Jenna has been surrounded by sports and jocks her entire life (her older brothers are an NFL quarterback and an MLB first baseman). The sex is hot, so it gets 2 stars, but that's the last time I spend 9.99 on a Burton book. I got to 20 pages from the end and realized that I had never once cared whether these two really ended up together-in part because there was never any doubt that they would. I found myself thinking: What? Who cares? he's attractive and funny and your family loves him, so what is the problem? And that's just the thing. In this case, it was honestly that she was secretly into music and not sports. A problem is being hurt by a sports figure in the past or something. The heroine's "problem" with the hero was that he plays sports, and so do her brothers. Sure.the sex is hot, but the characters are totally uninteresting. This book takes a lack of conflict to a new level. I have come not to expect much in the way of serious plot or emotional angst in Burton's books, but they're entertaining and sexy, so I preordered Taking a Shot. I have enjoyed Jaci Burton's books in the past.I really liked the second book in the series, Changing the Game (A Play-by-Play Novel), and thought Elizabeth's character arc was really strong.
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