I’m usually a huge fan of the fake dating trope, but in this case, the premise felt thin, and I found myself having to continuously suspend my disbelief about why they had to continue the illusion that it wasn’t real. I did like how Taylor and Jamar pushed each other physically - Rochon does a great job in the training scenes of ramping up the sparks as each main character notices new things they like about each other - but all the stuff about proper nutrition and buying healthy groceries weren’t all that interesting to me.īeyond that, though, the romantic conflict fell a bit flat for me. So the story of Taylor, a personal trainer who’s hired to get Jamar back into NFL-ready shape after an injury, isn’t usually a romance I’d pick up unless I loved the author. But mostly… it was okay, and after The Boyfriend Project, that was a bit of a letdown.Īdmittedly, part of it is that nerds just grab me more than athletes do, and sports romances aren’t usually my thing. And The Dating Playbook is a good novel - Rochon has a gift for sizzling chemistry, complex characters, and emotions that’ll rip your heart apart before putting it back together again. Farrah Rochon’s The Boyfriend Project was one of my favourite books the year it came out, so in fairness to The Dating Playbook, my hopes and expectations coming in were sky-high.
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