Homerun Proposal

By Maren Moore

Orleans University Book 1

Star rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Spice rating: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

Audiobook rating: 🎧🎧🎧🎧

Blurb

 The proposal was Score a homerun and take my virginity.

Except, my proposal went to the wrong brother.

It was supposed to go to my best friend, but as fate would have it, it fell into the hands of his infuriatingly hot, irritatingly charming older brother.

Lane Collins is Orleans University's All-Star baseball captain.

Cocky pitcher. Player on and off the field. The life of every party.

And the same guy I’ve crushed on in secret since we were kids.

He’s always been out of my league.

That is until he signs the dotted line on a proposal that wasn’t meant for him, and offers to teach me… everything.

The one and only condition?

We walk away once everything’s checked off.

Easier said than done when my heart is involved.

Now, it’s a whole new ballgame.

Genre: Contemporary Romance

 

Read if you Like:

👽 Baseball romance

👽 Spice tutor

👽 Brother's best friend

👽 Mutual pining

👽 Reformed playboy

My Thoughts:

I have heard great things about this book and the hype was totally accurate! I really enjoyed it!

Hallie is such a fun and unique character! I loved that she knew who she was even if she sometimes felt she was different. I think her feelings are pretty on-brand for an 18-year-old. I know I wasn't quite ready to fully be myself at 18. I also liked Lane and that even though he was an athlete he loved her for exactly who she was. The mutual pining was the cutest!

I am also a huge fan of spice lessons! I think they are always a fun trope for a story. I did have some mixed feelings about it in this case, because I felt like some of it wasn't completely realistic. She enjoyed things that I don't think most people would soon after losing their virginity and I do wish they had talked about consent to certain aspects of the spice a little more. That being said, I did really enjoy watching them realize their feelings and find how special sharing an intimate relationship with someone you care about can be.

Overall, I enjoyed this one and I think anyone who likes a new adult romance, sports romance, spice lessons and great characters will too! I'm really excited to read catching feelings!

🌶️🌶️🌶️ - This one has a handful of open-door spicy scenes. It is a bit of a slow burn with them waiting a bit to "go all the way".

🎧🎧🎧🎧 - I listened to the audiobook for this title and enjoyed it! Alex Kydd and Sarah McEwan did the narration. Both were new to me narrators but you may recognize Alex Kydd from Caught up by Liz Tomforde and Sarah McEwan from Saw You Swear by Megan Brandy. There were a few moments during the spicy scenes or when laughs were added that I felt like it was a bit overacted but it was a few minutes out of the whole audiobook.