Book: Fair Ball: A Grumpy Sunshine Boss X Assistant Romance by Sophie Andrews
Reviewed by Desi Disassociates
Rating: 2.5/5
Story: 3/5
Narrators: 2/5
Austin is the epitome of a grumpy pitcher. He has a lot of emotional baggage and stuff in his past that's turned him off from connecting with people, and the last thing he wants to do is hang out with some kids at the baseball clinic that his team is running. But when the mom of one of his kids, Millie, is crying on the sidelines, he's immediately drawn to her. She has some baggage of her own, but is really just trying to find a new job to support her and her family.
In a split second decision, Austin offers her a job as his assistant to take care of his... white bird... when he's out of town. Read: he doesn't have pets, and certainly not a bird. While MIllie is neurodivergent and has some reservations about taking him up on his offer, she decides to agree.
I'll be really honest here, I got this one on Netgalley as a listen now, and while the story was fine, the female narrator in this was terrible. Her mispronunciations of SO many words seriously had me almost DNF this book more times than I can count. She also went between multiple accents and couldn't seem to keep it straight. It was just... odd. There was so much potential with the book and the two male narrators, but there's no way I'd recommend this to anyone. If you wanted to eyeball read, it'd definitely be ok for that, but never the audio.