Amy Daws

What happens when an almost thirty-year-old virgin agrees to let her Scottish footballer best friend give her some lessons in seduction? Lots of banter, awkwardness, jealousy, and heat. Midfielder Maclay "Mac" Logan is a loud-mouthed, tattooed ginger content with focusing on football. But when an adorable, freckled seamstress comes barreling into his life, he finds Netflix-And-Bickering with her to be his new favorite pastime. Freya Cook is used to being the invisible woman with a needle and thread, offering cheeky punchlines as she helps dress London's finest. She's plus-sized in body and spirit, and other than her friendship with Mac, talking to the opposite sex is one skill she never mastered. However, after one innocent game of Never Have I Ever, Mac offers to play Love Coach for Freya. What neither of them see coming are the feelings that develop when the clothes come off. Now they're both about to learn the biggest lesson of all: Don't fall in love with your best friend.Blindsided is a full length (97,000 words) contemporary rom-com standalone with a sports theme.

Blindsided

Much deeper than expected, which was a pleasant surprise. 

Alyssa deRaad

I’m embarrassed at how long it took me to realize they weren’t taking about American football

Francesca G

"I'm not like other girls" is SO strong in this one.

Mickey Benner

Loved it

I’m really bad at writing reviews, but this book was absolutely hilarious and wonderful. 10/10 recommend reading it! I couldn’t put it down lol

Leighanne Chalkright 

Jennifer Eggleston 

Book has heart ...

I love a good friends to lovers book and this was no exception. Freya and Mac rubbed each other in all the right ways. However, the path to love was paved with lots of misunderstandings and hurtful words ... but they get their HEA. 

Now, I didn’t believe for a second the accents. Their voices sounded like an American (I even Googled to verify my hunch) trying to imitate an English and Scottish person. The dialogue did not feel authentic and at times made me cringe. 

Also, Freya’s self doubt was a bit much.... we all have the doubts but to love yourself should be found within you (which I believe she did) instead of a man/love interest telling you.

cris 🫀

Blindsided es una rom-com de friends to lovers con sport romance. Freya y Mac han sido mejores amigos durante todo un año, jamás han sobrepasado las líneas de la amistad. Disfrutan de la compañía del otro, las riñas constantes y sobre todo de ver Netflix.

Freya es una mujer plus sized, una pelirroja hilarante y alguien obsesionada con Heartland y los gatos. Me pareció una protagonista encantadora, alguien en la que te puedes ver reflejada perfectamente. Al principio de la historia Freya cuenta como creció tratando de esconder su cuerpo, pues no había nadie que le enseñara a amarse realmente y apreciar quién es, cansada de todo, decide estudiar moda y comenzar a diseñar ropa para ella misma. Hasta ese momento ella está convencida que acepta su cuerpo. Pero la verdad es que no es así.

A medida que transcurre la historia, nos damos cuenta junto con Freya que realmente aún no se acepta, al contrario, usa el humor para hacer bromas sobre su propio cuerpo, menospreciándose y tratándose cómo alguien menos.

Esa inseguridad que atormenta a Freya ha sido la causante de no poder acercarse a los chicos. Y es aquí donde entra Mac. Mac el gran y tatuado futbolista, el rayo de sunshine que ama a su "mejor amiga", y que está dispuesto de hacer lo que sea por verla feliz.

Después de una desastrosa cita, Freya le confiesa a Mac una verdad que él no esperaba, Mac al ver el tormento de su amiga, se ofrece a ayudarla. Después del encuentro de ambos, deciden que para ayuda a Freya a tener práctica con los chicos, harán un acuerdo durante un mes. Un mes de practicar, y después volverán a ser solo amigos.

Bueno, sabemos como terminan estas historias, jamás vuelven a ser amigos.

La historia de Freya y Mac me entretuvo mucho, me reí bastante sobre todo con la escena de "Yo nunca nunca". Es un libro con poco drama pero con el que te llegas a encariñar con los personajes. Más allá de eso, no es una historia que vaya a recordar, a pesar de que la disfruté.

Tiene buen smut y tiene un final feliz asegurado, la recomiendo para pasar el rato. A pesar de que hubo momentos en los que deseaba que Mac se abriera con Freya, que dejara de vivir para los demás y comenzará a disfrutar Su vida, no la vida que él creyó que su abuelo quería para él.

Sarah Garnhum

This was a fun and cute book. Obviously a little on the cheesy side that someone at 29 doesn’t have a clue about anything sex related but I often found myself laughing out loud at the commentary between him and her. Great read

Andrea Rodriguez

3.75 stars ✨ 

This was cute, hilarious, and spicy. Oh, and I love the representation of a curvy fmc. 

My only complaint, and this is just because I’m a Mexican having grown up in the United States so def just a me thing, was the slang/terminology in this book. There were so many phrases and words that I had to google the meaning of lmao so it took me out of the story several times. 

I mean, main dude actually said something like, “Aye, you’re a bonnie lass. I’d have to be into blokes not to fancy the idea of shagging you.”  

Like, come on hahaha. It certainly always made me giggle though lmao. 

All of that aside, an overall enjoyable read!

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Editing to add: I looked up the author and it looks like she is not even from the UK so, was the excessive slang even necessary?? Was it her overcompensating? So odd lmao.

sydney

best friends to lovers i love you. the love confession was so good, i want someone to confess their love to me with a cat

Missy Zuber 

Held my attention. I love a good best friends to lover story. 
Bonus points for a Scottish hero. 
However I could have done without the epilogue. Or at least a better one.

Emma

From the very beginning I was grinning like an idiot at the cuteness and banter. The friendship between Mac and Freya is wonderful and fun. Chapter 27 had me FURIOUS and yelling at the book, but in the end it was still good. A very good read.

Tori Nelson

I am a sucker for a sports romance, don't know why, but they just give me the warm & fuzzies. This was my first Amy Daws book and I liked it! Friends to lovers can be a tricky trope, but I thought this one was thought out. I loved the plus size representation.

I did feel some parts of this book dragged out a bit, and I did not like Freya body shaming herself so much in the book, which also fed into her inexperience. 

The banter between the two main characters was enjoyable and I liked that there was a bit of groveling - on the same hand, Mac did say some pretty horrid things to Freya, borderline unforgivable.

Sarah Gilson

4 - I adored the quirky, fun, emotional, and well rounded characters, and loved the storyline and spice. However, it can be overwhelming to step into a story where you don’t know the history of all the characters, and while the author did a lovely job of showing desire > body size, I wish that storyline wasn’t as focused on, or had more resolution. I don’t feel as if Freya ever came to terms with her size, even through the beautiful personal development. Also, Freya could be a bit less dense about adult matters in the beginning, it’s a bit unbelievable. Overall, I loved this book and this couple

Eloise Lignos

I really enjoyed this book! I was definitely more hooked in the first half than I was in the second half which happens often.

Camila 

DNF at 70%
This book was actually terrible. 
I was looking for a trashy book to read, a fun one you know, the kind you know what is going to happen and takes you no more than one brain cell to read, and you have fun with it but this book…. it was atrocious. It is so cringy, and the protagonists have no chemistry, and there’s no feelings truly involved to make you care about their relationship.
I wanted to put this book down at the very first pages but I kept going because I thought that maybe it would get better…. it did not. 
Never taking recs from tiktok again I guess lol… at least not without checking at least five more videos, 
Truly so sad that this was my first read of the year