Fan girl Down is a golf sport romance with a grumpy sunshine theme that melts the hardest heart . Wells Whitaker is a down on his luck golf professional who is failing to win any major tournaments. His biggest fan, Josephine Doyle supports him even when everyone else has turned their back on him . This is a story of friendship, endurance, struggles, pain and emotional abuse. Josephine agrees to be Wells’ caddie and his game improves . She financially benefits from his comeback and their relationship becomes complicated. He finds it challenging to balance his emotions without her guidance and sacrifices must be made. This book makes golf sound interesting and Wells is the ultimate hero of this romcom. Fun and filled with sweet banter a happy ever after is found for this adorable Californian girl .

Thanks to netgalley or providing me with this ARC!

Bless her dirty talk loving little heart, Tessa Bailey NEVER lets us down. I was lucky enough to get an ARC of Fan Girl Down, Tessa’s new release (coming out TODAY) and was so pumped to read it.

FMC Josephine “Belle” is the number one fan of the grumpiest man in golf, MMC Wells Whitaker. Though he was once at the top of his sport, Wells has been declining in the past few years and getting more and more jerk-y, alienating fans and colleagues alike, until there is only one left - Belle. While initially Wells resents her and her belief in him, he simultaneously can’t let her fully down. When a storm comes through and decimates Belle’s family’s pro shop, Wells attempts to play nice with the PGA to get back on tour and with Belle as his caddy, help her get the money she needs to re-build and take proper care of herself.

So, it’s only February but I’m placing my money on Wells as the best MMC of the year. Definitely top 5. The grumpiest, gooey-est, cinnamon roll!! I mean, he calls her parents to make sure he is supporting her diabetes, he values her and makes sure everyone knows it, and he is oh so honorable until the moment he becomes filthy. Tessa even made me care about golf! Obviously the most boring of all sports, yet somehow I’m all in! However, I’m absolutely more excited about her HOCKEY follow-up coming later in the year. She teased us with an intro to the characters in this one, and it’s gonna be amazing.

Never sleep on a Tessa Bailey romance, but defn move this up quick on your TBR!!

A sexy sports romance from Tessa Bailey?! Yes please!! This is my favorite book of hers since It Happened One Summer.

Josephine is adorable and lovable making it not cringe to be a Fangirl. Wells is a bad boy golf pro with dreamy grump vibes. I definitely added him to my book boyfriend list.

And I loved the cameo by Barnett & Tallulah who will be in The Au Pair Affair!

Read for:
⛅️ Grump Sunshine
⛳️ Gold Romance
🚹 He Falls First
🙌🏼 His Biggest Fan
🛌 Forced Proximity

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 / 5
Spice Level: 🌶️🌶️ / 5

4 ✨

Tropes:

♡ Grumpy/sunshine
♡ Sports romance (golf)
♡ Forced proximity
♡ She’s his number one fan
♡ He falls first
♡ Bad boy golfer
♡ Touch her and die

A new series from Tessa and gosh this was a pretty great start to it! I’ve been waiting for this fangirl fantasy to happen in a romance and who’s better to write it than Tessa? No one if you ask me! This is also my first golf romance, but I’m not a complete stranger to golf as a sport since my mom played a lot of golf while I was growing up. I absolutely loved the vibes of the insta lust in this book and that Wells just couldn’t stand to be away from Josephine.

Josephine Doyle is Wells Whitaker’s biggest fan, she’s always cheering on him no matter the circumstances and Wells is well aware of her. Wells has had a bad season and to better himself he asks Josephine to be his caddie and that will help her with her medical bills and her golf shop that just flooded. Now Josephine and Wells has to spend a big deal of time together in hotels and on the golf course, and who’s to say that they won’t hit an ace relationship wise?

Fangirl Down was just the epitome of a cute smutty romcom that Tessa is a genius at writing. It had a lot of heart, humor and personality to it. There’s also a lot of diabetes representation since Josephine has type 1 diabetes and as someone who didn’t know much about it, it was very enlightening to get a little sense of what it is and how it affects someone that has it. Thea whole plot about Josephine finally coming to her own and not just being the fragile little thing that her parents put on her was one of the best parts of the book. You could really tell that she was trying to live her life to the fullest with Wells and this book did a great job at portraying that just because you have a lot of stuff to deal with, you can still live your life the exact way you want to.

