Rock Bottom Girl by Lucy Score on September 30, 2022
Genres: Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / Romantic Comedy, Fiction / Romance / Sports
Pages: 512
Format: eBook
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“Our strength comes from our diversity, our willingness to change, to fight inequality, to explode scientific advancement.”
Downsized, broke, and dumped, 38-year-old Marley sneaks home to her childhood bedroom in the town she couldn’t wait to escape twenty years ago. Not much has changed in Culpepper. The cool kids are still cool. Now they just own car dealerships and live in McMansions next door. Oh, and the whole town is still talking about that Homecoming she ruined her senior year. Desperate for a new start, Marley accepts a temporary teaching position and coaching the girl’s soccer team. But when the school rumor mill sends Marley to the principal’s office to sign an ethics contract, the tattooed track coach, dog dad, and teacher of the year, Jake Weston, becomes her new fake boyfriend and alibi—for a price. The Deal: He’ll teach her how to coach if she teaches him how to be in a relationship. But it’s all temporary. The guy. The job. The team. There’s too much history. Rock bottom can’t turn into a foundation for happily ever after.
This was an okay read to me. It is not one of Score’s best but it was not too bad. They plot was a bit dragging for me. The main focus was on Marley’s growth and her journey to get to where she wants to be in life. It is a great read, but I was wanting it to more focus on the romance side of things and it was more of the side story. Which is why I think I did not like it as much as her other reads. Also, sadly, Marley got a little annoying toward the end of the book.
I gave this novel a 3.5 star rating. The ending was just too repetitive and drawn out for me. I’m glad it all worked out in the end, and it was great to see some diversity in a small town romance, but I so wished that the whole book was as hilarious and uplifting as the start. Though it was not my favorite, I do recommend because it’s Lucy Score! She is the GOAT.