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We first meet Ronan at a fancy dinner where he’s drinking
too much yet again to try to forget how, because of a car accident, his life
has ended as he knew it just the previous year. That accident cost him both his
career and his fiancée, and we first meet him when he’s in a very bad place.
The party is where Ronan first meets Nova dressed as Princess Leia, and their
chemistry is instant, but she quickly disappears. Fast forward two and a half
years, and Ronan is coaching high school football in a small town, and it
happens to be where Nova is from. She returns to her hometown to care for her
sister after their mother’s unexpected death, and that’s where she runs into
Ronan again. Their reconnection starts off rocky to say the least, and Ronan
doesn’t recall Nova from that night years before. However, over time, they go
from next-door neighbors that don’t exactly get along well to fake dating to
blurred lines and something more.
Ronan and Nova are flawlessly written. They’re both broken
in their own ways and have experienced life-altering traumas, but somehow they
both persevere. I love how these characters are so multilayered, and it lends a
realness to them that’s interesting and endearing. Seeing how Ronan and Nova
evolve as individual characters and together simply makes this book one that’s
hard to put down.
Something else I enjoy about this book is how well it’s
done. Whether it’s the character development or pacing or whatever, this book
is flawless in so many ways. I think my favorite aspect of this book is that
the banter between the characters is clever and engaging. It’s the sort of
writing that has made Madden-Mills such a phenomenal romance author, and she
doesn’t disappoint with Beauty and the Baller.
This book has everything you could want a contemporary
sports romance to be. It’s emotionally charged but somehow fun, too, and this
is without a doubt a must read.
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