Bumbled Love: plus-size sports romance by Lila RoseMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Sweet and Funny Romance
This works as a standalone, but it does have characters from the Polished P & P series making guest appearances. There is no cliffhanger.
Lila Rose does sweet, funny and hot romances incredibly well. It’s one of the things I like about her books and this one is no exception.
Brooke is a guidance counsellor at a high school and is best friends with Reagan. Reagan introduced her to Dustin a professional football player. They get on well and as Dustin is gorgeous and charming Brooke is attracted to him. When he asks her if she’s busy one lunchtime and asks for her help because he’s got to go to a luncheon she assumes she’s invited as his date, instead he’s expecting her to babysit his 6 year old son, Benjie. Though Brooke doesn’t get her date, she does have an amazing time with Benjie, who is adorable throughout the book.
Brooke and Dustin try to find their way through the initial misunderstandings and Brooke’s reluctance to get into a relationship because of her friendship with Benjie. It’s all very sweet and gently funny and eventually quite hot.
There are a few things I really liked about this book, the first is the Brooke is bi-sexual and it’s not a big deal. She’s had girlfriends and boyfriends and just wants to find someone special and settle down and have a family. The other thing that I really liked is that Dustin is still really good friends with Benjie’s mother. She’s around through the book and she and Brooke get on really well too. It’s refreshing to not have other woman drama in a romance and to see the grown-ups behaving like adults.
The supporting characters are important to the book and again that is one of Lila Rose’s strengths. ALL her characters are well thought out and interesting, no matter what amount they appear in the book.
The plot isn’t terribly complex and there is no real big drama involved. There is simply the journey the couple takes to get from strangers to their HEA. It’s light, entertaining and sweet in a way that doesn’t make your teeth hurt.
This book is a very good way to spend an afternoon.
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