Author - Miranda Kenneally
Series - Hundred Oaks #1
Genre - YA Contemporary Romance
Published - December 1st 2011
Publisher - Sourcebooks Fire
Format - Kindle
Synopsis
ONE OF THE BOYS
What girl doesn't want to be surrounded by gorgeous jocks day in and day out? Jordan Woods isn't just surrounded by hot guys, though-she leads them as the captain and quarterback of her high school football team. They all see her as one of the guys and that's just fine. As long as she gets her athletic scholarship to a powerhouse university.
But everything she's ever worked for is threatened when Ty Green moves to her school. Not only is he an amazing QB, but he's also amazingly hot. And for the first time, Jordan's feeling vulnerable. Can she keep her head in the game while her heart's on the line?
Review
Jordan has always loved football and since pop warner at
a kid she’s been playing quarterback. It’s her senior year she wants to play
for Alabama but as the season starts everything changes when Ty shows up and
joins the team. He’s an amazing quarterback with the prospect of going all the
way plus he’s super attractive and distractions Jordon from her priorities. All
her life Jordan has been one of the guys the game has been the most important
she doesn’t think about guys like the other girls.
However with the arrival of Ty things are changing for
Jordan and they aren’t all going to be good. With the arrival of the new
quarterback she can’t keep her head in the game, and when her father does
finally show’s up she’s not even playing. At home she can’t get her dad to give
her the time of day when it comes to football but he’s all about supporting her
brother’s college career. All Jordan has dreamed about is going to Alabama and
playing football but as the football season starts to end it may not be an
option. She’s also has a boyfriend which is new for her and put a strain on her
friendship with her best friend. Jordan will need to figure out what she wants
before it’s too late and loses it all.
I liked Jordan right from the start a girl playing football
with the guys at a high school level it was awesome. I love the way the guys
are protective of her on and off the field and that she’s a tomboy not your
prissy weak minded girl. She’s also sweet and innocent when it comes to guys I
found that refreshing. I loved her fellow football players of course Henry was
my favorite but I liked Ty too he’s a good guy with a good heart.
Catching Jordan is a story about a girl struggling to be
the best in a guy’s world. I feel like the story is well written it flows from
start to finish and I could see it really happening. It’s a clean story that
teens as well as adults will be able to relate to Jordan’s story. The
characters I found were easy to connect with I loved Jordan by the end she’s
just a great character. My only gripe was I didn’t care for the love triangle
but it wasn’t as overwhelming as most it was tastefully done which I appreciated.
All in all it’s a great story and for my first book by the author I was
impressed. I have every intention of checking out the rest of her books because
I enjoyed this one.
4 out of 5 Stars
I also loved Jordan. She was definitely a fun and easy character to connect too. Great review! I enjoyed this book immensely, but sadly I have to saw, the series kind of go on a downfall from here. Maybe it'll be different for you. :)
ReplyDeleteCindy @ In This World of Books..
I just read the synopsis for the next one. Not sure how I feel about a student/teacher relationship so I'm going to toss it on my back burner for a while.
DeleteThere were aspects of the love triangle that I wasn't crazy about either. I was a little nervous about how things were going to turn out for a while, but I thought that Kenneally made it all work out (at least to my satisfaction) in the end.
ReplyDeleteNicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction