Mini Book Review: Rookie Mistake by Maren Moore

Rookie Mistake (Orleans University #3.5)
Pub Date: 24 September 2024
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Panda Rating:

(3.5 pandas)

๐Ÿ“– SYNOPSIS

I won my brotherโ€™s rival in a Date the Player auctionโ€ฆ and had the best night of my life.

Davis Guidry is Orleans Universityโ€™s starting rookie pitcher.
Heโ€™s handsome, charming, and an all-around flirt.

After spending a hot, spontaneous night together, we canโ€™t seem to keep our hands off each other.
But our no-strings fun comes crashing down when my overbearing brother, who happens to be Davisโ€™s biggest rival, catches us in action.
Even that seems to only make the fire burn hotter when weโ€™re together.
And suddenly, our secret fling starts to feel like something more than either of us bid on.

Are these casual hookups between us just a fun way to pass my freshman yearโ€ฆ Or have we made the ultimate rookie mistake and caught feelings?

Rookie Mistake is approximately a 36k word novella in the Orleans University world. It is a complete standalone. This is high spice, low plot and lots of fun!

Moore describes this as “high spice, low plot, and lots of fun”, which is spot on for this college romance novella. At less than 200 pages, things move unsurprisingly quickly for Zara and Davis but thankfully, even with their instant connection, there are no instant declarations of love. From the go, their chemistry was palpable and I loved seeing them grow closer as friends and romantic partners. Their personalities were complementary and it resulted in some fun and wild times!

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Mini Book Review: Falling for the Enemy by Katie Golding

Goodreads: Falling for the Enemy (Malibu Millionaire #2)
Published: 17 May 2022
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Panda Rating:

(5 pandas)

Sometimes, the perfect guyโ€ฆ
Is the one you hate the most.

Jasper Brooks has everythingโ€”with his smooth-talking ways and devilish good looks, heโ€™s signed some of the hottest bands of the moment. If only he could get the wrong-number woman heโ€™s been texting for months to reveal herself.

Blake Harris absolutely hates Jasper with every fiber of her being. Avoiding her professional rival is next to impossible in the Malibu music scene, and when a new band puts them head-to-head, their pent-up frustration explodes in a raw session of hate sex. A mistake they keep repeating.

With feelings spinning out of control, Blake bolts back to the mystery man in her phone, determined to finally meet Mr. Perfect. Not realizing that all along, sheโ€™s been secretly falling for the enemyโ€ฆ

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