I very much wanted to enjoy this book. I got an early copy but I struggled to get into it. I think that I was not the ideal demographic for this.
There are a lot of people out there that I am sure would enjoy this insta-love kind of story, but it's not for me.

Another fun and steamy romance by Tessa Bailey. If you're looking for a low stakes spring/summer read, look no further. This can be read as a standalone but also as a supplement to her previous two sports romances. There's a little bit of forbidden romance, a little romantic comedy and a lot of spice!

This book was absolutely amazing and everything I ever wanted! I’ve never really been a fan of the step-sibling type of trope but this was done so well!

Have thoroughly enjoyed the Big Shots series, but I was little hesitant about this one. I should’ve known better than to doubt Tessa Bailey! I loved how protective, yet encouraging Sig was with Chloe and how Chloe craved her independence. Can’t wait for the next book in this series! Thanks to the publisher for the advanced reader copy!

Thank you to the author, publisher and @netgalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Oooooh @tessabaileyisanauthor goes there with Sig and Chloe 🥵 We meet them earlier in the Big Shots series, so you know a little about them coming in to this if you read Fangirl down (4 stars from me) and The Au Pair Affair (5/5 cause BURGESS). We are also going to be BLESSED with books 4 and 5 of this series (cue fangirl screaming 🙀).

Sig is everything. Sig is perfection. Sig is stuck between and rock and a hard place and chooses LOVE.

Chloe is an uber talented, manic pixie girl without a clue and Sig is basically her knight in shining armor. BUT they’re future step-siblings so nothing can happen right? TESSA NOTHING CAN HAPPEN RIGHT?

Their chemistry was off the charts for me and I’d wholeheartedly recommend this for the vibes and the naughtiness 😉

While hockey romance usually isn’t my cup of tea, Tessa Bailey does a great job hooking me in with this book. I didn’t know this was part of an interconnected series when I started but I still got the gist of what was going on even without it. The romance is believable and the chemistry is there.

Story Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (0-5)
Narration: 🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧 (0-5)
Overall: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 (0-5)
Steam: 🔥🔥🔥☄️ (0-5) I bump up for public-ish places.

What I’m Starry-Eyed Over:
🤩 This is definitely my favorite in the Big Shots series—all the feels and not a dull moment. It’s a total standalone, so you can start right here.
🤩 The duet narration by Callie Dalton & Teddy Hamilton is fabulous, fun, and oh so hot!
🤩 The meet-cute/sweet between Chloe & Sig. How the title comes into play.
🤩 This line in Teddy’s voice: “Come to Boston. I’ll let you watch me do whatever you want.”
🤩 Forbidden romance—step siblings.
🤩 The painful slow burn with so much deep longing, so good and strong with all the tingly, lusty goodness. They have the best chemistry and tension. So much we can’t but we want.
🤩 Sig is total book boyfriend material with all of his love and care, even period care snuggles. I just love how he supports Chloe in her harpist dreams.
🤩 I love this quote from Chloe: “Out of everything I’ve ever had, you are the nicest.”
🤩 The good girl moment.
🤩 Chloe the hockey ref heckler—hilarious!
🤩 Oh, goodness, the jersey moment is an extra hot one.
🤩 The finally and double dirty talking combination is so worth-it!

What I’m Wishing/Dizzy About:
💫 I’m a sucker for sneaking around in a costuming room, but I wished it could have been a little longer, more savored and detailed.

I got the chance to read this one early and held off writing a review for awhile. This book was just not for me. I’m giving it 3 stars because it was well written and I’ve read things I enjoyed from this author before but this one was not it. I want to clarify, I think it’s totally on me that I didn’t enjoy it. The storyline itself seemed okay and it was very clearly advertised that the FMC is a “manic pixie dream girl” but I’m not sure I’ve ever read that sort of character before and it turns out I’m not a fan. The extreme flighty-ness and refusal to take personal responsibility were just not for me. Along with the MMC’s Insta love, which is a trope I’m never super into, this book just wasn’t my jam.

Sig and Chloe forbidden love story made me feel so many emotions. I loved the fact that he was always supporting her without cutting her wings, and how he help her gained more confidence in her herself after being vey deprived by her own mother. I really liked the story and it was very easy to follow and the slow burn was so good, definitely made the story very entertaining.
I will highly recommend this book to my customers and friends.

This was a SLOW SLOW SLOW burn and I loved every second of it! I loved that we really got to know Sig and Chloe. We met them in The Au Pair Affair and got to know them even better in Dream Girl Drama. I love that it's a true series. The romance between Sig and Chloe was deep going beyond the physical. This was a great read and I highly recommend it!

I loved this book. Thank you NetGalley for my ecopy!!

