Review: The Cad and the Co-Ed

The Cad and the Co-Ed by L.H. Cosway
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Featuring Bryan Leech and Eilish Cassidy, Sean's cousin.

Five years ago Bryan was a drunk, he and Eilish had a one-night stand at Ronan and Annie's wedding. It was her first time and in the morning he doesn't even remember her name! Even more humiliating, she later finds out that she's pregnant, at nineteen.

Fast forward, Bryan has been sober two years and Eilish has landed a job as physio intern with Sean, Ronan and Bryan's team. BTW, at the end of book two wasn't Sean retiring and moving to the USA? Sean is desperate to play matchmaker between Eilish and Bryan and wants Bryan to know he has a son, now that he's sober but Eilish is not so sure.

I didn't like this as much as the second book. I know it's fiction, I know it's unrealistic, but honestly, after being accused of only getting the job by sleeping with one of the players WHY would you almost immediately have sex in your place of work? Why? Eilish seemed to change her mind every five minutes, yet another heroine who gets a thought in her mind at the start of the book and doesn't let go of it, no matter how many times she is told/ shown evidence to the contrary. On the other hand, Bryan suddenly behaves totally out of character and creates a drama out of nothing - and doesn't bother to tell Eilish for three days! The whole thing felt manufactured and false.

Also, I am disappointed that these books have no actual sport in them. The closest you get is a description of Bryan in his kit after a match, I tell a lie, there was one tackle. It feels like a cheat to call this a sports romance. Also, why wouldn't any of the players complain about the state of the therapy rooms - the physiotherapist leaves alcohol and take-away food containers strewn around the rooms and no-one complains?

Overall, it was an okay read but didn't have as much charm as The Player and the Pixie

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