Book Review: Hit for Six

 

By Sara Steven

LOLA is juggling two jobs to make ends meet; underpaid sales exec by day, and waitress in a cocktail bar by night.

MONTY is the captain of Bath Beasts cricket team and heir to a portfolio of luxury properties.

Girls like her don’t normally end up with boys like him. But when she accidentally bares all at his cup final, destiny (and the number six) ensures their match is a home run.

Unfortunately, Monty’s family has other ideas, doing all they can to prevent their golden boy from getting bowled over by the lowly Lola. Can their love survive the attacking shot? Or will they find themselves on a sticky wicket? (Synopsis courtesy of Goodreads.)

Hit For Six is the quintessential “love from the wrong side of the tracks” story, complete with a unique plotline and an even more unique way that Lola and Monty discover one another. I couldn’t believe what ended up happening to Lola at Monty’s cup final. I don’t think I could have loathed a character more than how much I loathed her coworker, particularly when Lola is blamed for baring it all, and no one seems to want to support her or or come to her aid. 

At first, Monty had his own opinions about Lola. But given some time, he can’t get her out of his mind, and in the best of ways. Lola feels drawn to Monty, too, yet she has a tough time overlooking the fact that he comes from a more privileged background, and she doesn’t. He comes from money, and she’s scrambling to make ends meet. But despite their differences, both characters find common ground together, despite some outside influences that might threaten that foundation.

Monty’s parents are all out obnoxious! There seem to be a lot of preconceived notions on who they feel is best for Monty, not taking into account Monty’s own thoughts and feelings on the subject. This makes Lola feel she’ll never measure up. I really felt for her, particularly because she is consistently trying to better herself and find her own success. 

I am not familiar with cricket and don’t know much about it, but it was easy to follow along and I felt the descriptions within Hit For Six helped cricket novices like me better understand the game and what Monty and his teammates were doing. There was a reference within the story to how the more recent Olympics admitted breakdancing as a recognized sport, so T20 cricket shouldn’t be that far behind, and I had to research that and I discovered T20 cricket will indeed be part of the 2028 summer games! It would be fun if there could be a real-life Monty and Lola who find their way into one another’s hearts by way of the “slap and tickle” game, with just as much chemistry and heat. It was an amusing read!

Thanks to Rachel's Random Resources for the book in exchange for an honest review.

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Isabella May lives in (mostly) sunny Andalusia, Spain with her husband, daughter and son, creatively inspired by the mountains and the sea. She grew up in Somerset on Glastonbury's ley lines and loves to feature her quirky English hometown in her stories.

After a degree in Modern Languages and European Studies at UWE, Bristol (and a year working abroad in Bordeaux and Stuttgart), Isabella bagged an extremely jammy and fascinating job in children's publishing... selling foreign rights for novelty, board, pop-up and non-fiction books all over the world; in every language from Icelandic to Korean, Bahasa Indonesian to Papiamento!

All of which has fuelled her curiosity and love of international food and travel - both feature extensively in her romcoms.

Isabella is also a Level 4 Pranic Healer and a stillbirth mum.

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