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A review by dinohakari
Playing by the Rules by Beth Bolden
5.0
Ever since I read and reviewed [b:Riptide: the Complete Series|61410528|Riptide the Complete Series|Beth Bolden|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1657300495l/61410528._SX50_.jpg|96895435], I have been following [a:Beth Bolden|8137900|Beth Bolden|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1397886875p2/8137900.jpg] and reading everything I could find from her, so her latest book, [b:Playing by the Rules|61893994|Playing by the Rules (Miami Piranhas, #3)|Beth Bolden|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1661453038l/61893994._SY75_.jpg|97578804] was no exception. And I have to say that she did not disappoint.
Pax and Davis have appeared in the previous books in this series, but apart from learning that one was his quarterback and the other his coach, not much else was known about their backstory.
We now know for sure that Pax was the football's golden boy in college, and that he came with high expectations, something that already playing his first few seasons with the Piranhas was proving to be uphill. And that's when Asa decides to call Davis to teach him everything he knows.
Davis was the Condors' quarterback, with a promising career but with a team that failed to take advantage of his potential, and to complete that picture, a team managment (and team owners) that decides to do without him in the worst way, burying him under horrible rumors and lies about of his inability to work as a team player etc., making no team want to hire him, which leads Davis to fall into depression, suffer panic attacks and isolate himself. Until that call from Asa.
Pax and Davis meet and the attraction is instant. But it is also prohibited. The rules say that a player and his coach cannot get involved. As their professional relationship progresses, and the positive results begin to show, an increasingly tense personal situation also begins to develop, until it blows up in their faces.
Both characters suffer from their own insecurities, especially Davis, who thinks he needs to prove himself, but their support for each other is the foundation of their entire relationship, and it's an amazing thing to read.
I don't know much about soccer. Rather, I don't understand anything, but thanks to the way this author writes, that's not an impediment to enjoying these books. Many will say that they may not be original in their story, but the characters and the situations they go through are so well written that everything else takes a backseat.
I look forward to the next book!!!
I received an advanced copy and voluntarily wrote a review.
Pax and Davis have appeared in the previous books in this series, but apart from learning that one was his quarterback and the other his coach, not much else was known about their backstory.
We now know for sure that Pax was the football's golden boy in college, and that he came with high expectations, something that already playing his first few seasons with the Piranhas was proving to be uphill. And that's when Asa decides to call Davis to teach him everything he knows.
Davis was the Condors' quarterback, with a promising career but with a team that failed to take advantage of his potential, and to complete that picture, a team managment (and team owners) that decides to do without him in the worst way, burying him under horrible rumors and lies about of his inability to work as a team player etc., making no team want to hire him, which leads Davis to fall into depression, suffer panic attacks and isolate himself. Until that call from Asa.
Pax and Davis meet and the attraction is instant. But it is also prohibited. The rules say that a player and his coach cannot get involved. As their professional relationship progresses, and the positive results begin to show, an increasingly tense personal situation also begins to develop, until it blows up in their faces.
Both characters suffer from their own insecurities, especially Davis, who thinks he needs to prove himself, but their support for each other is the foundation of their entire relationship, and it's an amazing thing to read.
I don't know much about soccer. Rather, I don't understand anything, but thanks to the way this author writes, that's not an impediment to enjoying these books. Many will say that they may not be original in their story, but the characters and the situations they go through are so well written that everything else takes a backseat.
I look forward to the next book!!!
I received an advanced copy and voluntarily wrote a review.