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The Game Changer
by Jaqueline Snowe
Series: Cleat Chasers #2
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Published by Finch Books on April 2, 2019
Genres: New Adult Sports Romance
Pages: 243
Format: Kindle
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Also in this series: Best Player, No Easy Catch
FROM POPULAR YOUNG ADULT FICTION AUTHOR, JAQUELINE SNOWE
Book two in the Cleat Chasers series
Pretending to date your best friend is always a good idea…right? Wrong.
Greta Aske has a lot on her mind, and a string of bad dates has her giving up on men, at least for the time being. Her life contains a little too much drama, meaning she needs a break and to save money and get good grades. The perfect solution presents itself—pretend to date the campus playboy. That’ll keep the guys away for sure.
Aaron Hill is desperate to save his baseball career because, with his dad fighting cancer, he damn well knows he can’t ask for a single penny from his parents. Baseball is his past, present and future, so when a scandal threatens his chance in the MLB, he turns to his best friend for help. A fake relationship will keep him out of trouble. It’s perfect, really. Greta’s taking a break from dating and Aaron needs to focus on training.
Nothing could go wrong…as long as neither falls for the other. But when lines are crossed, what’s real and fake blurs and the two are forced to face their fears. Could Greta be the game changer Aaron needs?
Fake it until you make it!
The Game Changer by Jaqueline Snowe encompasses what happens when college students are away from home. The story deals with a scholarship student that depends on a scholarship to stay at school and becomes drafted for the MLB. The other student’s parents pay for part of the expense and works while attending classes. This is the story of Greta and Aaron for the first half of their junior year of college.
Greta Aske
Greta Aske is the first point-of-view character that we met, and she is a great character who loves to help everyone. However, that may be a problem for her later on because of an agreement with her best friend, Aaron Hill. Greta is twenty-one years old, works at a bar, and knows she wants to be a teacher when she gets out of college. One of Greta’s coping mechanisms is to help people instead of focusing on herself when she is struggling. She does that a lot in this book.
Likes
- She can take a lot from Aaron and handle it well
- Her big heart
- She can cuss like a sailor
- Smart
Dislikes
- Doesn’t talk to Aaron when she overhears something about him
Aaron Hill
Aaron Hill is the second point-of-view character that we met, and he is struggling with a lot of things throughout the story. He has been dealing with his dad having cancer, baseball practice, and trying not to do anything else that would give a person ammunition against him on the internet. Just like any other college student, Aaron is trying to keep his scholarship together and not fall in love with Greta.
Likes
- His has a foul mouth
- Is scared of rollercoasters
- Smart
- Is loyal to Greta even though he is not one for relationships
Dislikes
- Doesn’t know how to keep his mouth shut.
Four Stars
I am giving The Game Changer by Jaqueline Snowe four stars. The story is a wonderful coming of age story. Greta and Aaron are great characters and I enjoy reading about college life.
It’s different than what I’m used to reading. It had a bit more cussing and sex scenes in it then I usually read. However, I am recommending it to all new adult contemporary romance lovers out there.
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Thank you for stopping by. I hope that you enjoyed this review of The Game Changer by Jaqueline Snowe.
Until the next time,
Happy Reading!
About Jaqueline Snowe
Jaqueline Snowe lives in Arizona where the “dry heat” really isn’t that bad. She enjoys making lists with colorful post-it notes and sipping on coffee all day. She has been a custodian, waitress, landscaper, coach, and a high school teacher. Her life revolves around 200 high school kids, her two dogs who don’t realize they aren’t humans, and her wonderful baseball-loving husband.
Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
- 2019 Contemporary Romance Reading Challenge
- 2019 Goodreads Reading Challenge
- 2019 New Release Challenge
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