{"id":47238,"date":"2019-11-02T05:45:40","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T09:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=47238"},"modified":"2019-11-02T05:45:40","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T09:45:40","slug":"review-rookie-move-brooklyn-bruisers-1-by-sarina-bowen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=47238","title":{"rendered":"Review: Rookie Move (Brooklyn Bruisers, #1) by Sarina Bowen"},"content":{"rendered":"

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4 stars!<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

The first book in the Brooklyn Bruisers<\/i> series, this is a fun, sexy and heartfelt second-chance-sports romance, and a fantastic introduction to a new world and group of characters that I am really excited to explore and get to know.<\/p>\n

Leo Trevi has just gotten his big break and has been signed as a rookie to the NHL\u2019s newest team, the Brooklyn Bruisers. He\u2019s keen to make his mark and prove himself, but things take a turn for the unexpected when he learns that the newly-appointed coach of the team is the father of his ex-girlfriend who has a nasty grudge against him. And the girl herself is working as the team\u2019s publicist.<\/p>\n

Georgia Worthington is working hard to prove herself as the Brooklyn Bruisers\u2019 publicist. She\u2019s holding the job temporarily but she\u2019s aiming to make it permanent, so she\u2019s hoping to keep things running smoothly. And then the team hires her ex-boyfriend as their new recruit, and things begin to go downhill from there.<\/p>\n

Leo and Georgia were high school sweethearts, and were each other\u2019s whole lives. They loved hard and completely, and they were it<\/i> for each other, until it tragically ended. Now they\u2019re back in each other\u2019s lives for the first time in six years, and it\u2019s bringing up all of those emotions that neither of them have ever really been able to move past, and when a microphone picks up Leo declaring that Georgia is the love of his life during a press conference, there\u2019s no hiding anything anymore.<\/p>\n

This is such a sweet romance! It\u2019s clear that Leo and Georgia still have very strong feelings for each other, but with her job on the line, Georgia is determined to keep things professional between them. But with a meddling best friend and a very determined Leo working against her, she has no hope of resisting the pull of everything that is between them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI spent six years trying to get over you, and it didn\u2019t take. Our time is now.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

OMG, I love Leo so much! He hides nothing. His heart is on his sleeve for his girl, and he holds nothing back, and I freaking love that! He\u2019s sweet, sexy, funny and supportive and he\u2019ll do whatever it takes to get her back.<\/p>\n

Georgia was the one to end things between them, breaking both of their hearts. It was a heartbreaking situation and I could absolutely understand the situation from both of their perspectives. There\u2019s a bit of drama to the story when it comes to the impact that the events from the past had on the relationships between Leo, Georgia, and even Georgia\u2019s father. The way they address all of that in the present is really well done, and I love how they continue dealing with it and worked to overcome their issues in and honest and functional way.<\/p>\n

Letting Georgia go was the hardest thing he\u2019d ever had to do. And he\u2019d only been able to manage it because he was sure it would help her be happy again.,\/i><\/i><\/p>\n

We get to meet a core group of the Bruisers, and as always with sports romance, I loved the excitement of the sport, and the camaraderie and brotherhood between the boys. Between the team and the corporate staff, there are some great personalities there and I\u2019m looking forward to reading more about them in future books.<\/p>\n

I loved this book. It\u2019s a beautiful love story and a great beginning to a series, and I\u2019m excited for more.<\/p>\n

4 stars.<\/p>\n

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Brooklyn Bruisers<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Technically, Brooklyn Bruisers and Brooklyn Hockey are two different series, however these series are closely interconnected, all within the one hockey team, and reads like one continuous series. We have included them here on one page to help you orient yourself to this world.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Bruisers<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Rookie Move (Brooklyn Bruisers, #1) <\/strong>(Leo & Georgia)
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Hard Hitter (Brooklyn Bruisers, #2)<\/strong> (Patrick & Ari)
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Pipe Dreams (Brooklyn Bruisers, #3) <\/strong>(Mike & Lauren)
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Brooklyn Hockey<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Brooklynaire (Brooklyn Hockey, #1) <\/strong>(Nate & Rebecca)
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Overnight Sensation (Brooklyn Hockey, #2) <\/strong>(Jason & Heidi)
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Superfan (Brooklyn Hockey, #3) <\/strong>(Silas & Delilah)
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Lucky Shot (Brooklyn Hockey, #3.5)<\/strong> (Tank & Bess – A Sure Shot Prequel)
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Sure Shot (Brooklyn Hockey, #4)<\/strong> (Tank & Bess)
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Bombshells (Brooklyn Hockey, #5)<\/strong> (Anton & Sylvie)
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Must Love Hockey<\/strong> (Novella – Jimbo & Emily)
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Shenanigans (Brooklyn Hockey, #6)<\/strong> (Neil & Charli)
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Love Lessons (Brooklyn Hockey, #7)<\/strong> (Crikey & Vera)
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Find more awesome reads on our Sarina Bowen Author Spotlight<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Find similar reads on our Sports Romance Recommendations<\/a> page<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Buy:\u00a0\u00a0Kindle Ebook\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Paperback\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Audio Review 4 stars! The first book in the Brooklyn Bruisers series, this is a fun, sexy and heartfelt second-chance-sports romance, and a fantastic introduction to a new world and group of characters that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","yasr_overall_rating":4,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"Product","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,24,58,29],"tags":[1064,48,378],"class_list":["post-47238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-romance","category-second-chance-romance","category-sports-star","category-steamy","tag-brooklyn-bruisers","tag-review","tag-sarina-bowen"],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":false,"span_bottom":false},"number_of_votes":0,"sum_votes":0},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Rookie-Move.jpg?fit=200%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7gaNL-chU","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}