I always think to myself, I don't see WE out there with the football, lady.īut alas, I'm letting my jealously show.if only we could ALL be wives who lunch. I mean, we have all seen some of those wife interviews/comments in which they say, 'Well, we WE got traded,' or 'when WE started with, blah, blah, blah.'

Part of me hopes that they aren't all really this heinous - and I'm sure some of the snark was dramatized for the story - but another part of me realizes some of the shit Marlee dealt with probably legit goes down. I'm not going to rehash the blurb or story line at length however, the main character (Marlee) is a longtime NFL girlfriend in a sea of NFL wives and, because Martin herself is a former NFL wife (her husband is retired), I felt like we were getting a backstage pass to one of those players' wives TV shows - with none of the cameras, but ALL the drama. I really enjoyed her writing style, her characters, and her sense of humor. This is Alexa Martin's debut novel and what a debut it is. But when the gossip makes Marlee public enemy number one, she worries about more than just her reputation.īetween their own fumbles and the wicked wives, it will take a Hail Mary for Marlee and Gavin's relationship to survive the season. They have only one thing on their minds: taking her down. The team's wives, who never led the welcome wagon, are not happy with Marlee's return. Unfortunately, not everyone is ready to let her escape her past. Gavin fights to show Marlee he's nothing like her ex. There's just one problem: Gavin Pope, the new hotshot quarterback and a fling from the past, has Marlee in his sights. But when she discovers he has been tackling other women on the sly, she vows to never date an athlete again. She's definitely had enough practice by dating her NFL-star boyfriend for the last ten years.

But there's a new player on the horizon, and he's in a league of his own. Marlee’s strong voice wasn’t enough to overcome the uneven pacing, the fuzziness of Gavin’s character, and the number of plotting shortcuts.Marlee thought she scored the man of her dreams only to be scorched by a bad breakup. Unfortunately, that first person narration that works so well to develop Marlee fails to create compelling characterization for both Chris and the hero, Gavin Pope. Alexa Martin isn’t afraid to include Marlee’s negative, spiteful, or mean feelings. This deep dive into Marlee’s point of view isn’t just a technical achievement it feels brave. Marlee uses sharp, sarcastic humor (there’s a lot of ironic hashtagging, which #WorkedForMeButMightNotForYou) to create the armor she shows to the world, but we also see the ways she’s struggling. I don’t just mean she’s telling the story, it’s that Alexa Martin’s has created an entirely distinctive worldview which saturates every page in the book. By far, the most stunning achievement in this book is the first person 'voice' of Marlee.

Intercepted alexa martin