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Release Blitz and Book Review : Looking To Score by Alley Ciz

 


3.5 Stars ๐ŸŒŸ 
Looking to Score is the first book in the U if J series which is a new adult sports romance series. This book can not be read as a standalone and does end of a cliffhanger. It is book 1 of 3 that follows the couple Mason & Kayla

Kayla is a feisty, sassy, sarcastic heroine who may be small but she packs a punch. She is also cautious and socially reserved in certain aspects of her life. Having been burnt in the past she doesn't trust easily and likes to keep people she doesn't know at bay.

Mason is a hot shot jock, typical playboy, funny, charismatic, can be charming & sweet at times. He has some trust issues of his own that adds some emotional baggage and he doesn't really let people all the way in.

After these two meet Mason can't help but be enamored by Kayla. They have that push & pull dynamic with some witty banter & sizzling chemistry. They also have some cute moments, some steam and a whole lot of new adult drama. The drama was a little too back and forward for my liking which felt slightly repetitive with certain moments not hitting that emotional payoff with me.

The story was hard to get into at the beginning as it had a lot charcters names thrown in from the very start with the female main character Kayla refering to most of them by there initial/s (ie G, JT, Q, T, E etc) I think I was just focusing on trying to remember who was who that it took me out of the story for a little bit but after a while that went away and I found myself enjoying it and flying through quickly.

Both Mason & Kayla had emotional trauma/baggage coming into the story and Mason was always trying to figure out why Kayla kept pushing him away or what she was holding back on but he hardly ever brought up to her that he had his own set of trust issues. This part of the story heavily focused on Kayla and what she had gone through so I'm hoping the more the story goes on we get more of Mason's back story. We got enough snipets in his inner monologue that paint a pretty good idea but I would much rather them fully explored & explained. Open and honest discussions are what I crave in romance books so I can't wait for these two to open up more to each other.

Its hard to judge a story that isnt complete yet as I have no idea how the rest is going to go & that cliffhanger ending involves something I personally dislike in romance novels so I'm a little nervous but I'm also excited to see where the rest of the story goes.

ใ€Šbook aesthetic made by me. I do not own the pictures, all found via pinterestใ€‹


๐Ÿˆ ๐™‡๐™ค๐™ค๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™ค ๐™Ž๐™˜๐™ค๐™ง๐™š: #๐•Œ๐• ๐•—๐•๐Ÿ™ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—”๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜‡ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ! ๐Ÿˆ

@๐—จ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ: ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ผโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น?

#๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต

#๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐— ๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’†๐’š ๐’„๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’Ž๐’† ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’”๐’‚๐’๐’๐’—๐’‚.

Football God. Ladies Man. Campus Celebrity.

Guys want to be me and girls want to bed me.

Commitment? Whatโ€™s that?

Then I saw โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿโ€”tiny, gorgeous and oh soโ€ฆ๐— ๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜.

๐‘ด๐’‚๐’”๐’๐’ ๐‘ต๐’๐’—๐’‚ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‚๐’ ๐’†๐’ˆ๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’‹๐’†๐’“๐’Œ.

Player. Persistent. Pain in the Pom-Pom.

I donโ€™t care if heโ€™s the star of the gridiron or how tight his end is.

I know his stats both on and off the field. My answer will always be ๐—ก๐—ข.

The last thing I need in my life is another charmer whoโ€™s looking to score.

โญ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†!โญ

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Alley Ciz is an indie author of Contemporary/New Adult, Rom-Com, Sports Romances.

She's a stay at home mom to 3 amazing and crazy mini royals, a 95lb lab, and let's face it on some days her hubby is her 4th kid... But to be fair she totally loves him a lot.

When she's not corralling her crazy mini royals she can be found writing the stories the voices in her head tell her. Caffeine is a staple in her daily diet since she does most of her writing late at night when the rest of her house is asleep, usually with her trusty dog Buke (short for Beukeboom reluctantly named after a NY Ranger even though she's a NJ Devils fan all the way. Is it any surprise she writes sports romances?

Pizza and mac-n-cheese are major food groups and she is a proud Potterhead and superhero buff.

She is a complete romance junkie and can always be found reading or listening to a book.

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