Bronx is your superstar college football player who finds his lab partner in the pre med quiet girl, Olivia. While everyone knows his reputation, he falls hard for Olivia relatively fast. Naturally they both have people trying to sabotage them and they both have secrets.

Although the build up was a slow burn, the way the author Nicole ties it up at the end is gold. I loved learning Olivia's back story. The suspense of it was killing me bc I knew it was going to be good.

This story had an outstanding balance of sweet mixed with spice. It was pleasurable to read, and the characters were likable. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

A love story told in first person by the male's POV. Sold!

Bronx is the typical stereotype ass on the football team. He's sleeping around with multiple women and has zero relationship commitments planned out for a while—even though the one he sleeps around with the most is starting to get attached. However, I love that he keeps making it clear to her that he isn't toying with her. A+ Lol (You don't see this much in other books.)

During his anatomy class, the getting-attached girl practically pouts for him to become his lab partner. However, he keeps a distance and chooses to sit with the "nerds" for an easy grade. Enter our FMC, who is a STEM pre-med student! (It's giving Author Ali Hazelwood vibes.) And she doesn't give a fuck about Bronx being the football superstar.

And if the title didn't give it away, there are some scars that they will need to overcome. There are a couple of twists that I love! I won't get into it, so I don't spoil it, which is why this review is a little shorter than my norm. But it's for good reason! Lol

My only nitpick is Goodreads, which says it's 352 pages. It felt longer. (It took me a couple of days to physically read than I had guessed.) I received this as an ARC—this review is 100% my own, thoughts and opinions—but I'm unable to get an ebook page number as of the proper ARC reader setting. I also think it took a while to get through Bronx Scars, which is 100% valid and is filled with good-to-know information, but once you get through it, the rest of the novel's pace moves faster.

Overall, if you love Ali Hazelwood STEM novels, you'll like Scars of Anatomy!

While this book had some really cute aspects to it, it ultimately fell really short for me. It was very repetitive and the lines "rat boy" and "beady little eyes" were written every other page and it constantly made me roll my eyes. Also, this book is labeled as spicy and under the erotica category on NetGalley when there is virtually no spice and the "spice" that's written is closed door.

Thank you NetGalley for this ARC!

I simply loved this book. Hero’s POV with heroine POV bonus chapters. This is a classic college romance centered around a jock and a smart wallflower. Watching them fall in love from Bronx’s perspective only was different than what I’m used to and I have no complaints! It’s not often a romance can really surprise me, but this one had some great moments. Can’t wait to recommend to my friends!

This book really surprised me!
I have never read a single POV modern romance before where it’s the man’s POV.
I will say though, I half hated the guy for the first half of the book. He seemed like a jerk who just used people and couldn’t make up his mind. Then you get to know him more and he’s just a guy who’s trying to dig his way out of his own personal hell. But he needs someone to believe in him to do so, the real him, not just the idea of him or the status he brings.

I saw the first plot this coming by a mile (thanks years of grey’s anatomy) but the second twist I did not!!!!!

Then the whole evil revenge plot?! WTF?! You can’t be nice to anyone these days!!!!

So you might be thinking of DNF when Bronx is still working through his issues but push through! He figures it out!

Thank you to Netgalley for an early copy in exchange for an honest review.

Scars of Anatomy is an interesting addition to the romance genre. Told from the MMC's POV entirely gives this story an interesting perspective. Bronx and Olivia's relationship is a cute ride and while there a definitely some issues with pacing it was an enjoyable read

I loved that the book was written in the MMC POV. Getting his thoughts and feelings throughout the interactions with the FMC and her friends, learning his life story as the book went on, and understanding his struggles through his eyes rather than being told about it through dialogue. I love when the MMC falls first and the slow burn friends to lovers within an academic setting. There wasn’t high pressure on the academics where the athlete NEEDS a tutor but he asks for the FMC’s help as a way to spend time with her.

You reach a part of the book where everything falls into place and wonder how you still have so much left to read, everything feels pretty much resolved. Those last handful of chapters beautifully tie the two love interests together in a way I wasn’t expecting and left me in tears, the good kind.

I’ve already recommended this to my friends. Best romance I’ve read in months.

Scars of Anatomy is a quick, sweet and spicy read. Bronx and Olivia are the quinticential opposites attract couple representing a brainiac pre med student and a loose college football star. This book was an interesting change from other romances I’ve read as it’s from the MMCs perspective. We see Bronx battling between being a player (on and off the field) and his newfound friendship and interest in Olivia. Olivia is quiet, smart, and loyal to her family and friends (to her own detriment as we see with Quinton). They battle various barriers to their blooming romance and learn to let down their walls. The tension around the side characters trying to break them apart was great to keep you hooked on the story and root for Bronx and Olivia to work out. I had a hard time liking Bronx in the beginning of the book when he was making certain choices with other women but it was nice to see his character arc and how he opened up.

Though this book explores some heavy topics like child abuse, it was an easy read for when you need a break from life. If you like slow burn sickly sweet romance with some outside drama this is a good read for you.

In terms of what I didn’t love:
Sometimes Bronx and Olivia’s interactions were too sweet for me and because of that a little flat. There were moments of great chemistry but it felt a little too slow to build for me. The ending was a little rushed for me but it was a nice wrap up to a cute college romance with some deeper topics explored.