I kinda expected the plot twist at the end, because how else was their love story going to be solved. I didn’t understand the character development with the dad though. One minute he’s an asshole and at the end he is all apologizing and everything. I don’t think that flowed well, especially with everything going on. It just didn’t seem realistic. But I loved the relationship between the two main characters. Chloe was cute if not a little dumb. I’m glad how everything turned out though. I loved the MMC, I don’t get why everyone was calling their parents for their first name. The dad made sense but if mom was always there then why?

Whew, Tessa Bailey knows how to write a romance! I love her sports romance books. You fly through them and they have a great amount of spice. I love that this book had a lot of tension and build up which really made the book even more entertaining. I loved the banter and I laughed out loud multiple times. I am never disappointed in Tessa. Thanks to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for this ARC!

This book was so good! I loved it so much!!!! Tessa Bailey never fails me and if we can't get consistency outside of books, at least I can count on Tessa.

I love Tessa Bailey books. I love the relationship between the characters in the short series. I love the steamy scenes. I love the plots. All of it.

I did not love Dream Girl Drama, which I had been excited to read after having read the first 2 books in the Big Shots series (Au Pair Affair - 5 stars) and Fan Girl Drama (5 stars). I just couldn't get into it. I made it about a 1/4 to 1/3 of the way through the book and decided that I had better books to read. I'm sorry. I just can't recommend this book, but I look forward to reading Bailey's next book.

Thank you NetGalley and Harper Collins for allowing me to read this ARC.

I really enjoyed this cute Tessa Bailey hockey romance. I did have a hard time with the whole they can’t be together because they are soon to be step siblings. They arnt related so I’m not sure why it matters to everyone. But besides that the characters had great chemistry. I enjoyed this more than the first book in the series. Thanks to NetGalley, Tessa Bailey and the publisher for an arc in exchange for my review. 3.5 stars

Tessa Bailey strikes again with Dream Girl Drama, serving up a delicious cocktail of chaos, chemistry, and heart. The story follows a heroine who’s equal parts quirky and messy, making her both relatable and delightfully unpredictable. The banter is snappy, the steam is top-tier (as expected from Bailey), and the romantic tension is thick enough to spread on toast. The hero? Swoon-worthy but flawed, giving just the right amount of broody charm without tipping into cliché territory.

While the plot occasionally takes a few detours into melodrama, the emotional payoff makes it worth the ride. Bailey’s signature blend of humor and heat keeps the pages turning, and the side characters add an extra dash of fun. It’s the perfect pick for when you’re craving a little escapism with a lot of heart—and some seriously spicy moments.

First of all, I love Tessa Bailey! Her books have likable characters & always make me laugh. I love when a romance has plot outside the FMC/MMC’s romance.

However, when it comes to instalust/instalove, I am not a fan. I need angst, yearning & all that but not 5 seconds after the MMC sees our FMC for the first time. If the instalove trope is an ick for you like it is for me, this might not be the book for you!

It is still an entertaining story, as are all of TB’s books I’ve read so far!

This has been a fun series to read, although I don’t think you really need to read the previous to read this one. However, this book was personally not for me. I LOVED the previous tessa bailey books I’ve read so I was SO excited to get an ARC of this one, but unfortunately it wasn’t for me. I am personally not a big fan of insta-love and kinda get the ick from it, so that was a big issue for me from the beginning. I also was just REALLY not a fan of Chloe. When I dislike a character (that’s not meant to be disliked per se), it impacts my thoughts on the book overall and I think that ultimately was the case here.

All that being said, I was excited for the taboo aspect (I’m a fan of the step siblings trope oops), but like I mentioned earlier the insta love kind of ruined that for me as well.

While this one wasn’t for me, I’m excited for her next book and all the ones to come!

(I did not share this review anywhere else as I don’t like to share reviews on socials that are below 3 stars)

Tessa Bailey is one of my favorite authors, her books never disappoint!
In this hockey romance, a hockey player named Sig meets the girl of his dreams, a beautiful harp player named Chloe when his car breaks down at her country club. They share some champagne and kisses under the moonlight. They can hardly wait to see each other again, but first Sig has to have dinner with his father.
Sig is surprised to see Chloe sitting at his table, and they’re both shocked when his father and her mother announce their engagement!
Now, based on his dad’s past behavior, Sig can’t date Chloe in case his father is just using her mother. Sig helps Chloe get set up to go to school in Boston, and their relationship deepens as time goes on. I liked the journeys they both had to go on to get to their relationship as adults.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley, I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

I LOVE A HOCKEY ROMANCE! However, insta-love is not my favorite and I neither is step sibling romance. As usual, Tessa Bailey has me both giggling and cringing, and I love her for that! The main characters were not my favorite (she was not independent, at all and he was immature.

Thank you to NetGalley, Tessa Bailey and Avon and Harper Voyager for the ARC!