Fangirl Down

(4.75)
This book was like eating an entire bag of my favorite chips (or tropes) in one sitting and I had such a good time reading it.

This was such a fun take on a grumpy sunshine sport romance. Josephine's sunshine is capable, smart, and sassy and Wells remains a grump even when revealing a heart of gold. It's true insta-love. Wells is concerned, lightly possessive, protective, and a marshmallow under a bad boy exterior. Josephine is talented, loyal, driven, and funny. They don't fall in love, they collide and it's enjoyable to watch.

One of my favorite tropes is hurt/comfort and you get a little bit of that throughout this one. I can't speak to the accuracy of golf or diabetes representation, but as someone unfamiliar with both it came across fine.

As always with Tessa Bailey, you get a pretty even balance of heartfelt character growth, banter, spice, and plot action. My only complaint is that you really kind of just get thrown into the middle of things and it feels like things get set up very fast. Not even just the romance, but getting to know them both as characters before being expected to understand their motivations.

Also if you spend the entire book, like me, worrying about a surprise video scandal with all the canoodling these two do in public, then you can be relieved to know that you don't need to worry about it!