2023 Book Review: 5 Rounds

5 ROUNDS BY NIKKI CASTLE

Sports Romance , 2021 published by Nikki Castle, 422 pages

In the beginning it seemed as if this was going to be an enemies to lovers with forced proximity. I wouldn’t classify it as that, i would say it was forced proximity but not enemies to lovers. They really more just annoy each other in a cute and fun way.
In the beginning Tristan was a little too much to handle at times. He made it very clear how he felt about woman and I had to just keep telling myself that there had to be a shift. For some people his attitude and comments could be a bit much.

The backstory for the reason why they needed to move in together was setup in a good way. For someone who normally doesn’t like forced proximity I was okay with this one because of the back story.
The amount of detail that went into the MMA portion of the plot was AMAZING. The MMA “stuff” was so on point and even for someone who doesn’t know a lot about that sport it added to the whole plot and made it so enjoyable for me. Sometimes with sports romances we use the sport itself as just a backdrop and there are a lot of stereotypes used, that is not the case in this one.
A good HEA. I love when you can see if coming and still it gets you in the feels right in the end. I know that this is the beginning of a “series” but my understanding is each book is a standalone. I will be reading the rest of these.