Review: Bat Boy by Christina Lee
SYNOPSIS:
Brady Donovan
With a baseball scholarship to Easton University and awesome family and friends, my life is pretty golden. Except, things have never come together for me in the romance department. Until Kellan Crawford walks onto the field as the team’s newest bat boy. Bells and whistles go off in my body, and just like that, I’m totally crushing on a guy for the first time in my life. Too bad he’s the coach’s son and officially off-limits.
Kellan Crawford
I’m working toward my statistics degree, so landing the bat-boy position with the Easton U Pirates is right up my alley. It keeps me close to the action on the field, even if that means hauling equipment, picking up sweaty jockstraps, and putting up with the players’ antics. My dad’s the coach, and his number-one rule is never to play favorites…which probably includes getting too friendly with the team captain. But Brady Donovan’s annoyingly perfect smile and protective nature are making that nearly impossible.
When something shifts between us at an away game, everything is thrown off-kilter. Donovan’s never been with a guy before, and I certainly don’t want to be his test case. But I can’t seem to help myself. He’s sweet and hot and somehow charms the baseball pants right off me. If Coach ever catches wind of this, he’ll bench us both. Disappointing my dad might kill me, but so would losing the guy who makes my heart pound harder than a home run in the bottom of the ninth.
So much for not playing favorites.
REVIEW:
This was a delightfully light-hearted read. Adorably charming characters, sizzling tension, a delicious slow burn, and endearing whispered confessions had me falling head over heels for this fictional world.
Kellan and Brady were just the absolute sweetest, both as individual characters and as a couple. Brady’s arc is all about self discovery; he finds comfort in his own skin and an unexpected happiness when with Kellan. In contrast, Kellan is already out but his struggle is in disappointing his stickler for rules father. These two start off with flirty banter and secret gazes. Then one night changes everything for them, and they evolve into so much more.
The characters were great, they didn’t have a lot of depth but enough to keep me turning the page. And of course, Brady’s little brother, Ricky, stole the show every chapter he appeared in. Brady’s best friend, Hollister, was the protective bestie everyone needs. There were a few tense moments but for the most part this book was just an enjoyable escape.
The story line revolves around the budding relationship between Brady and Kellan, which starts off hidden and then transforms into how it’s perceived when out of the bag. Honestly, it was the perfect book to take a break to, with awkward moments that had me laughing out loud and enough steam that had me endlessly swooning. There is also a sequel surrounding another couple you meet in the book, and all I can say is that I can’t wait to read it!
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