Title: The Endgame Is You
Series: Rixon Raiders #4
Author: L. A. Cotton
Genre: College Sports Romance
Release Date: October 6, 2020
Rating: 4.5 Stars
Told in the first person. Alternating persons.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book for review from Give Me Books and the author. I was not compensated nor was I required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am posting this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising".
BLURB:
Play hard ... Fight hard ... Love hard.
The time has come for Cameron, Jason, and Asher to hang up their Rixon Raider jerseys and head off to college with the girls they love.
But will their relationships stand the test of college life, new friendships, and most of all, football?
*The Endgame Is You is a Rixon Raiders Epilogue. It must be read after the other books in the series.
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My Thoughts:
This book was told in parts. The author did a smart thing. By dividing this book into parts, her main characters from the first three books, in the series, get their own part in this epilogue. I thought it was fitting that since Cameron started this book off, that his story should end it.
Cameron starts off talking about the group’s next chapter. Hailee loves the time that they’re all together. Since Jason seemed to be the big man on campus at Rixon it seemed appropose that the author put his story first in part one.
Jason’s life seems to revolve around football. He’s one of those young men that seem to eat, drink, and breathe a sport that has become his world. Felicity is starting to have some doubts. She shows how fragile college life and that of the student mind can be. Their story came with a feeling of foreboding and that’s what gives you no choice but to keep reading. And with the ending the author creates, all the ups and downs will be worth it.
In part two, Asher wants to think about what the future will hold. Mya has a friend playing the devil on her shoulder while whispering in her ear. Our author shows how students can be so focused when they get their heart set on something. This story shows how different Asher and Jason are – so no trying to make comparisons. Even though this couple is young, the ending shows how committed they have become to each other.
Part three shows how Cameron’s head and heart are being pulled in different directions. He’s a young man that was having to make a difficult choice that may effect those around him. Hailee is confronted with something that she’s not sure she can help with. It can get frustrating when your hands are tied. This story was so different from the first two. It was more sad, heartbreaking, and for some it may leave you wishing you could help. But we know that our author would never leave us with a sad look on our face. Our frown will turn upside down both by the ending and the hint of things to come.
EXCERPT:
“She’s always with tutor boy.” I bristled. Darcy’s name was becoming a regular mention in our conversation. I fucking hated it, but it wasn’t like I could complain, not when Asher was right. I was spending more time with the team than Felicity. But it was only for another few weeks. Once the season was over, things would settle. We could be us again.
“Dude, you’re not seriously jealous about a guy who enjoys talking about animal science all day?”
“You’re forgetting that Felicity also likes talking about that stuff.”
“He’s her tutor. You’re her... person.”
Cameron chuckled. “He’s right, you know. You and Felicity are going the distance. All couples have highs and lows.”
“Well being in a low fucking sucks.”
“You’re still... doing it, right?”
I gawked at Asher. “What are we, five?”
“I’m just trying to help.” He shrugged.
“Yeah, well maybe we should change the subject.” Dissecting my relationship with Felicity was making me cranky.
“If you make it as one of the Heisman finalists, we can take a trip to New York for the weekend to celebrate.”
“Seriously, Ash, the chances of me getting shortlisted are almost non-existent.” I rubbed my jaw.
“Still, I’ll ask my old man if we can reserve the penthouse for the weekend. That way, even if you don’t shortlist, we can still go, but it can be a commiseration instead of a celebration.” A shit-eating grin tugged at his mouth.
“There’s something very wrong with you,” I grumbled.
“But you love me.”
Yeah, I did. He might have been like sunshine on a fucking rainy day, but Asher was my best friend. Cameron too. Almost fifteen months had passed since we left Rixon for college, but they were still my guys.
Always would be.
He pulled out his cell phone and I frowned. “What are you doing?”
“Texting my dad.”
Cameron smothered a chuckle and I rolled my eyes. “Of course you are.”
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AUTHOR BIO:
Author of over thirty mature young adult and new adult
novels, L A is happiest writing the kind of books she loves to read: addictive
stories full of teenage angst, tension, twists and turns.
Home is a small town in the middle of England where she currently juggles being
a full-time writer with being a mother/referee to two little people. In her
spare time (and when she’s not camped out in front of the laptop) you’ll most
likely find L A immersed in a book, escaping the chaos that is life.
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