This was a great read. I love sports related romance, so this was sort of perfect for me. That being said, I really hated Rae. I think that's the reaction the author was going for, but my disdain for her was so immense that I wished she hadn't even been in the book. Otherwise it was a decent read. I'll definitely look for the rest of the series!

Not for me......I read about 50 pages of this One and I couldn’t get hooked. It was really difficult for me to connect with a female character that had no personality. It was like there was no spark in her. And the trope was what I was hoping would save some part of the book but it just didn’t work for me

Gah. I think I have to stop volunteering to read Brea Brown books. I love the premise of this book. Star Quarterback meets regular gal. It sounds like a win!! The problem is - I just didn't like Maura or maybe it was Brea Brown's portrayal of Maura.

Maura is what you would describe as a pretty average person. She is tall, pretty, but not driven or goal oriented at all. She has been floating along in life working at a job unconnected with her college education - but not having any strong ambition to go further. Jet is the star quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs. He is looking towards the end of his professional football career and making plans for the future. He is driven, goal oriented, and focused. Pretty much Maura's opposite.

I don't think there is any problem with not being driven and being happy just the way you are. What bugged me was that everyone in Maura's life, including Maura, seemed to think that there was. So much so that by the time we meet her, she had developed somewhat phobic tendencies towards anything that even looked like traditional success or more responsibility.

It felt like she and Jet were primarily interested in each other for reasons other than just liking each other.

Overall - I just couldn't get into this story and skimmed most of it. Fans of Brea Brown and this writing style will most likely gobble this down - but it just wasn't for me.

I received an ARC of this from NetGalley, but these opinions are all my own..

I couldn't finish this book - and I gave it the old college try. I just couldn't connect to the main character. I was over 50% into this book and couldn't make a connection to the character. I just kept waiting for this book to hook me but unfortunately it never did.

The story of Maura and Jet was sugary sweet and a great read when you get in a slump where you need an easy light romance book. I love the dynamics of these characters and how "real" Maura is. She has no problem telling Jet how it is and how it is going to be. When she shares her insecurities with him in Hawaii my heart melted because his response was so sweet and how I think every woman wishes a man would be. I love how calm and apologetic he could be and how in the end he became friends with her best friend after he stood up for women in such a public forum. I love LOVE the new cover to this book and I hope the other 2 books in this series get an updated cover as well. I can not wait to continue the story of these 2 wonderful characters and their adorable pooch.

Thank you to NetGalley and Brea Brown for allowing me to read this book in exchange for my honest review and feedback.

Okay so I have a lot of mixed feelings about this book. There were parts that I really enjoyed and then there were parts that I just did not like at all. I'll start with the things I did like, I liked the writing style for the most part. It was written like a romcom and some lines were really funny and I liked the main character for the most part and Jet was really sweet and I really liked Colin. Not gonna lie for the first like 33% of this book I was convinced that she was going to end up with Colin instead and the whole thing with Jet was just not it for her because she was so wishy washy. Like I really didn't like that Maura was all over the place with the relationship because it made me feel uncertain and that's not really what I go for when reading a book. But I will give the author credit for the fact that she was able to create that feeling in me as a reader. Additionally, I just hated like all of the side characters except for Colin and Gidget. Like her brother was the worst and I was waiting for her to tell him off so much, and the same goes for Rae. I really didn't like Rae and meanwhile they were supposed to be best friends and Rae was tearing her down every second. I also just felt like the book was generally choppy, it jumped a bit all over the place, like there were a lot of points where I was like when did that happen? Did I miss something? It was nice that they stayed together for the whole book but overall I just felt the book was too long for not much to really happen. So I give it 2.5 stars.

Rating 4.25, excellent fun. It wasn't heavy but yet it dealt with insecurities and life felt wanting.

A woman, who rebels against her Type A family, not in a bad way but she's exactly the opposite in temperament. She meets the QB from her favourite football team and they start to date. She feels overwhelmed and at times wanting, though she tries to deny it to herself constantly.

The QB is a mix of spoiled little boy tactics to get his way and a mature caring man.

The strength of this book is how both characters walk a line that could easily get annoying but don't. Enjoyed it very much, but a 5 star ... just couldn't do it. I needed to care a bit more about the characters to pull it off. But this is a book I think I'd remember because it was fun and scattered and it dealt with one of my favourite sports themes in a romance. Fans of SEP's Chicago Stars would find a home with this book, not as good (Drama in this book isn't as high)... but an excellent substitute.

