{"id":69127,"date":"2023-03-09T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T13:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=69127"},"modified":"2023-03-09T03:36:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T08:36:55","slug":"review-pregame-plays-penalties-0-5-by-maggie-rawdon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=69127","title":{"rendered":"Review: Pregame (Plays & Penalties, #0.5) by Maggie Rawdon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Available:\u00a0 Free on Author’s Website<\/a><\/b><\/h4>\n
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Review<\/b><\/h4>\n

3 stars<\/b><\/p>\n

This is a prequel novella to the Plays & Penalties<\/i> series \u2013 specifically for the first book, Play Fake<\/em>, showing us the very first meeting of book #1 couple, Waylon and Mackenzie.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hate at first sight for Mackenzie, who has no time for a football playing playboy in her life. So when she and Waylon are invited along with friends to a movie, she\u2019s all kinds of snarky with him. It\u2019s entertaining, but we never quite get to the bottom of her insta-hate. With his playful flirtiness and her determined anger, it\u2019s a situation that\u2019s sure to bring sparks, and I\u2019m looking forward to reading their full story.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, I don\u2019t want to kiss guys like you. I want to be kissed by the guy who can\u2019t stand to kiss anyone but me. If that ever changes though, you\u2019ll be my first call, fuckboy.\u201d She winks at me.<\/em>
\nIt feels like I\u2019ve just been punched in the gut and my whole world has been turned upside down, by a woman who doesn\u2019t even like me.<\/em>
\nI should hate it, but I think I might like the challenge.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Going straight on to Play Fake<\/i> now!<\/p>\n

3 stars.<\/p>\n

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Plays & Penalties<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Pregame (#0.5 – prequel novella)<\/strong> (Waylon & Mackenzie)
\nReview<\/a>
\nAvailable:\u00a0 Free on Author’s Website<\/a><\/p>\n

Play Fake (#1)<\/strong> (Waylon & Mackenzie)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n

Delay of Game (#2)<\/strong> (Liam & Liv)
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n

Personal Foul (#3)<\/strong> (Easton & Wren)
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n

Reverse Pass (#4)<\/strong> (Ben & Violet)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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