{"id":55762,"date":"2020-11-04T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=55762"},"modified":"2020-11-04T04:09:36","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T09:09:36","slug":"review-on-the-sideline-bsu-football-3-by-j-b-salsbury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=55762","title":{"rendered":"Review: On the Sideline (BSU Football, #3) by J.B. Salsbury"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Waking up in Bex\u2019s bed is a horror I\u2019ll never forget.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Now she seems to pop up everywhere I turn. And the more I get to know her, the more I like her. How had I never noticed her before? She shoves off every attempt I make to get close, and I don\u2019t blame her. When I met her I was after her cousin.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m stuck on the sideline waiting for my chance to get back in the game with the right girl.<\/p>\n

Jocks suck.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Does Loren really expect me to believe he wants to be my friend? If he thinks he can use me to get closer to my cousin, he\u2019s a fool. She\u2019d step over my dead body to get to better selfie lighting.<\/p>\n

He doesn\u2019t let up, and his attention confuses me. Because guys like Loren aren\u2019t attracted to girls like me. I\u2019m already an outcast. Giving Loren a chance would mean social suicide.<\/p>\n

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Review<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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

What a great read! A fun, flirty, funny and swoony NA enemies-to-lovers romance that sucked me in from start to finish. I loved these characters, and their story was so entertaining, this was such a fun read, and I loved it!<\/p>\n

This is the third book in the BSU Football<\/i> series, which tells the stories of a group of jocks all living together, each of them finding love one at a time. You could read this one as a standalone, but be aware that the characters from previous books all appear, and there are spoilers for the earlier books.<\/p>\n

Bex and Loren don\u2019t have a great first meeting. Firstly, he mistakenly wakes up drunk in her bed, secondly, he is pursuing her cousin (who is the president of her sorority), and thirdly, he\u2019s a jock. So, she immediately dismisses him, wanting nothing to do with him. Loren\u2019s first impressions aren\u2019t that great either, seeing as Bex is a little bit quirky and confronts him with one of her pet snakes, and she\u2019s totally the opposite of the types of girls he usually goes for.<\/p>\n

But they keep popping up in each other\u2019s lives, and the more they get to know each other, the more there is to like. It\u2019s a fun friendship that very quickly turns flirty when Loren declares his feelings, creating a chemistry-filled dynamic with a twist, because Bex has some trouble accepting his attraction, and literally has no clue what to do with it. It\u2019s a situation that had me bouncing up and down with excitement as the sexual tension builds, and I was so excited to see how it was all going to play out.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re telling me you don\u2019t feel it?\u201d
\nFeel it? I feel a lot of things.
\n\u201cWhen we\u2019re together?\u201d He slides his hand toward me on the bench stopping just shy of my hand. \u201cDo you feel it?\u201d
\nI suck in a shuddered breath and press my thighs together.
\n\u201cYou feel it.\u201d The deep timber of his voice is like liquid sex.
\n\u201cYou\u2019re a good looking guy.\u201d I hate the shaky weakness in my voice. \u201cEvery girl feels something around you.\u201d
\n\u201cBut I only feel something around you.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is such<\/i> a cute romance. It\u2019s fast moving, but has the feel of a slow build, and this sense of desperation and the forbidden as they navigate the tricky situation with Bex\u2019s cousin and their sorority. There is drama and emotion, but most of all there\u2019s just swoon as Loren goes all out to prove to his girl that she is the one he wants.<\/p>\n

\u201cGuys like you don\u2019t fall for guys like me.\u201d
\nHe sits up and turns more fully to me. \u201cSays who?\u201d
\n\u201cSociety.\u201d
\n\u201cFuck society. I think you\u2019re gorgeous, Bex. Your presence charges the air in a room so that I can feel you before I even see you. What is that?\u201d
\nI pluck the front of my shirt and bring it to my nose. \u201cTide Clean Breeze?\u201d
\n\u201cNo, Brat\u201d \u2026 \u201cIt\u2019s you.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I admit, I didn\u2019t always agree with Bex and all of the decisions that she made, but it was just so much fun watching their story unfold. I was glued to my kindle and could not get enough of these two characters who are so entertaining and witty \u2013 their conversations, text messages, and private perspectives had me giggling all the way through.<\/p>\n

And oh, holy swoon, Loren completely stole my heart as a devoted romantic hero fighting hard for his girl. He\u2019s honest and open about what he\u2019s feeling, and he is not shy about demonstrating that, and I just adored him.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not going to regret letting me love you.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I had so much fun reading this book. I love the characters and their story, I loved catching up with the previous couples (and I\u2019m so excited at the possibility of more stories from this series, with two boys still to go), and wow, what a romance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to be so good to you, you\u2019re never going to let me go.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Such a great read \u2013 4.5 stars.<\/p>\n

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BSU Football<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Breaking Defenses (#1) <\/strong>(Carey & Rowan)
\n<\/strong>Spin off from the Fighting<\/em> <\/a>series – Carey Slade is the son of Jonah and Raven from Fighting for Flight<\/a>
\n<\/em>Review<\/a>
\nBuy: \u00a0Amazon <\/a> | \u00a0B&N\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Kobo<\/a><\/p>\n

Hail Mary (#2) <\/strong>(Spider & Emery)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

On the Sideline (#3)<\/strong> (Loren & Bex)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

End Game (#4)<\/strong> (Kaipo & Ophelia)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Check out more great reads at our J.B. Salsbury Author Spotlight<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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