Thank you to Lauren Blakely and her team for the advance reader copy of The Virgin Replay, the third story in the Rules of Love series. This story releases on September 24th!
The Rules of Love series has been so much fun so far. Who does not love a good sports romance!
I am a member of Lauren Blakely’s review team, but I stand by my reviews remaining honest and true.
“A charming but damaged baseball player taking a break from romance. His feisty, flirty friend ready to ditch her V-card. And two hot nights in Hawaii with one room left in the hotel…
Weddings and me? We don’t mix.
That hardly matters though since I’m not the one tying the knot. My cousin is. But guess what? My ex is the maid of honor.
Maybe the post office will send my invite to Mars instead of my home. A man can hope.
Turns out I’m not the only one dreading going solo to the wedding. My teammate’s sister is too, so Sierra and I make a deal — we’ll go together as friends. Sounds like a perfect plan, since we’re both still bruised from past relationships…
But we hatch an even better plan in the hotel room after the couple says I do. I have a week free. Sierra wants a breather from work. What if we spend the next seven days together?
We sign on for vacation sex and no commitments—just the good times we’ve both been missing lately.
So how the hell do we end up married on our stop in Vegas?“
Check out my more detailed thoughts below…
- Characters: Sierra is our female protagonist and I absolutely loved her. If you keep up with Lauren’s books, then you would recognize Sierra as Grant’s sister, from The Men of Summer series. Sierra may be the aforementioned virgin in this story, yet she was not meek or naive. She loved a good matching lingerie set. She owns and operates a really cool bar called the Spotted Zebra and is quite a workaholic. Our male protagonist is Chance and he is a baseball player on the San Francisco Cougars. He is the teammate of Sierra’s brother Grant. He recently went through a nasty divorce and was painted the villain by his cheating ex-wife. I had so much sympathy for him and really liked him. He was such a gentleman, scared to chase his feelings for Sierra. Worried he would break bro code with Grant, so getting to take her as a “fake” date is the perfect opportunity.
- Setting: This story has quite a few settings. Our story starts in San Francisco, the same world as the previous books in this series and The Men of Summer series. I loved that while we were in San Fran we got to spend time at Sierra’s bar, it seemed like a really cool place. But the main event is when we are whisked away to a destination wedding in Hawaii. Who does not love Hawaii, it was just such a beautiful setting to see a new love start to blossom. Finally, we end up in Las Vegas and we get a nice little callback to the Extravagant series.
- Pacing: These books are such quick and easy reads. If you want a lovely, binge read I could not recommend this book or this series anymore.
- Romance: I loved how flirty our characters were with each other. Sierra making up new cocktails and giving them saucy names. Such a bartender way to flirt and I loved it. I mentioned earlier how much she loved a matching set, it was so nice to read about her getting excited to pick out what she was going to wear just in case Chance happen to see her in them. Reading them coming together in Hawaii was just beautiful. I know all of us readers really love the only one-bed trope to death. This book is a lovely instalment in a trope that just keeps on giving. Vegas threw a curveball into the story and I will admit I was not too crazy about it. Overall I did really like this book and it was a great addition to what is a great series from Lauren Blakely.
The Virgin Replay receives four out of five stars.
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