendipitously (?) picking up books featuring writers writing and I haven’t gone wrong yet! This book continues the trend with a delightful, cozy, humorous, romantic, pickleball-fueled love story. I originally grabbed this from NetGalley precisely because it was pickleball romance and I was intrigued about how that would work lol. But it definitely worked for me. Owen and Brooke had that wonderful friends to lovers chemistry that flowed seamlessly and the supporting cast were all a delight in their own right. I loved how confident Brooke was in facing challenges but still with realistic vulnerability. Victoria Schade is a new to me author and I’ll be heading over to grab her backlist as soon as I’m done with this review. Pick Me was exactly what I needed and left me smiling and sniffling at the same time. Can’t wait to see what she writes next!

I am so glad I branched out and gave this one a try! The chemistry was perfect and so was the banter! 10/10 all around

Thank you so much NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for this ARC!

The two main characters had good chemistry and it was well written. I genuinely enjoyed their backstory and it was an engaging and fun story to read. Highly would recommend this to anyone who enjoys romance.

I received this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This was an engaging read! I enjoyed the plot and would read it again.

I genuinely enjoyed this book. The world building was great and so were the characters. The author did a wonderful job with each character’s back story, allowing you to understand why they are the way they are.

Wow the chemistry these two had was amazing!
This was a random book I found and I’m so glad I was approved for an early copy.
I was invested in Brooke from the very first page. She’s smart, funny and honest. And then there’s Owen! He was charming and a bit mysterious.
There were no bad characters in this book. I adored all of them and their relationships to one another.
And of course I have to give Marti a quick mention!
It had a perfect balance of pickleball scenes. It didn’t over power the story just added to it.
I will be on the lookout for more books by this author!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an arc for my honest review!

A delightful and charming romcom!

I picked this book up because the cover is gorgeous & the premise sounded cute. Reminded me a bit of Tessa Bailey's Fangirl Down which I loved. I'm glad to report I ended up really adoring this.

Brooke and Owen steal the show as an opposites attract pairing. Their interactions were so fun, especially during the lessons. Their dynamic is the perfect balance of humor and heart. I liked their romance a lot. These two definitely had me giggling and kicking my feet. Owen is a dream for lovers of grumpy heroes.

The character development is well written too. Brooke's self discovery journey felt authentic and made her relatable. Her character shows a lot of growth by the novel's end.

Schade's writing is witty and addictive. I had a difficult time putting Pick Me down!

Highly recommend, especially if you enjoy sports romance and opposites attract.

A heartwarming romance with charming characters and just the right amount of emotional depth. Overall a great read and recommend.

This was a quick and fun read! I was very unfamiliar with Pickleball and after reading this book, I think I’ll have to give it a try!

Brooke is a ghost-writer of cowboy romances (my favorite!) and has lost her inspiration after a breakup. To get her out of her apartment, her roommate, Meredith, tells her to join her at the pickleball club. Brooke is bad and catches the eye of the resident coach, Owen. Brooke’s eye is caught by his student Kai. She decides he is her new muse! She starts up pickle ball lessons with Owen in hopes to get better and see Kai at the club more often. As the lessons go on, her feelings begin to change about Owen but she can’t seem to give up her muse Kai.

I enjoyed this book and would rate it 3.5 stars! It was a quick read, had some spelling errors, learned a lot about pickleball, and I think the author did a great job of showing the differences in conversation between Brooke and Owen and Kai.

Thank you to NetGalley, Avon, and Harper Voyage for this ARC!💕🫶🏼

4.3! The humor was so good in this, I found myself laughing out loud so many times. The encouragement given by all of the characters was so comforting to read. The main characters chemistry was off the charts! I did think the idea of a guy/vs the actual guy should have been realized a little sooner since the FMC is very intelligent, but we got there in the end! I would have loved more from the POV after the HEA, just job wise for her and how she got into teaching classes but I felt the ended wrapped up nicely where it did. Also, not for nothing but this book made me want to try pickleball