Worth a Try: A Teammates to Lovers MM Rugby Rom Com (Try for Love Book 3)

Emotional damage! Wow this book packed some punches! I almost didn’t sign up to arc read this because of the cheating. But I trust Jemma Croft, and I’m glad I went for it! I did not expect to relate to a young rugby player so hard. Goodness the feelings of longing and always feeling like you’re not quite hitting your target are so spot on in this book. Pi/Aiden is such an anxious, overthinking, worrier. Eggo/Finn is a chaotic gremlin of joy! He has a solid family, solid belief in himself, and the confidence that things will work. Hopefully! The girlfriends in this book. Megan, I totally get! Even though I don’t understand why her & Finn couldn’t communicate. Georgia though? What girl? I can understand being amicable. Especially after knowing what she ends up knowing. But I don’t understand why these women were still a bit hung up. Finn was dumb, he and Megan definitely under negotiated their relationship. Aiden was a straight up ass. Not to her directly, but in actions. In real life I would never be able move on with friendship or trust with Aiden. But in a fictional world where I get to be inside his head, totally. I’m in. I laughed so much while reading this book, I cried more than expected too. I had to stop reading at stare into space to process my own feelings a few times even. Jemma Croft has a way of writing a story that I get swept into. Even my unmedicated adhd didn’t stand a chance. I love the Try for Love series and can’t wait for the next addition!

It doesn’t surprise me that Pi and Eggo are my favorite couple in this series so far! Idiots in love is a top tier trope and Jemma does it SO well. These two are just ridiculous with how obviously they are. I am actually a fan of cheating tropes so a double cheating trope had me so excited. You could just tell pretty early on that these two were supposed to be together but remember….they are lovable idiots so that wasn’t going to happen easily for them. Pi is an overthinker to the MAX and I related to him so freaking much. Eggo is his exact opposite, not thinking things through enough. This honestly made them such a perfect match. I loved the dual timeline so that we could see how they started and then where they ended up. Logan was SO sweet! I loved how Pi was just accepted immediately into Eggo’s family. Plus the second epilogue had me in tears, it was so precious and the perfect ending for these two. I also really enjoyed the overlapping timeline with the first two books and getting to see difference perspectives from the same scenes. I can’t wait to read whatever Jemma writes next!!

ARC Review ⭐️4.75 I paused a book to read this one, that’s how excited I was for it. It exceeded expectations. I loved it. I really liked Pi and Eggo. They had a really good dynamic in their very different but slightly similar ways. I got a little lost in all the slang terminology but I think that was a me problem more than anything else. The single dad element of this book is so small but such a good showing of a parent child relationship. It was some of my favorite parts of the entire book. This whole series is great! The first book holds a special place in my heart but I think this one is my next favorite in the series. This book (and the whole series) is definitely worth reading.