Sunday, August 25, 2024

Book Review: "Heavy Hitter" by Katie Cotugno

It’s a measure of pop culture that Heavy Hitter is the second book I’ve read that is (very) loosely based on Taylor Swift. (The first was The Breakup Tour by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka.) This book parallels Taylor’s relationship with Travis Kelce. I definitely enjoyed this one a bit more.

Lacey Logan is an international megastar of the music world. Every move she makes is followed by paparazzi and her fans, who overanalyze everything she does. She was dating a comedian for two years, only to discover he was a cocaine addict and had a secret girlfriend who was pregnant. So now, when she isn’t performing, she’s pretty lonely.

One night while at a club with a friend, she meets Jimmy Hodges, a baseball player in his last season before retirement. He’s a mountain of a man, totally unlike anyone Lacey has been interested in before, and a few years older than her. But they click right away, and their banter lights a fire in both of them.

After a brief encounter leaves them both breathless, neither expects anything to happen again. But their nightly phone conversations blossom into something more, and they’re both interested in and afraid of seeing what would happen if they got together again.

Even though Jimmy has dealt with the press throughout his career, he’s totally unprepared for what comes with even being near Lacey. And as they try to navigate their lives separately and together, questions arise about each other’s intentions and if they ultimately want to move forward anyway.

I’ve become a real fan of Katie Cotugno’s, having read all three of her adult novels. I thought this was fun and steamy, and it even had some raw emotion, so while at times I wanted to scream at Lacey and Jimmy, I was rooting for them all the same.

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