This is a classic easy read full of humour and spice! The brothers best friend, third act breakup Tropes will always be amongst my favourites and combine them with a sports romance? I was all over it. This is one of those palate cleanser books you need to just give you the warm and fluffy vibes.

I love a good brothers best friend romance! The plot was fun and engaging, I liked the characters and their chemistry was great. I usually hate the third act breakup but this one actually made sense and wasn't dragged out and it actually contributed to character growth. There is a lot of spice but it's good!

We love a "brother's best friend" trope. I really enjoyed it as I love a spicy romance. It was a great pallet cleanser from more intense books I've been reading recently.

Very much enjoyed!

This was so cute and enjoyed that they were friends and had long term mutual crushes on each other

- childhood friends
- brothers best friend
- sports romance (college american football)

Thank you to Orion Fiction for the eARC - all opinions are my own

This was the perfect palate cleanser between more heavy books!

I loved Maddie and Cameron so much and found myself really rooting for them. I did just find the formatting a little off and struggled with the flashbacks - but the main storyline I loved,

Thank you so much to Netgalley, the publisher and the author for the arc. 🫶🏻

So sad that I couldn’t actually read this as there was so many formatting issues in the book! It sounded so fun and from what I could tell about the writing it was going to be such a great story!

Such a fun sports romance, good plot with excellent spice. loved Cameron! This book has it all its best friends brother, spicy, sports and top tier romance
I agree with previous reviews the flashbacks were a tad confusing. Honestly a great palate cleanser especially after reading an emotionally draining book.

This was a really nice and easy flowing read that didn't really bring anything different to the table in regards to the premise but it was charming and I really enjoyed the characters.

I love a sports romance when it is done well. This was one of those ones.

It had it all - exciting characters, a great storyline and spiceeeee! The flashbacks were confusing at times but I soon got used to them.

I loved Cameron, I wasn't sure on him at first but I soon warmed to him.

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for sending me this copy for an honest review.

tropes:
- brothers best friend
- friends to lovers
- sports romance
- spicy romance

DNF, book wasn't for me. I really wanted to enjoy however didn't feel like the writing or characters were for me

I really enjoyed this! The chemistry between these two was great 😃. I enjoyed them rekindling and exploring their feelings for each other. I enjoyed the side characters as well and it was a great story all around!

First of all, huge thank you to NetGalley for allowing me to read this early. Second of all, I LOVED THIS! I remember reading this originally when it was on Wattpad, so when I saw it was being published traditionally, I couldn't wait to read it all over again! Maddie and Cameron own my heart honestly. The third act breakup wasn't annoying like in most books, it didn't leave me wanting to drop the book because I couldn't handle the two being separated for so long. I actually really enjoyed it! And the way this book dealt with grief.. Deanna really nailed it on the head with this one. I am always a sucker for sports romance, so this was right up my alley and I just love love LOVE it. Added bonus points for SPICE!

This was a nice read, but for me there wasn't anything to make it stand out from the many brother's best friend, childhood friend, sports romances out there. `I enjoyed reading it, but I don't think I would go back and read again.

Unfortunately, I was unable to read this book due to file format issues. Send to Kindle for this book didn't work and I tried reading through Adobe Digital Editions and NetGalley app and the format was totally off. Have contacted customer support but haven't got an updated file. Will definitely read it if becomes available on KU.

It was a fun book. I liked both of the main characters and their chemistry.

I thought it was missing a bit of background on their childhood however, so the readers could be more engaged in the story. Some of the writing wasn’t really for my taste, it did was missing a plot to engaged in the story for me.

Arc generously provided via Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.

I had no way of reading this because the file wouldn't send to my kindle and when I tried to read on the NetGalley app the layout was impossible to understand.

I LOVED Maddie and Cam!

Childhood friends to enemies to lovers 😍. What more could you want from a romance.

Maddie is Ethan’s little sister, totally off limits, but Cameron has always had eyes for her. In the process of trying to process and grieve the loss of his Mum, Cameron is unforgivable in his words that ruin his and Maddie’s friendship.

Spring break arrives and Maddie and Cameron are thrown back together. Cameron’s end goal is still to be drafted for the NFL and Maddie is doing everything she can to study to become a doctor.

Upon repairing their friendship because they know the family holiday would be awkward if they didn’t. Maddie and Cameron’s are drawn to each other!

I loved how the characters story unravelled in this, the writing is easy to follow and I couldn’t wait to hear what happened between the pair of them. It was a super sweet romance with a little bit of spice!

I’m so sorry, but something absolutely nuts happened to the formatting of my edition of this book, making it genuinely impossible to read… words were split up, lines were cut off, words were missing, it was ridiculous. I really would love to read this, but the copy I got was just illegible…

Unfortunately this book just wasn't for me. I enjoyed the first half and found the story fun but it was dragging towards the end for me and took away from the overall enjoyment of the book. Everything seemed to happen really quick it felt a lot like a 'trauma dump'

The character development was unexpected but still a enjoyable part of the book. I enjoyed that they were childhood friends. I liked their chemistry together. I wish their was more focus on this childhood elements and chapters around this.

I think some will enjoy this book but for me the writing and the story was not enjoyable unfortunately.

I would have loved to have been able to provide a review but the file did not send to my kindle and due to bad eyesight I cannot read via the app.