For the Win The Perfect Play Series Book 1 eBook Sara Rider
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What happens when you fall for your biggest competition? Sara Rider scores with this charming romance about soccer stars battling their tough opponents and playing the field of love.
Lainey Lukas has sacrificed everything—sleep, family, carbs, a life—to earn her spot as the top player and captain of the Seattle Falcons women’s soccer team. She’s determined to lead her team to a national championship and finally earn the sport the respect it deserves—and nothing will throw her off her game. When Lainey’s hero Gabe Havelak, star of the Seattle Surge, crashes her team’s first press conference—making the Falcons look like a joke to the local media and humiliating Lainey in the process—she’s hell-bent on revenge.
Charming, confident Gabe is practically a god to Seattle soccer fans, but he doesn’t mind a little friendly competition from tough-as-nails Lainey, with her top-notch athletic skills, her mile-long legs, and her girl-next-door freckles. But when he learns the Falcons are booting the Surge from their coveted practice space to the notoriously cursed Cricket Field, those warm feelings give way to crippling superstition. With his contract up for renewal and his thirty-fourth birthday just weeks away, Gabe will risk anything to protect his position with the Surge.
The rivals agree to settle their differences in a Battle of the Sexes competition—a test of skills, fitness, and willpower. At first the situation seems win-win Gabe gets the chance to earn back the Surge’s practice space, and Lainey’s team will finally get some much-deserved media attention. But as the friction between them becomes hot enough to spark and smolder, Lainey and Gabe are entering new territory—and with both of their careers on the line, love might just be the toughest opponent of all.
For the Win The Perfect Play Series Book 1 eBook Sara Rider
I picked this up on sale. It's a little preachy with several feminist rants about the unfairness of the treatment and compensation of women's professional soccer players versus men's, but since I'm in the choir being preached to, that didn't bother me much. I found this a quick and entertaining read, funny and well written, well worth the $1.99 I paid for it. I plan to read on in the series.Product details
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For the Win The Perfect Play Series Book 1 eBook Sara Rider Reviews
For the Win is a standalone series starter by new-to-me author Sara Rider. It is a full-length novel and yes, it does have an HEA. The biggest thing I noticed while reading For the Win is that it felt like I was watching a movie. Typically, those are the books that stick with me the longest.
For the Win starts out with a soccer field that is highly coveted by both the men’s’ and the women’s’ soccer teams. No one wants the old pitch because supposedly it’s cursed, injuries happen there, careers are lost. It’s a big deal in a superstitious sports world.
This is where Laney and Gabe come into the picture, our MCs. Neither teams want to be on that old field. They all want the new one and that catalyst causes two people to crash together and go head-to-head for it. Sparks fly at that point. It ends up being a really great rivalry between both teams. Men vs. Woman, Guys vs. Girls, it’s team against team, however you want to put it. A full on Battle of the Sexes.
The characters are complex and fun, it’s actually a cute storyline because the things they get into and do to out do each other are great to read. You’ll find humor in here and some hilarious banter as well. There are actually two characters that aren’t the main MC’s that stick out to me everytime I think of this book.
All of that being said, there were a few parts in the book that lagged out for me and for awhile I was on the fence on my rating. The ending fixed that right up for this book.
Ever since reading Kulti by Mariana Zapata, I’ve been hoping to come across a similar themed sports related romantic read. For the Win by Sara Rider seemed a likely book candidate.
While Kulti is a slow burn romance loaded with non-stop hilarious, spontaneous/off-the-cuff, witty/sarcastic/flirtatious banter that seems to say “I hate you so much I want to punch you, but I’m so in love with you I just want to kiss you”, For the Win also began with that flirty, combative, magnetic main couple attraction but seemed to have a more serious undertone. Also, Lainey and Gabe became a couple about half-way through, opposed to nearly the end in Kulti.
Lainey Lukas, who is all about winning a second World Cup after being severely injured in her first one, is much more reserved and less high strung than Kulti’s leading lady, at least in the first half. Gabe is still playing competitive soccer but feeling his age (mostly in his right knee) and starting to think ahead to life, love, and happiness outside the game. He wants to tempt Lainey to turn some of her laser like focus for soccer on to a relationship with him. He’s got his work cut out for him, because as team captain, Lainey feels it is up to her to lead her team to another victory.
