An interesting new voice in sports NA romances-- and worth reading, though I have reservations too. Plus side: great relationship between Ellie and her brother and between Knox and his twin, nice writing-- the first meet-cute scene on the stadium steps was especially sweet and moving, I thought. I also like how Knox was such a good guy from the start: there was very little of the usual bad-boy macho posturing you get from most of the genre's jock heroes. And the virgin twist was new and quirky. BUT (minus side) the virgin thing was handled weirdly. Like, if you make your hero a virgin then deal with his inexperience in the sex scenes, right? Instead Knox is a virgin hero who already has total confidence and knowledge...That, more than the actual virginity, made him seem unbelievable to me. Other downsides: the extreme set up re Ellie's handling of Jack's learning disabilities (I think it's not spoiler because it comes up so early but there is no way anyone could do that much work for someone without his knowing it and no real reason for Ellie to have agreed all alone when she's such a straight arrow. That whole plot piece felt forced). Another problem: the wacky ending that's designed to get around a plot problem but again stretches believability. Also, Ellie and Knox don't always have believable internal voices consistently. I'd say the overall problem is that the book tries a little too hard, which is too bad because there's so much good stuff here already. No need to push so much! Still, fans of Elle Kennedy and Kristen Callihan are going to love this and the book is very entertaining.