Hello Book Lovers!
So I have another review for you, one that I didn't expect to be able to review till March. But the lovely and kind Pamela Aares sent me an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
And let me tell you, Thrown By Love was just as good as Love Bats Last, if not better. Thrown By Love is Book #2 in Pamela Aares' Heart of the Game series.
Thrown By Love is Scotty's story, who you may remember from Love Bats Last. Scotty is Alex's Tavonesi's best friend and teammate. Scotty is a star pitcher who just got transferred to a new team, and team that Chloe McNalley just inherited. The brilliant cosmology professor never expected to be the owner of a baseball team, especially one that included Scotty Donovan. Sparks fly, tempers flare and forces try hard to keep these two apart.
Once again Pamela Aares writing is absolutely flawless, she sets the scene well and develops incredible characters. What I love most is how she writes strong female leads. In book one Jackie is a super smart marine animal vet, and in Thrown By Love Chloe is a physics professor who ends up running a baseball team. I find in a lot of romance novels the women are a little bit more demure and don't take control as often. So it is a very refreshing change to have really strong female leads, who are smart, independent, yet still desirable.
Another thing I have to mention again is the immense research that has gone into this novel. Like with Jackie and Alex's story there was a ton of scientific information that seemed completely factual. And I mentioned this in my previous review, but I love that Pamela Aares didn't just skirt around the science, she did actually divulge into it, not so much that it became boring but enough that it added integrity to the story. Not to mention her knowledge about baseball! I think her husband may work/have worked in baseball, there was a small mention of it at the end of Thrown By Love but I am not 100% sure, I will try and confirm with the author. Needless to say I feel like I have learned a ton about baseball even just reading these two books. As a reader you really get a personally insight into the inner workings of a baseball team, and everything that goes into it, and how just one bad apple can threaten a whole team.
So Pamela Aares gets a solid 10/10 for facts and research and doing her homework which is so impressive from a reader's standpoint.
There was one steam scene and it was amazing! It remained very classy but it was still super hot and very passionate. I feel like I actually know both Chloe and Scotty because the description and character development was so fantastic so I got really invested in the story and I was rooting for the HAE but I was also rooting for Chloe's success and for her to be strong enough to lead a baseball team. I couldn't imagine trying to corral that many men and deal with the press and everything else she had to handle. So once again Chloe is a super strong female lead which just makes me like the story even more!
I have a new found appreciation of the cosmos after reading Thrown By Love, if it wasn't overcast and -20 tonight I would probably lay under the stars. There is a point in the novel where they discuss a theory about the universe and earth, and for that alone you have to read the book because it was truly awe-inspiring. It makes me see the universe in a whole afferent way.
The scenery descriptions were absolutely on point, I felt like I was in Nebraska and in the stadium, and all of the different properties that she described. If you've read any of my previous reviews you know that perfectly balanced scenery description is the trademark of a great author in my opinion and Pamela Aares nailed it (pun totally intended :P)
And similarly to Love Bats Last there is an undercurrent of mystery and drama throughout the book in regards to Chloe's teams GM, so it added a little something more to the story because there is mystery and suspense interlaced with a wonderful romance story.
And as you will see in an upcoming review I have a thing where I like authors do discuss contraception because I think that matters. You may disagree but it a thing I have, can't explain it, I just like safe sex even if it's characters in a book. And blessedly Pamela Aares does mention condoms and I believe she did mention contraception in book one as well so she gets a gold star for that!
So I give Thrown By Love a solid 5 smarty stars with a bonus star for the author being so lovely and writing such a phenomenal book.
Thrown By Love will be available on March 6th so I will add the links as soon as it is available. The author was lovely enough to give me an Advanced Reader Copy in exchange for an honest review and I cannot express my gratitude enough!
Now mark March 6th on your calendar so you can buy this amazing book!
I hope you enjoyed this review! Thanks for reading and a special thanks to Pamela Aares for the giving me the opportunity to read and review Thrown By Love!
Peace, Love, and Cosmology Professors!
- Lady Literary <3
All opinions are my own, I do not own the image, no copyright infringement intended.
