The angst was angsting!

Bailey continues to give readers what they want in the third book of the Big Shots series. With plenty of pining and heat, with just a hint of the taboo, Bailey’s fans and regular romance readers are sure to love Dream Girl Drama. (This one might sizzle too hot for those new to the genre so take care with recommendations.)

I’ve been interested in Sig and Chloe’s story since the first book of this series, and was so happy to get an advance copy and began reading once I got it; I wound up reading this over 3 days.

During reading:
This book, these characters… Tessa Bailey, did you decide to wreck us with the LONGING in this one? Because I’m 24% of the way in, and I’m already ¾ of the way to wrecked.

The we-can’t-be-together energy is seriously present here (although, I’ll be honest, I didn’t really get why they couldn’t be together).

Post reading:
Sig and Chloe are perfect together. Neither is perfect; Ms Bailey always really humanizes her characters and the result is always human characters with good sides and bad, but together they are.

I waited for this one, wanting to read it since readers were first introduced to these two characters in this trilogy? series? Anyway, I’d been looking forward to this one so much, and it didn’t disappoint.

Fun and recommended!



Thank you to Avon and NetGalley for the DRC

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher Avon and Harper Voyager for an advance reader’s copy in exchange for a honest review. Tessa Bailey has crafted a truly delight story. The third installment in the Big Shots series, Dream Girl Drama, we finally get to learn about Sig and Chloe. I suggest that if you have not read the other two books in the series, run and do so despite these books being stand alone. Overall, Sig and Chloe do not disappoint in this hot and spicy read.

The third book of Bailey's Big Shots series reads as a stand alone. There are spoilers for the second book but nothing major considering this is a romance series and an HEA/HFN is implied.

Sig is a professional hockey player and is off to have dinner with his father, with whom he has a strained relationship, when he truck breaks down. As he is trying to get a tow truck, he meets Chloe, a harp prodigy and socialite from a wealthy family. Their connection is instantaneous and hot and they're making plans to meet up later that evening, but first Sig has to go have dinner with his dad. Only when he shows up at the address his dad gave him, there is Chloe... and it turns out their parents are engaged and they're set to be step-siblings.

Bailey delivers a hot and spicy tale of forbidden romance between the gruff blue-collar hockey player and his "dream girl." Sig and Chloe are able to fight their attraction and growing feelings for each other, but for how long? And what happens when that attraction becomes apparent to those around them. And how can this story resolve itself and still keep a happy ever after?

I saw Bailey speak while on tour for the second book in this series, The Au Pair Affair, and based on the information she gave us, I'm pretty sure we meet the next couple in the series during a baseball game.

Overall: 4/5
Spice: 2.25/3

I always jump at the chance to read Tessa Bailey, and her latest book, "Dream Girl Drama," is the perfect example of why! The premise drew me in from the very beginning, and the sweet, swoony, and crazy storyline kept me hooked until the last page. As a fan of hockey romances, I was excited, and the big twist that Tessa Bailey incorporated into this story had me intrigued. As usual, I finished the book in record time! I have read all of the standalone books in this must-read series, and I am keeping my fingers crossed that there will be many more installments in the future.

I read the first two books in this series - enjoyed the first, did not enjoy the second, but seeing Sig and Chloe in the second one made me so curious about them I had to read their story!

I’ve never read step siblings in a romance and it made me very apprehensive at the morals in this situation lol but I literally could not put this down!!! Their connection was like love at first sight. I could feel their chemistry and connection by their first interaction which made most of the book so gut wrenching to read!

I did guess the end which didn’t hinder my reading experience and I’m so glad it ended that way!!! Overall I think it’s the best in the series which I am shocked to say!

This also had less spice than the other two which I appreciated!

Thanks to NetGalley for sending me this eARC. Wow. I was looking forward to this book ever since I finished the Au Pair Affair. And I am BLOWN AWAY. The tension and the relationship that we see grow between Sig and Chloe is incredible. The plot was truly one of the most interesting and captivating plots I had read in a long time. Tessa Bailey killed it again. Can’t wait for more!

The AuPair affair was not my favorite of the series but the one thing that came out of that book was that I couldn't wait to read the story of Sig and Chloe.
And this did not disappoint.

I love insta love. and I while the angst and chemistry and the spice was absolutely everything, i hated the reason for it. I mean, they were't related! Why was it such a big deal???

Anyhoo, this reminds me of why i do love a good Tessa Bailey Book. Highly recommend.

The title couldn’t be more fitting, so much drama! I have been dying to get the story of Sig and Chloe since we met them in the Au Pair Affair. I was intrigued by them and needed to know more. There story was so much more then I anticipated. I just loved them together. While the idea of future step siblings sounds absolutely NOT ok, once we get their meet cute and see their chemistry and utter devotion, the ick factor disappeared. I wanted so desperately for them to be together.

Sig a professional hockey player encounters car trouble on the way to meet his father’s girlfriend, forced to stop at a country club that wouldn’t allow him entrance, until Chloe a beautiful, sheltered harp prodigy seeing him struggle passes him off as a friend. They have an instant connection, fun, flirting, and hope of a future was only stopped when Chloe remembered she had somewhere to be. Hours later they realize her plans were the same as his, her mother was Sig’s fathers not girlfriend but fiancé.

Now under the realization that they are future step siblings, they know they can be nothing more than friends. But nothing can seem to keep them apart, at least until people take note of this strange relationship and their jobs are at risk.

I didn’t love how the story had me rooting for Sigs dad to be the bad guy he always thought he was. But in the end love found a way. The epilogue brought me so much happiness 😊and any book that references the movie Whiplash so many times you know just must be a winner!

