The Fantasy League (The League)

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According to Mae Garten, those were a few of the choice words she’d use to describe her long-standing sparing partner, October Calhoun.

Loved Scarlett to pieces, she wasn't annoying, was super chill and relatable....especially with that love of cooking (I feel you girl). Mae has been holding on to a grudge for too long. In 2nd grade, Molly (October's crush) made fun of Mae in front of others, hurting her badly & October just laughed without knowing that she had heard him. She knew it was childish but the words still stung her and made her cry. After a few chapters, she told him the whole story & he apologized to her for everything. ☺️With tensions between the two of them as high as ever, it was only right for them to try and relieve some of their pent up energy between the sheets, right? October was caring, gentle, & attentive toward her. The aftercare scene was JUST SO CUTE. 🥺😩 Even though they hated each other, he never wanted to hurt her feelings. His dirty talking >>> the characters were almost unbearable. im still confused about Mae and Scarlett’s relationship and whether or not they were sisters. and while abel was a good guy and it was refreshing to see a book where the guy falls first, even I thought that he hated her, like why is he throwing away her food ??????? all of the characters could have been improved 10X more had the author spent a little more time on this book and developing a story where the readers truly feel connected to everyone they read about. all the characters in this book were annoying as hell. abel? freakishly obsessed with a woman he’s barely spoken to, and appears to have a brain condition that renders him incapable of functioning like a normal human being around her for 8 months. scarlett? scarily co-dependent with her best friend that she insists on calling her sister, and seems to have the emotional awareness of a 13 y/o. i also never knew that liking a color could be a personality trait, but hey, you learn something new everyday. the rest of the side characters? they were all loud and obnoxious, and basically read like the same person split into 3.

When she burned the dress.... you better believe I took a moment to meditate on that level of pettiness... I truly hope to achieve it one day. So, you could imagine Scarlett Sawyer's surprise when he asked her to go from personal chef to pretend girlfriend on the day of her resignation.

He fell so hard from the start and that was right up my alley😮‍💨 Congrats to Abel being my first ever book boyfriend (that I can recall) with the name Abel. this so sweet, cute, romantic, and freaking slooooowburn. the first time they do the deed was around 84% of the book. they fooled around but the actual act happened almost at the end of the book. anyway, it was adorable reading how they are very sweet and caring with each other or how they are "fake" dating but none of what they do screams fake. they were both attracted to each other and are both slowly falling while still being in this ruse, and it was satisfying and swoony to read. the thoughtfulness of these mcs are so endearing and i'm here for all of it. Mae met him when she was 5 years old and developed a crush on him, but due to a misunderstanding, they both started to hate each other, always competed with each other, and argued. After high school, they went on to build their careers and met 7 years later. again why keeping the sibling thing a secret???? literally no one gave a shit about them being related This book felt like it barely had any plot until the accidental pregnancy trip that came out of nowhere in the last couple of chapters and keep in mind that is one of least favorite tropes.

only reason i’m giving 2 stars is bc i rly loved the after care part & bc they’re pretty cute i guess. otherwise i feel like it was too fast for like…..no reason. if not gonna lie i love fast paced books but there were just so many inconsistencies? it’s like the author has a list of things she wants to put inside this book & tried to squeeze every little bit of it which makes the plot come out weird.

One would‘ve thought that after two decades of knowing each other, we’d have worked through our animosity toward one another by now. he shushed her out of the house bc it was coming over her new found sister, whom she thought was her gf/ex and for what??? literally no purpose for this motive First off, you only need about 0.3% of your brain power to read through this. This is basic writing at it’s best (I’m so sorry to say this to a newish, independently published author, but NO).