The Boyfriend League

Reader reviewed by Angie

The middle of baseball season is a great time to read this book. This book was not that long and it was hard to put down. Two best friends being house hosts for the local baseball teams cute boys. The main girl is basically a clutz when it comes so boys she likes which makes this book really entertaining. If you like baseball and boys you'll love this book. 

Reader reviewed by stebat

"Dani" is a girl who definitley loves her baseball and hot guys... and that's why she persuaded her family to host a college baseball player so she and her best friend can meet his friends and maybe Dani would get lucky but what dani wasn't prepared for was her falling in love with the baseball player that her family just hosted. Does he share the same feelings for her or not? Check out the rest of the book!

Reader reviewed by Wiesteria

SUMMARY: Dani has two passions in life---baseball and boys. This summer she plans to combine those two by getting her family to host a player from the Ragland Rattlers Collegiate Baseball team. This would get her an opportunity to meet a lot of cute baseball players and hopefully get a summer boyfriend. What she didnt anticipate was how attracted she is towards Jason Davis, the player of which her family was hosting. He is the only one who gets her heart pounding, but because they were living under the same roof, he is also the only one she cant have!

Rachel Hawthorne is an author I can turn to for fluff. Nothing too serious or lengthy, just light, funny, and romantic---which is never a bad thing. THE BOYFRIEND LEAGUE delivered what I was expecting. I liked Dani and I was able to enjoy the book through her narration. I dont often like books in first-person, because the narrator often grate my nerves, but Ms. Hawthorne found the right balance where Dani is concerned. I absolutely adored Jason. He is mature, gentlemanly, and had a sense of humor (what more can you hope for?). I also liked how he was quiet, a contrast from the other wild baseball players. Quiet guys is definitely underappreciated these days.

The only miff I have with the story comes in the form of Tiffany, Danis sister. From the beginning, Dani has described her as nothing but a beauty queen. However, later on the story hints that she was more than that. Id only wish the Ms. Hawthorne could have fleshed her character out a bit more.

Overall, though, THE BOYFRIEND LEAGUE is an enjoyable YA romantic comedy. Good fluff.

Reader reviewed by abscae

Techinically, I'll give it a 3.5 stars.

Our main character, Dani, loves baseball. She loves baseball so much that she has herself convinced that maybe it's her tomboyness that keeps the boys away. Yet an opportunity presents itself when there are baseball players that play in the summer league that need homes. Now she has the chance of incorporating the two things she loves most: boys and baseball.

Of course, she's made a pact with her mother not to fall in love with the boy her family's hosting, but that boy is the connection she needs to a whole team of different guys. Along with her best friend Bird, she plots, and then their plan hitches off to a start.

There's a problem though. Dani's family is hosting Jason, hot and adorable Jason, and whereas she can ignore the instant attraction at first, it doesn't last long. Soon, Dani's thinking about risking it all with the boy off limits to give her the romance she craves.

It was cute, there was nothing wrong with it except for the fact that there was no soul prodding message. However, I would rate this romance novel above many others because it passed by quickly and sucked me into the novel.