I was really looking forward to this book which is part of a series. Unfortunately, I didn't enjoy it as much as the other two. The plot seemed unrealistic to me. It was nice to have previous character return. Thanks NetGalley for the advanced copy. #DreamGirlDrama # NetGalley

This was pure brain rot and yet Tessa always makes brain rot better than everyone else’s brain rot. I was honestly so in the mood for this and the insta love actually made sense for the story. Not in general, but definitely for the story. To make it about two people who are GOING to be step siblings, but they meet without knowing that and fall insanely in love. Then to make it clear that they are very not okay with becoming step siblings and that their main goal is to get it resolved by the end of the story is actually kind of genius?

I thought Chloe was a little too manic pixie dream girl and couldn't understand what was the big deal about their parents being together. It's not like they grew up as siblings. I have really loved some of Tessa Bailey's books, but this was a big disappointment.

Rating: 4.25

My Review- I was ready for their story to see how it turned out and was happy when I finished. Sig and Chole meet each other and suddenly have an attraction to each other, they want to meet later and they do but not how they think. Their parents are getting married and that means stepsiblings now they cannot show how much they care for each other, so Sig asks Chole to move to Boston so she can out her dreams. They do care for each other while I was reading but I did feel like it was more lust in the first half of the story later it got more focused on their love, that twist at the end was crazy and I did not see it coming I thought it will be something else but not that I had fun reading this story and can't wait for the next one.

I dove into this book so fast after it hit my Kindle. After reading The Au Pair Affair, I was fascinated by Sig and Chloe and their relationship. Their story did not disappoint! I loved it so much! They care for each other even though their love is forbidden as they are future step-siblings. Their tension and chemistry for each other were off the charts! The Big Shots series by Tessa Bailey is an absolute favorite of mine! Another great hit!

I already pre-ordered my B&N special edition copy.

Please read if you love:
-Hockey romance
-Forbidden love
-Found family
-Classical harpist
-Acts of service
-Golden Retriever x2

Cute and hot romance with two fun characters. There were a lot of lovely moments between the two, and I really enjoyed being more in this world!

Sig Gauthier meets his dream girl, Chloe, when his truck breaks down at a country club on the way to dinner with his estranged father and his father’s fiancé. With plans to meet later, Sig gets his truck fixed and heads to dinner. Unfortunately, once there, he discovers his dream girl is also his soon to be stepsister, Chloe Clifford. Chloe is a sheltered harp prodigy who dreams of getting out from under her mother’s thumb. Sig promises to help her.

I absolutely love this book and these characters. Dream Girl Drama is heartbreak in book form. Watching Sig and Chloe love each other and pine for each other through most of the book was so hard but also so very rewarding. I don’t think I’ve ever seen mutual pining and slow burn done half as well as Tessa Bailey did in this book. It’s just so beautifully done, as evidenced by the volume of tears I shed for these two. While very different from the first two books in the Big Shots series, it is just as good, and I would absolutely recommend you read it!

I think we have all been excited for a love story between Sig and Chloe. I was mostly unsure of how they would connect and what their story would unfold into. But what we get in Dream Girl Drama is not exactly what I expected.

Their parents are getting married. So after a very heated introduction at a country club, they discover their parents are in love and getting married. Which means that they can't. ANGST for days and months ensue. LONGING for weeks and chapters kept me reading. But there were times when I felt like this forbidden romance was over done. I read like a fiend. It was addicting and I binged like a champ. But at times texted friends and said "really?? this??"

So, while it was a quick and easy read, some parts were frustrating. Some of their problems were preventable and could have been fixed with a conversation and a plan. The planner heart in me struggled at times.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC! I knew instantly from reading about Chloe and Sig in Au Pair Affair that they were getting their own book and wow did it deliver!

Sig and Chloe meet at a country club before they are shocked to learn their parents are marrying each other and they will be step siblings very soon…They have to deny their feelings and just be friends while living in the same city. There was so much tension and longing. Their chemistry was unreal and I didn’t want to stop reading! I think this might be one of my favorite Tessa Bailey books. I also love all the supporting characters and how funny they are. I can’t wait for Skylar and Corrigans book! I love her hints of future couples in her books.

Sig’s possessiveness was just a bit too much for me, so that’s why I didn’t rate it a 5. I understand how it worked with Chloe’s character but I found myself rolling my eyes sometimes when it would be too much. Besides that, I couldn’t stop reading because I desperately wanted to see how they would find a way to be together. I did not expect that twist at the end! I can’t wait to read more in this series!

Sig and Chloe’s story was great

A cute read filled with drama and forbidden love and some funny parts

If you enjoyed Tessa’s other books you will love this

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon for the eARC in exchange for an honest review (my first!!)
This is a perfect example of a “potato chip” book - I devoured the whole thing in one sitting! Was there a lot of “nutritional value”? Not really. Did I have an awesome time consuming it? Absolutely. I love Tessa Bailey’s laugh-out-loud humor, the intense pining, and the complicated family dynamics. I wish that we had gotten MORE from both of our main characters, though. I feel like I still know very little about either of them apart from their financial situations and being obsessed with one another. The first half of the book felt rushed - I would have loved to spend more time in those six months they were falling in love with one another. I feel like Sig and Chloe were lacking the depth of our MMC & FMC of the first two Big Shots books. The back half was phenomenal, though, and I thoroughly enjoyed spending more time with Burgess and the Rookies - I neeeeeeeed Corrigan & Skylar’s story!