Enjoy it, I did!!

This book is basically about a rollercoaster relationship. Half of the time I was annoyed and the other half was really sweet. My overall opinion is that this book is a 5/10. I never want to read it again, but I didn’t hate every second of it. It was just often really annoying and I didn’t really care for any of the characters. I did really like the ending though, and there were definitely scenes that made the book stronger.

Maura: Maura was my worst nightmare. She didn’t really have much ambition or the courage to chase her dreams. She just exists. After beginning a relationship with Jet, she’s very hot and cold towards him. In one sentence, she doesn’t really care for him and then next, she wants nothing more than for him to kiss her. This doesn’t seem realistic because it’s shifting between apathy and feeling, rather than a variation of emotions. As it goes on, she definitely is developed more as a character. However, I was disappointed with the ending, because I expected her to create dreams and chase them. She ended up settling and instead continuing on.

Rae: I kinda hated her as a character. For someone who is supposed to be Maura’s best friend, she’s rude and is never there for Maura. Also, I thought her hatred of men was way too over the top, especially since she chose a profession of working for and with men (specifically athletes) as a trainer.

I had high expectations for this book and it just didn't do it for me. The cover is cute and the synopsis made me excited for a rom-com but this one fell short from the start. The first 50+ pages were spent trying to give backgrounds on the characters. Typically I am okay with this, but it did not flow well. She also would provide pages of detail towards Maura's job but then would skim through Maura and Jet's interactions with each other in the beginning, which is what I cared the most about. I liked the theme of making Rae a feminist and Maura independent and "normal" despite being with a NFL QB but she annoyed me a lot with how rude she could be towards Jet. Which brings me to Jet, he is a NFL QB, hot, family oriented and genuine. Yes he has a lot of good qualities but that made for zero drama and steam. The romance interactions just did not pull me in and make me wish I was Maura. I normally fly through books but this one took me a few days to finish. I never had that "omg I can't put this down" moment. I didn't hate it but I definitely did not love it and I do not have the urge to complete the series.

The story of Maura and Jet.

An enjoyable read.

I'm not in America, so didn't understand some of the football talk though!

Brea Brown’s ‘Out of My League’ was not quite what I expected. In some ways that’s a great thing; in other ways, it’s not-so-great.

Maura Richards lives in limbo. Jet Knox has all the plans. When a chance meeting at an event results in Jet’s pursuit of Maura, she’ll have to figure out what she actually wants out of life, and whether she wants Jet to be a part of it.

This novel follows Maura as she interacts with her family, friends, and love interest. Personally, I never really understood Maura as a character, and so some of her reactions and motivations throughout the story didn’t really resonate with me and were kind of irritating. However, I appreciate the fact that Brown doesn’t go the more traditional (if not slightly stereotypical) romantic route and throw two characters into bed within the first chapter or two. You see this relationship develop and experience growing pains and conflict. You see personal growth in both the heroine and the hero. Those elements brought some more depth and authenticity to the plot.

I feel like much of the romance genre can skew to being more explicit in its sexual content, and this book strays away from that model and leaves the sex off-book. There’s also no explicit language or swearing, which I think some audiences will appreciate. I’d probably categorize this more as a romantic dramedy than a straight-up romance. If you like a HEA but don’t love explicit sexy times, this just might be the book for you.

**I received an ARC of this novel, courtesy of NetGalley, in exchange for my honest review.**

2 stars
This book was very slow and unrealistic to me. I am a HUGE fan of football, and it just didn't do anything for me.

I received an ARC of this book to read through NetGalley in exchange for a fair review. Out of My League by Brea Brown is the first book in her The Underdog Series. A number of her books were acquired by Wayzgoose Press and have been re-released with some slight editing and new covers. Maura Richards graduated from college with a degree in film but has not done anything with her degree choosing instead to continue working at an employment agency as a career counsellor and not making the 5 and 10 year plans that her family would like her to make. She meets Jet Knox star quarterback of the Kansas City Chiefs at a Christmas party when she attends as the plus one of her best friend the teams trainer. They dance and he asks for her number but she expects nothing to come of it and so is stunned when several months later he calls and no one is more surprised than she is when the guy who has everything planned may just be the right one for the girl who never has a plan. I enjoyed this book very much. Medium Steam. Publishing Date November 19, 2019 #NetGalley #OutOfMyLeague #BreaBrown #WayzgoosePress #FootballRomance #ContemporaryRomance #bookstagram