But gosh Josephine and Wells’s relationship was literally off the charts if that even can do it!!! Wells was definitely obsessed with Josephine from the get go and who doesn’t love a good he falls first romance, am I right? Their chemistry was insane and the smut? First class!!! But I wasn’t expecting anything less than first class when it comes to a TB book.

I'm honestly convinced that Tessa Bailey can do no wrong. I have LOVED every single book of hers that I have read. This one was no different. Miss Tessa Bailey did it y'all she made golf hot
I was kicking my feet and screaming while reading this book.
The banter is just *chefs kiss*
My favorite quotes:
- She was ... fangirling? For another golfer?
Envy dug into his throat like a rusty nail
-"Josephine, I need to know you're mine, so I can concentrate"
-"You're wearing a uniform with my name on it, belle. There is nothing hotter."
-He wouldn't fail at making her moan. He'd be the fucking master at that
-"You want a picture of me dropping trou?"
-"Good girl."
-"Lean back against me. I'm going to open this robe like a fucking Christmas present."
stated kissing. my naiver done that softched off when we
-"You have no idea what it's like to miss you, baby. No fucking idea."
If y'all want spice this book has you covered! It was giving the type of cross your legs and hope to god your undies are up to the test kind of spice.
I will also be needing the Au Pair Affair IMMEDIATELY. (Little grabby hands)

Loved it.

Totally loved it.

Bubble butts, Wells being totally obsessed, almost feral.... yes, yes please. Josephine was such a great character, I loved the disability representation, I love the mental health rep for our MMC, and the chemistry and banter were off the charts. It was legitimately funny, and that is not always the case with Rom Coms. It was very easy read for me, and I had a hard time putting it down. Loved pretty much everything about it.

**chefs kiss**

Thank you to Negalley and Avon/Harper for an e-copy.

Oh wow. I loved this one so much! Who knew golf could be so schmexy?!
Wells, my man, welcome to the
book boyfriend club.
I really enjoyed the fact that the grumpy guy fell hard and fast! The fact that he is SO grouchy and then immediately becomes this pile of mush on the floor when she's around..* insert girly giggles* There was no slowly coming around, that man fell FAST and I am here for it!!!
I CANNOT wait until the next book in the series (which I have also snagged the @netgalley ARC for @)!

🏌️ Book Review 🏌️

Wowzers was this one a good time! Happy pub day to Fangirl Down and @tessabaileyisawriter! 🥳 This was one of my most anticipated reads of the year and it surpassed all of my expectations.

✔️ Sports romance
✔️ Grumpy/sunshine
✔️ It's a Bet
✔️ Protective Over Her

-summary-
Wells is the bad boy of the golf world, made even more surly by her flagging career. He had one superfan, Josephine, who he drove away by being especially mean. When both he and Josephine hit their lowest points career-wise (her family business needs an influx of money), he asks her to be his caddy and they'd split any prize money. Great idea except working together ignites lusty feelings as well as falling-in-love ones which complicates both of their lives in the best ways.

-my thoughts-
Fangirl Down was pure delight from start to finish and kindq convinced me that golf is a hot sport.

I love a grumpy/sunshine story but Josephine was more than a sunshine, cheering for Wells on the sidelines. She was Yoda too, calming his brain and breathing confidence back into him.

Their chemistry was through the roof and yes, the spice was excellent including one particular scene that I cannot stop thinking about. Still, my favorite moments were the ones where Wells was downright delighted by her (an adorable golfing scene), where Wells was worried about her (racing to be by her side), and where Wells realized how much he wanted her to be a permanent part of his life.

Pick this one up - highly recommend! 5⭐️! Swipe to see the cute Valentine I got with my preorder from @booksaremagic featuring Myles from My Killer Vacation!

