Book Review: Sideline Rivals

 

I fought my way onto the boys’ lacrosse team when I was sixteen, and learned how to survive high school under a microscope. Not much has changed all these years later now that I’m varsity’s head coach at my old school. I’m still proving I belong, refusing to be quiet, and dealing with parents who think the job should’ve gone to a man.

One specific man.
My high school rival.
And JV’s new head coach.

Landon Fletcher was the all-star golden boy who couldn’t handle being outshined by a girl. I thought my days of sharing the field with him were over. But now, we’re sharing more than glares and insults. The forced proximity of coaching on the sidelines together brings up old feelings, and a past we never healed from.

The more time we spend together, the harder it becomes to ignore what's always been there.
What's still there.

And when I find myself at the center of a scandal that threatens my career and all I’ve worked for, I’m forced to lean on the man I never thought I could.

Trusting my rival means throwing out the play book...
And hoping he won’t let me fall.

My Review

I absolutely love this book. As soon as I started reading it, I was hooked. I could feel the strong animosity, that Ainsley had towards Landon. I felt a little bad for him as I did not know right away what he had done to deserve Ainsley's wrath, but I figured it had to have been not good.

Yet as the story progressed, I thought Landon deserved a second chance. He was trying and he did recognize where Ainsley was coming from. Yet to get to this point there is a lot of heated snarky banter that goes on between these two. I love witty banter.

Kristen brings the "S" in snarky! You know what other "S", she brings...steamy! Who doesn't love a enemies to lovers trope. You know this trope combined with Kristen's writing, means that the steamy goodness heat is turned on. This book is not to be missed!

*Sideline Rivals is Book 1 is an interconnected standalone in the Sideline Series. It’s an open-door, rivals-to-lovers, sports romance that ends with a HEA.