Thank you to #NetGalley and #HarperAudio for an advance listening copy of #GamePoint. A tennis star finds her confidence to win a major title when she distances herself from toxic influence. 4 stars.

I loved Clean Point and snapped this up the second I saw it. Sadly, the follow-up doesn’t land the same. Scottie/Nico had real growth and combustible chemistry; Dylan/Oliver never get past surface-level spark. We’re told why they work—he respects her drive; she…maybe loves that he still believes in her—but it rarely reads deeper than that. We needed more from Oliver and what makes him tick.

Pacing drag: play–win, play–loss, repeat. The loop dulls the tension instead of building it.

Audio note: Mary Jane Wells is fabulous with a capital F for airy, witty regency heroines, but Dylan needs grit and bite. The casting felt off. Will M. Watt is a yummy narrator though!

Bottom line: Not giving up on Meg—she can weave a story—but this one misses the emotional heft and momentum that made Clean Point sing.