The Game Can't Love You Back by Karole Cozzo

The Game Can't Love You Back

by Karole Cozzo

Eve is used to being the odd woman out. As the only girl on her school's baseball team, she knows exactly how to put sweaty, macho baseball players in their place, and she's learned to focus on one thing and one thing only - being the best pitcher she can be.

But when a freak accident forces her school to be absorbed by the neighbouring town, Eve has to contend with a new group of guys who aren't used to having a woman on their team. And the new team's star pitcher, Jamie, has no interest in being ousted from his throne. He can't afford to give up his starting slot to a new pitcher - especially to a girl.

As the competition between Jamie and Eve starts to heat up, so does their attraction to each other. Can they keep their heads in the game, or will they end up getting played?

Reviewed by readingwithwrin on

3 of 5 stars

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Won an arc in a giveaway from swoonreads.
Eve has always played on the boy's baseball team and that's never been a problem, until this year when two of the town's schools must combine due to a fire that happened at her school. This creates a rivalry between Eve and Jamie as they were the school's top players and are now fighting for the same trophy on the same team.
Overall I enjoyed this book. I love reading sportsbooks especially when the girl character is playing on the boy's team and seeing how that plays out. This is a dual perspective book so we get to see what both Eve and Jamie are thinking about the situation and each other. I liked them both as characters and how they both grew as people throughout the book and changed during the school year not only as team players but in friendships they had with others as well. This was a fun and quick first read for me during ARC August.

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