Well Played

"Renessanse Book 2 - Daniel and Stacy are a bit unmatched. *Spoiler* I do not love that she is catfished and then essentially forgives him and chases him to the fair. Stacy needed a way out of Willow Creek but I think that could have happened more seamlessly. "

"This one is cute if you have that ren faire love. But I do enjoy reading books that are squeals featuring new characters that were side characters in the previous books."

"It is too much like well met. Very simplistic. "

"This book was just as cute as the first. I love it so much. There was something about it that I loved! Stacey’s character is so cute"

"It was…alright. I went into it not expecting to enjoy it much because of others reviews so I think that worked in my favour. I don’t think this was even remotely up to the same standard as well met, and I got annoyed with a few areas. However, it was nice to see the characters I’d grown to love in the first book in this one. Despite wanting a book just on them, I know it’s get repetitive, so this was a nice different way to keep up with them. <br/><br/>That being the reason this one got three stars however doesn’t exactly mean this book was great…if I’m longing for news of the other characters but not the main one in this story…"

"Yes. It’s cute!! "

"So cute! Well Met is still my favorite of the series but I still enjoyed it. Cute story! And it bring you in a reconnaissance festival kinda mood. 3/5⭐️"

"I liked the first one a bit more, but this one was also cute! It plays more on the miscommunication/mixed identity type trope though"

"Oh man.... This is probably the biggest disappointment read I have had yet this year. I was soooo excited for this book. I unlike most people I knew really really loved Well Met. I thought it was fun, hysterical, and honestly really relatable. I thought the atmosphere was perfect and the fact it took place at a Ren Faire was like cat nip for me. So to say the least when Well Played was announced I had it pegged as a 5 star read. I already knew the writing style, the environment and I thought that the characters were lovely.<br/><br/>Weeeeeell I think that Stacy's character took a huuuuuge nose dive in this book, I get that she made tough decisions and obviously some mistakes, but she uses a lot of things as excuses and to be honest had this really horrible "privilege problems" feel to it that grated the wrong way, and this was only one thing of so many things that rubbed me the wrong way! Stacy twice in the book refers to herself as a typical white girl and I was really just annoyed. She's constantly talking about how everyone else is moving on but her and shows no drive to better her situation UNTIL THERE IS A MAN! I wanted to beat the book over the character's head to be honest. She likes to make herself the ditz of the group.... Weird part is it's never explained why she seems to play up this role when she seems to be a very intelligent person with a great family and supportive friend group. I'm still left incredible confused about it.<br/><br/>I feel like the rest of the characters fell very flat compared to Well Met. They didn't stand out as much and they didn't feel like a cohesive friend group like they had before. Maybe it's because it was being seen from an outsider's eyes in the first book where Well Played was only from Stacy's point of view. All in all there just was a very big disconnect from the two books.<br/><br/>The synopsis give away too much in my opinion. I wish to everything that I hadn't known the synopsis before I started reading to be honest. I could have, maybe, probably, read Stacy and her love interest's online flirtation as cute and gotten attached to the male love interest before thinking he was a creep, but nope. The whole time I was reading it I couldn't for the love of me shake this feeling of sliminess that came from the situation. If the story was written in dual perspective maybe you could have seen his side of the feelings and become attached to him that way, the reader could have seen his motivations and been like awww maybe he isn't a creepy cat phisher. Oh and after the confrontation everyone was like you fell for him just tell him it's okay and I was like NO! This is gross and he should feel bad for it! I get that he's supposed to be a heart of gold and what not. I get why he did it, but that doesn't excuse his actions and it's kind of just glossed over and it irks me.<br/><br/>I will still read Well Matched when it comes out because I hope this was just a fluke... I will pretend I never read it and hope that whoever picks it up is able to look past the faults more than I can and love it... I may question their reading preference but I will still wish them happy reading."

"Loved the narrative of realistic romance - awkward moments during sex included! "