Swinging Strike by Kimberly ReadnourMy rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ stars
Swinging Strike is book one in the Cessna U Wildcats Series by Kimberly Readnour. The genre is an enemies to lovers book which looks at the characters Cara Gonzalez and Braxton Smith. Cara has been hurt before and is looking for a fresh start at a new college, working as the anonymous gossip columnist of her college she has Braxton in her cross-hairs, thinking she knows who he is. As their relationship develops, Cara bumps into Braxton everywhere and feelings start to change, but secrets have a way of getting out and baggage gets in the way with these two strong willed characters.
Braxton Smith is the hot athlete at college who seems to have it all and we only see through his POV what type of man he is and how the past has defined him and his relationships. He likes to get on Cara’s nerves and knows how to push her. He seems to have a great group of friends and they certainly get up to some fun antics on his behalf when things come out in the gossip column. Braxton seems to have a lot of pressure put upon him and you really do feel it coming to a head for him partway through the book.
The two characters together have a lot of chemistry and at times can be really amusing together. The story-line was catchy and there was a lot going on, not only between Cara and Braxton, but also from secondary characters and story-lines which were all intertwined. There were times though that you wanted to shake both characters, either for preconceived notions they had about the other, but also because of the baggage and the drama that caused in their relationship.
This was a really good sports romance and you get to see what it would be like to play a sport at such a high level and the standards that are put onto you. Overall, a really good romance.
ARC received for a fair, honest and sometimes long review 😊
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