So I have another review for you, one that I didn't expect to be able to review till March. But the lovely and kind Pamela Aares sent me an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
And let me tell you, Thrown By Love was just as good as Love Bats Last, if not better. Thrown By Love is Book #2 in Pamela Aares' Heart of the Game series.
Thrown By Love is Scotty's story, who you may remember from Love Bats Last. Scotty is Alex's Tavonesi's best friend and teammate. Scotty is a star pitcher who just got transferred to a new team, and team that Chloe McNalley just inherited. The brilliant cosmology professor never expected to be the owner of a baseball team, especially one that included Scotty Donovan. Sparks fly, tempers flare and forces try hard to keep these two apart.
Once again Pamela Aares writing is absolutely flawless, she sets the scene well and develops incredible characters. What I love most is how she writes strong female leads. In book one Jackie is a super smart marine animal vet, and in Thrown By Love Chloe is a physics professor who ends up running a baseball team. I find in a lot of romance novels the women are a little bit more demure and don't take control as often. So it is a very refreshing change to have really strong female leads, who are smart, independent, yet still desirable.
Another thing I have to mention again is the immense research that has gone into this novel. Like with Jackie and Alex's story there was a ton of scientific information that seemed completely factual. And I mentioned this in my previous review, but I love that Pamela Aares didn't just skirt around the science, she did actually divulge into it, not so much that it became boring but enough that it added integrity to the story. Not to mention her knowledge about baseball! I think her husband may work/have worked in baseball, there was a small mention of it at the end of Thrown By Love but I am not 100% sure, I will try and confirm with the author. Needless to say I feel like I have learned a ton about baseball even just reading these two books. As a reader you really get a personally insight into the inner workings of a baseball team, and everything that goes into it, and how just one bad apple can threaten a whole team.
So Pamela Aares gets a solid 10/10 for facts and research and doing her homework which is so impressive from a reader's standpoint.
There was one steam scene and it was amazing! It remained very classy but it was still super hot and very passionate. I feel like I actually know both Chloe and Scotty because the description and character development was so fantastic so I got really invested in the story and I was rooting for the HAE but I was also rooting for Chloe's success and for her to be strong enough to lead a baseball team. I couldn't imagine trying to corral that many men and deal with the press and everything else she had to handle. So once again Chloe is a super strong female lead which just makes me like the story even more!
I have a new found appreciation of the cosmos after reading Thrown By Love, if it wasn't overcast and -20 tonight I would probably lay under the stars. There is a point in the novel where they discuss a theory about the universe and earth, and for that alone you have to read the book because it was truly awe-inspiring. It makes me see the universe in a whole afferent way.
The scenery descriptions were absolutely on point, I felt like I was in Nebraska and in the stadium, and all of the different properties that she described. If you've read any of my previous reviews you know that perfectly balanced scenery description is the trademark of a great author in my opinion and Pamela Aares nailed it (pun totally intended :P)
And similarly to Love Bats Last there is an undercurrent of mystery and drama throughout the book in regards to Chloe's teams GM, so it added a little something more to the story because there is mystery and suspense interlaced with a wonderful romance story.
And as you will see in an upcoming review I have a thing where I like authors do discuss contraception because I think that matters. You may disagree but it a thing I have, can't explain it, I just like safe sex even if it's characters in a book. And blessedly Pamela Aares does mention condoms and I believe she did mention contraception in book one as well so she gets a gold star for that!
So I give Thrown By Love a solid 5 smarty stars with a bonus star for the author being so lovely and writing such a phenomenal book.
Thrown By Love will be available on March 6th so I will add the links as soon as it is available. The author was lovely enough to give me an Advanced Reader Copy in exchange for an honest review and I cannot express my gratitude enough!
Now mark March 6th on your calendar so you can buy this amazing book!
I hope you enjoyed this review! Thanks for reading and a special thanks to Pamela Aares for the giving me the opportunity to read and review Thrown By Love!
Peace, Love, and Cosmology Professors!
- Lady Literary <3
All opinions are my own, I do not own the image, no copyright infringement intended.