I am a ride-or-die Jennifer Dugan fan for literal life so I was so excited to read her next book early. As always, I really enjoyed it and it was serving sapphic excellence. Both of the main characters were really well developed outside of their romance, but I do wish there was more pining and slow-burn vibe because they got into a relationship really quickly. Other than that, I had fun and really enjoyed it!!

Jennifer Dugan is just the goat and that’s that. She writes these stories that wrap me up and suck me in and I end up wishing I lived in the world with the characters.

4.25⭐️
This book was so cute!!!

This YA sapphic novel featured June who is an athlete prodigy with a bit of a temper and Ivy who is planning on becoming a ref for the professional leagues and what happens when sparks start to fly!

They get off on the wrong foot and seeing player x umpire in their baseball sports era was SOO fun to read about. I loved their banter from the start and how they interacted with each other!


The writing was really funny as well!!

Another huge part of this book was how each character was dealing with grief in their owns ways. It was interesting to see the dynamic with each character.

-ya sapphic romance
-sports romance
-forbidden love
-player x umpire

Thank you penguin random house for the ARC!! #penguinrandomhousepartner