What is it about this series that is like my own personal catnip? I'm addicted and I cannot stay away and the absolute worst part is that I read them so dang fast that they're over before I know it and I have to wait months for the next one. It's a great problem to have but also...it's the worst.
Like all of the other books in this series, we have an enemies to lovers, football romance that involves a surprise baby at some point. Why is this my jam? I have no idea because on the face of it, it seems like a hard road for any romance, right? Think about it, you have two characters (Olly and Maggie) who grew up together, had a falling out, and now don't particularly care for each other (even though they actually have been crushing hard for years). So they have to somehow overcome their dislike of each other to fall for each other, plus overcome the other obstacles of being poor college students, striving to graduate (and in Olly's case, be drafted) so that they can financially help their families (the pressure! the stress!), plus deal with the usual BS that comes with college romance (the gossip, exes, rumors, fears, etc). Throw in a surprise baby and you have a hot mess. A hot mess that I cannot stop reading the second I start it. Seriously. I'll forsake the most precious thing (sleep) just to see what will happen next.
As with all of the previous books in this series, I really enjoyed Olly and Maggie's love story. I loved the backstory, the pranks, and how human they both were. They were both compassionate and hardworking and seriously stressed. Martin wrote them realistically and never made them seem too good to be true--their reactions to some of the good and bad things that happened seemed accurate and believable and I think that's a large part of why I enjoyed reading--I believed in what they were feeling, could sometimes identify (or the very least, sympathize) with various fears and concerns, and overall just felt all the things for them and with them. I also just enjoyed that even with all of the potentially heavy things/issues surrounding them, The Baby Blitz never felt too heavy; there were many moments of levity.
If this series went on forever, or at least for a very long time, I would not be mad about it at all. I'm looking forward to Charlie's story next and while it seems August is a lifetime away, I know it'll be here before I know it.
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