This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A quiet, character-driven 2011 celebrity romance: a closeted, retired movie star hires her daughter’s kindergarten teacher as a summer nanny. Readers love the characters, the cute kid and the Hawaii trip; many struggle with … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A quieter post-World Cup instalment with more relationship and less soccer than book five. Readers who have followed Jamie and Emma this far enjoy the time with them, but many call it the weakest … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: The payoff the series has been building to — Jamie and Emma at the 2015 World Cup. Fans who love the USWNT call it thrilling, like reliving the tournament; readers who came for the … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A short, soccer-heavy fourth instalment in which a new national team coach reshuffles everything before the 2015 World Cup — satisfying for fans who love the team politics, but the book stops before Canada, … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: The book where Jamie and Emma are finally a couple — and, for many readers, the series’ first real lull. Fans love watching the relationship work, and the women’s-soccer detail stays excellent, but a … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: The Girls of Summer series grows up: ten years after book one, Jamie and Emma are professional players meeting again at a US national team camp. Less angsty and more rewarding than Training Ground … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A well-written, emotionally intense YA opener about two teenage soccer players whose long-distance friendship becomes first love — knowledgeable about the sport and honest about hard things, but it is book one of six, … Read more