Meg Bloomberg is in a pickle. When Meg’s ex turns out to be a total dink, she and her bestie take off for a mood-lifting pickleball excursion to Bainbridge Island. It’s supposed to be an easy lob, a way to heal, not the opening serve to a new courtside romance that’s doomed to spin out.
No matter how Meg tries, she can’t shake her feelings for Ethan Fine. A charismatic environmental consultant and Bainbridge local, Ethan seems like the real dill. But when Meg discovers that Ethan is sabotaging her home court, she decides the match is over.
It’s time for Meg to take control of her own game. And maybe, just maybe…love will bounce back.
Oh, where do I even begin? First, a little background: This book is heavy on pickleball terminology, and if you're like me and don't play the game, you might find yourself looking up different terms, which is precisely what I was doing, and I felt that it took me out of the story. If you do play, you may not mind that there is constant talk about the game and different pointers, which I understand since the main character is learning the game, it only makes sense that someone would be teaching her and, therefore, us as well...but it was too much in my opinion. There were so many play-by-plays of pickleball matches that they became boring because I didn't understand them. After a while, when those scenes happened, I found myself skimming them.
Meg Bloomberg's husband left her, so to help her get out of her own head, her friend compelled her to learn how to play pickleball. She becomes mildly obsessed with it since she plays all the time and becomes the spokesperson for the group when the home courts are being demolished. The romance between Meg and Ethan, who is the environmental consultant on the demolition job, is interesting since she met and liked him (had a quicky just after meeting him) before she found out what he did for a living and then afterward was second-guessing everything about him.
I don't know; now that I think about it, I like the book less and less. If I were to recommend this book to anyone, it would be to pickleball fans. Honestly, I don't think nonplayers will enjoy it that much. But as always, this is my opinion, and I always advise readers to form their own opinions. So, if this book sounds interesting, read it and decide for yourself.
Happy Reading!!!
**I have voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Readers Copy of this book for my Blog, Nadine's Obsessed with Books**
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