Tight Hold

Tight Hold is the second book of the Vegas Aces: The Tight End series and most definitely does not stand on its own.  The book about Ben and Kaylee is divided into 5 parts and there's a cliffhanger in each of the first 4 books.  I've read the previous two Vegas Aces series and was curious about Ben, so I decided to pick up The Tight End series.  

This story picks up where Tight Spot ended.  Kaylee and Ben are faking a relationship for the public in order to do some damage control on Ben's reputation.  They're keeping the fact that they're starting to have feelings for each other, and are in a physical relationship, from her family, especially her brother who happens to be a teammate of Ben's.

I'm usually a huge fan of the fake relationship trope.  But something about this one isn't sitting well with me.  I mean, it's not a bad book, but how many roadblocks and complications can be thrown into the mix?  And it's probably the whole celebrity angle and how they're using social media and the press... I guess since I just finished reading Spare (by Prince Henry) the whole paparazzi angle in fresh in my mind and bothering me.  It could be a timing thing.  

But all that said, when the book ended, I didn't find myself wanting to jump into the third book in the series.  I probably will eventually, but I'm not terribly invested in what's happening with Kaylee and Ben at the moment.