I can't possibly give this book 5 stars because of Reasons and also it's still not quite as good as The Deal, but it has moved into second place over The Mistake. I love Allie, and I love Dean, and I love how they were together. A+ character development. This book had me laughing out loud (which NEVER happens when I read. I usually just laugh inside my head). My two big complaints are the big spoiler that happens and absolutely DESTROYED me. I wasn't expecting it, and I am very much Not Happy about it. Kind of ruined my sports-romance-happy-feels. The second thing is that I actually expected (and wanted) The Score to be a lot naughtier than it was. It was still naughty, but some of the sexy times are skimmed or simply referenced after the fact. This is especially frustrating because one of those mentioned-after-the-fact scenes is actually the first time Dean and Allie hooked up. We never got their first kiss, their first hookup, in real time, and that's not fair. It's always one of my favorite parts of a romance! 
 I'm not going to lie; I'm kind of sad the girl is Allie. I liked her with her boyfriend!