#SarinaRecommends: February 2022
Looking to read some new books? Check out these books I read in February that I loved!
This is a baseball romance with fabulous story development and writing! I was all in for this struggling player and the PR assistant who’s forced to deal with difficult people. The really fun thing about this book (and its follow-up, Bench Player) is the world building around The Thrashers’ clubhouse. I loved the team and its grumpy manager so much that I hope she writes a third one!
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I’d never heard of this author before when I impulsively bought this book in December. But several things about it are my catnip. It’s a British book, which is always fun. But the central premise is something that always gets me. Check this out: For years Jess believed that Joe—the father of her child and the only man she ever loved—had abandoned her during her greatest time of need. That belief nearly destroyed her. Seventeen years later, when cleaning out her mother’s house, Jess unpacks a box of cards and letters hidden in the attic and makes a discovery that changes everything about life as she knows it. SOLD TO THE LADY IN THE PINK SHIRT. Seriously, I was all in. The first couple of chapters were actually a little slow, but then I was on this journey and could not even consider getting off the train until I knew what happened to Joe.
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I first read this book in 2016, and I was only a few pages in when I thought: this author was in a band. The texture of her writing was so well-steeped in 90s rock culture that I just knew her research was experiential. (I was right! Her bio confirmed it.)
The writing is top notch and every single one of EmmyLou’s observations feels fresh and vivid. Travis is a super sexy hero even from chapter one, when he’s only eating a feta omelet in a diner.
Some reviewers didn’t like the heroine’s reluctance to go all in for him, but I bought every line of it. Her passion for the band and the music are hard fought, and I was there for it!
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