• Pro: Nico, Nico, Nico. He was just perfection. Intelligent and charming, he owned my heart. He loved his family with reckless abandon, and was not afraid to show his emotions. He experienced some serious heartbreak in this book, but I don't regret taking this emotional journey with him.
• Pro: There's just something about sports stories. They always impress me with the dedication of the players, but they also really inspiring. All that was on the page in The Hard Count, and Scott did a fantastic job creating that feeling and pulling me into the action.
• Pro: A sweet romance will always score tons of points with me, and I adored watching Nico and Reagan fall for each other. Nobody wanted them together, and they had that other-side-of-the-tracks thing going on too, but they didn't care. They just knew how they felt with each other, and that affection and admiration wrapped itself around me and held me tight.
• Pro: This book was also about family, and not just the people you share your DNA with. Nico's mother and niece were fantastic, but I also loved his extended family and the community that was there to support him.
• Pro: Nico was the embodiment of the hard count. He joined the team, emerged as a leader, and shook things up. It was good to see some people "off sides", because it was progress towards them seeing the whole person and not just where they lived or how much money they had.
• Pro: Scott wove quite a few stellar friendships in this story as well, and I loved the celebration of the power of friendship. Nico was truly blessed with a ride-or-die friend, and Reagan was also very lucky with her bestie. I was happy that I never had to worry about someone having their backs.
Nico is a wild stallion full of promises and gifts, and I'm not sure if he can be tamed. I'm not sure if he should.
Overall: My first Ginger Scott book was wonderful experience. It was a romance, a sports story, and also, a story about family and friendship. The characters immediately won my heart, and I was rooting for them til the bitter end.
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