Steam 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Banter 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
Swoon 💕💕💕💕💕

Tessa Bailey books is the secret ingredient on spicing up a relationship! I can see why she has such a loyal fan base and I look forward to reading more of her work. Thanks netgalley & the publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This book was easily my favorite of the year so far! Laugh out loud funny and full of heart and joy. Also, the spicy scenes are spicy y'all lmao.

The audiobook narrator was also fabulous!!

rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⁠⁠⭐️⁠⁠⭐️⁠⁠
vibes: ⛳️🏌️👗💉🏆🍑
genre: contemporary romance ⁠
spice: 🌶️⁠🌶️🌶️

"I love to be ruined by you. Bring it the f*ck on."

Swoon! I wasn't exactly sure how this kind of trope would work. I haven't read many celebrity/non-celebrity relationship tropes. But, in true Tessa Bailey fashion, she brought it all - and of course, ALL THE SPICE! You can always count on Tessa to deliver. I really enjoyed this one and I loved that he fell first! I appreciate the mental health representation for Wells, and the chronic illness of Josephine being brought to the forefront. A great read, with true Tessa Bailey spice :)

Absolutely loved this !! One of the funniest books I’ve read and the spice was actually crazy 😂 In my top 3 Tessa Bailey reads for sure

if anyone was going to write a golf romance it was going to be tessa bailey!! her humor and writing is like no one else’s and she’s such a comfort author to me at this point….i long for her stories! this book is very insta lovey but honestly that’s what tessa is known for but it works! i think wells may be my new favorite mmc!

Somehow I misread the cover and had no clue that this was set around the world of professional golfing, a first for any romcom I know of. But it was nice to see a tenacious heroine who both was not afraid to be passionate and was also willing to draw reasonable emotional boundaries when her beloved hero was determined to be a cad.

This is my favorite Tessa book so far!!! I loved loved loved the golf aspect and seeing the relationship blossom between the two main characters. I also loved how there wasn't truly a third act breakup, but there were valid concerns the FMC had and I loved that! Highly recommend! I can't wait for the next one in the series!!

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

This sports romance was EVERYTHING. The dual POV and the spice…😅 The chemistry the main characters of this book have is so good. I flew through this book and didn’t want it to end. Cannot wait to read the next book in this series!

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for an advanced digital copy in exchange for my honest review!!

I wasn’t sure how I’d feel going into a golf book. I grew up golfing but it was never really a passion. I’m happy this was less golf terminology and more about finding yourself again and finding your person. It was a bit corny (but still so cute) and molten levels of fire, exactly how I have come to rely on Tessa’s books.

This was such a fun time! Tessa Bailey's books always make me giggle and kick my feet and Fangirl Down was no exception. While Wells is gruff AF with everyone he encounters, his soft spot for Josephine gave me all the feels. I loved the internal monologue Tessa gave us for both Wells and Josephine, it really added to the humor of these two characters and made it so fun to root for their relationship.

Who knew golfers could be so damn sexy?!? If Tessa Bailey is writing it, of course it can be. Tessa continues to write some of my favorite romances and Fangirl Down was another absolute winner. Wells and Josephine were so much fun to read about and I cannot wait for book two in this series!

4.5 stars

Thank you to Avon for an advanced copy. All opinions are my own.

My thoughts 💭

Spicy, bingeable read but I’m not quite Fangirling over this one. The spice be spicing in this one, so watch out 🌶️

Things I loved -
- Grumpy/sunshine: I just love a broody, tattooed MMC 😏
- The setting: I really enjoy golf and thought it was fun to see a bad boy golfer romance! Especially while watching the Waste Management Open last weekend!
- Disability rep: FMC has type 1 diabetes and really wonderfully embodies strength and courage as she doesn’t let this hold her back in the slightest!

What I wish -
- I feel like I never really connected with Wells’ backstory
- I really disliked the over obsessive fangirling in chapter 1 and almost DNF’d 😂 luckily it was a quick turnaround

Do I recommend? Yes, if you like spicy sports romances and grumpy/sunshine trope.

Overall, not my favorite by TB but a quick, steamy read. I am very much looking forward to the second book in this sports romance series, The Au Pair Affair!

My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Thank you to the tagged publisher and NetGalley for an advanced galley in exchange for an honest review.