As the tension between them grows, will both players realize they care more about their relationship than making the roster? Mistakes Were Made felt like the polar opposite - the story starts with a recently divorced woman having a one night stand with what is later revealed to be her daughter’s college roommate.

Grace despite only being 26 has been playing professionally for 10 years and Phoebe has a massive crush on her. Even though they have this arrangement and are friends and teammates, this book is RIDDLED with miscommunication.It's also very steamy which is nice to see but as someone who is checking out of sex scenes more and more. I love that she addressed that some people struggle to reach orgasm because they get stuck in their brains and that sex doesn't have to be about orgasms, it can just be about intimacy and pleasure.

I think other authors would make the plotty soccer elements a much bigger source of conflict but Wilsner mostly sidesteps it which I appreciate as I enjoy a lot of the other aspects more. This was a super weird thing for me because had they talked about it more maybe I can see that as someone who hates making appointments but to do that out of the blue for a friend with benefits who you have no defined serious relationship with, platonic or romantic, was insane to me. I loved Phoebe and Grace’s dynamic throughout the entire book, but the hair braiding absolutely took me out and was the best part.The book is told in close third person, and some of the author’s thoughts and ways of saying things are downright hilarious–even when the scene itself isn’t meant to be funny.