With an interesting twist the media refers to as the Battle of the Sexes, Gabe’s team takes on Lainey’s in a mostly friendly, PR related, on and off the field competitions with side bets that leave you wondering who is going to have to practice on the dreaded, supposedly cursed Cricket Field. This pivotal subplot, however, isn’t mentioned again for some time.
Now for the bad news, at 60% it felt like this author was taken out of the game and a second string writer took over. The storyline started to turn sappy. Then it turned downright silly (Gabe’s team mostly naked calendar pictures and Lainey’s not particularly well-written jealous reaction to it), which lead to her later no self-respect/cave man approach to declaring Gabe’s as hers. Then rather sad as it is clear Gabe now wants to tell her he loves her, but Lainey seems determined to keep their relationship exclusive but casual. Well, until 82% when she’s acting tortured because Gabe hasn’t professed his dying love. She obviously doesn’t remember telling him not to. Maybe this girl has had one too many soccer knocks to her noggin, my fellow romance book-loving friends.
Then onward to a family gathering hosted by Gabe’s Mom that ends on a bizarre note dubbing Lainey with a strange/unfavorable label, which becomes a story featured in the next day’s newspaper. Lainey then is mad at Gabe, who had nothing to do with this belief/accusation, yet she blames him and won’t return his calls. Honestly, it just didn’t make any sense from this point on. Especially not after Lainey’s childish, likely could not have pulled them off anyway pranks at Gabe’s next game. Followed soon afterwards by Gabe’s attempt to get her attention prank that felt equally juvenile. For the Win became a “what the heck” read. By 80%, I just wanted to be put out of my literary misery.
Yes, the story proceeded but never fully recovered. Just like a black and white soccer ball being kicked around during a competitive game, so were the characters actions and writing style...all over the place. Unfortunately, it ultimately missed the goal line with this NetGalley reviewer. Here’s to hoping others enjoy it more. I certainly did until 50%, then it lost its literary mojo.
Title For the Win, Series The Perfect Play (Book 1), Author Sara Rider, Pages 336, stand-alone, HEA, from opposing sides to romantic couple, determined to succeed, sassy/heroine, VERY graphic steamy scenes, no cheating, no love triangle, no OW/OM drama, no cliffhanger.
(This review is based on ARC generously provided via NetGalley in exchange for an honest, unbiased opinion. No compensation was paid to the reviewer nor is there any affiliation between the reviewer and author/publisher.)
This had the possibility of being a better book than it was.
The characters and themes were great.
But at times it was boring.
ok
Loved the connection between these characters. Loved seeing Lainey soften but still maintain her strength.
I mistakenly started reading this while waiting for my flight to Los Angeles. After getting through the first few pages - the press review was tough to get through - I started rooting for Lainey and really started liking Gabe. Also, following female soccer, I loved how Rider brought up the whole issue of pay disparity. Needless to say, I lost track of time and barely had time to get on my plane before they closed the gate. Whereupon, I quickly went back to reading. It's a great, fun, read. Puts a smile on your face. At the end, I was curious to know how Rider was going to end the Battle of the Sexes. Cannot wait for the next ones!
I don't read many romance novels and I was surprised how much I loved this. I'm a huge soccer fan and I follow both the men's and women's game. So I was delighted to find a charming romance set in an environment I know so well. The conflicts between the characters felt real and their obstacles made a lot of sense in the context of elite professional athletes. I loved how Rider highlighted the disparities in treatment of men and women in professional sports. A battle of the sexes was only slightly contrived and sets the stage for a lot of fun.
I picked this up on sale. It's a little preachy with several feminist rants about the unfairness of the treatment and compensation of women's professional soccer players versus men's, but since I'm in the choir being preached to, that didn't bother me much. I found this a quick and entertaining read, funny and well written, well worth the $1.99 I paid for it. I plan to read on in the series.
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