Playing the Enemy

Playing For Keeps. This is another YA sporty romance from Maggie Dallen, and is her usual excellent and fun work. If you're familiar with her work, you're going to enjoy this book. If you're not, it is a good introduction to her style. Shortish at under 200 pages, this is a fairly light and easy read, perfect as a palate cleanser from something heavier or darker. Very much recommended.

A(nother) swoon-worthy YA sports rom-com by Maggie Dallen!

First of all, I love that tagline... - and the rest of the book too!

Hannah is a heroine I can easily root for - she ist capable, she knows what she wants, and she isn't afraid to go for it. Exhibit A (among many):

“You sure you know what you're doing with that guy?”
I shook my head. “No,” I said in all honesty. “But I don't think I could live with myself if I didn't try.”

River is a great addition to the long list of Maggie Dallen's swoon-worthy YA heroes, mitigating his cockiness with showing distinct (and quite entertaining) symptoms of having this long-time crush on Hannah.

Adding to the fun are both Hannah's friends and family (including the other two “tomboys” Alex and Jordan, who are getting their own stories in the series), but especially River's best friend Tristan - even more so when he teams up with River's older brother in one of my favorite non-romance scenes.

Looking forward to the other two stories in this multi-author series!