Adalyn Reyes has spent years perfecting her daily routine: wake up at dawn, drive to the Miami Flames FC offices, try her hardest to leave a mark, go home, and repeat.
But her routine is disrupted when a video of her in an altercation with the team’s mascot goes viral. Rather than fire her, the team’s owner—who happens to be her father—sends Adalyn to middle-of-nowhere North Carolina, where she’s tasked with turning around the struggling local soccer team, the Green Warriors, as a way to redeem herself. Her plans crumble upon discovering that the players wear tutus to practice (impractical), keep pet goats (messy), and are terrified of Adalyn (counterproductive), and are nine-year-old kids.
To make things worse, also in town is Cameron Caldani, goalkeeping prodigy whose presence is somewhat of a mystery. Cam is the perfect candidate to help Adalyn, but after one very unfortunate first encounter involving a rooster, Cam’s leg, and Adalyn’s bumper, he’s also set on running her out of town. But banishment is not an option for Adalyn. Not again. Helping this ragtag children’s team is her road to redemption, and she is playing the long game. With or without Cam’s help.
Source: Goodreads
Book Review:
The Long Game
Series: Yes (Book 1)
Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ 5/5
Spice: 1/5
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Another hit from Elena Armas!
I adored this romance between our fiercely independent heroine Adalyn Reyes & former pro soccer goalie, our grumpy British hero, Cameron Caldani. Set in a small town, the two find themselves co-coaching/managing a girls’ little league soccer team.
This was a verrrrry slow burn, but the tension was perfection and it made complete sense for these characters. That pottery scene 🥵 damn.
I believe Lucas Martín (from the American Roommate Experiment) will always be my #1 love, but Cameron Caldani gave him a run for his money! The way he called her darling & love… so much swoon 🫠
What you’ll find in the Long Game:
⚽️ Neighbors
⚽️ Enemies to lovers
⚽️ Former pro soccer player
⚽️ British hero
⚽️ Grumpy/grumpy
⚽️ Co-coaching kids soccer
⚽️ Forced proximity
⚽️ Goat yoga
⚽️ Hilarious 10 year old Maria
⚽️ Small town
⚽️ Dual POV/first person
Thank you so very much to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster Canada for an advanced reader copy of one of my most anticipated books of the year!
All opinions are my own.