ARC Review: The Perfectly Imperfect Match (Suttonville Sentinels #3) by Kendra C. Highley
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Series: Suttonville Sentinels #3
Author: Kendra C. Highley
Published July 10th 2017 by Entangled Teen (Crush)
Goodreads Synopsis
Pitcher Dylan Dennings has his future all mapped out: make the minors straight out of high school, work his way up the farm system, and get called up to the majors by the time he’s twenty-three. The Plan has been his sole focus for years, and if making his dreams come true means instituting a strict “no girls” policy, so be it.
Lucy Foster, needlepoint ninja, big sister to an aspiring pitcher, and chicken advocate, likes a little mayhem. So what if she gets lost taking her brother to baseball camp…at her own high school? The pitching coach, some hotshot high school player, obviously thinks she’s a hot mess. Too bad he’s cute, because he’s so not her type.
Problem is, they keep running into each other, and every interaction sparks hotter than the last. But with Dylan’s future on the line, he has to decide whether some rules are made to be broken…
Disclaimer: This book contains a crazy night of moonlit skinny-dipping, a combustible crush, and kisses swoony enough to unwind even the most Type A athlete.
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Review
I received an Advance Reader Copy from the author via NetGalley. This in no way impacted on my view.
I've been blitzing through this series again when I realised I hadn't finished the last book, and I've rediscovered my love of contemporary, especially the ones that Entangled publish.
This time around, we have the story of Dylan, who we saw in the previous book, Swinging at Love. Last time we saw him, he was coming to terms with the fact that the girl he had had a crush on was Alyssa, who his best friend, Tristan, is now dating. He's decided that dating just isn't for him, not right now when he needs to focus on his future, and get himself in the best shape to impress scouts and hopefully get signed with a baseball team. Over the summer, he's leading a summer camp, coaching youngsters in pitching, both to keep him occupied and in shape, and also to look good to anyone who might be looking, whether that be other teams, or colleges like his parents want.
Lucy is the polar opposite to Dylan. She's more carefree in her life, tries not to take everything serious, and likes to find the fun in life. Working in her mam's craft store, creating her own pieces that aren't conventional, help her pass the time over the summer, and forget how sad she's feeling that her dad is stationed abroad, and has been the past few months. When her mam ropes her into taking her younger brother, Otis, to and from summer baseball camp, she finds herself getting closer to Dylan, and opposites attract.
Obviously, not everything can be perfect, and there's stormy weather ahead. Being different might work, but it might also be the very thing that will cause them to fall apart. And how about Otis' hero worship of Dylan? Will that cause them to have issues in their behaviour.
I still think that the first book in this series was my favourite, but I definitely enjoyed this one. Both Dylan and Lucy were good and reliable narrators, with funny sides, and serious sides, and they felt like real people. I could definitely relate to both of them at times: with Dylan about being so serious about the future, and with Lucy having a dad in the military. I could see the chemistry between them from the first time they met, which wasn't quite the perfect first meeting, but I was rooting for them. Having the angst done in the way that it was, was the perfect way that Kendra could've written this story, and now that I've read all three books in the Suttonville Sentinels series, I'm looking forward to more from her in future.
Dates Read:
January 6-9, 2020
Rating
4 Stars
January 6-9, 2020
Rating
4 Stars
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