Book Review / "The Game" by Eve M. Riley

The Game: A Hot Friends to Lovers Romance by Eve M. Riley

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Whether you are rich or poor, whether your career has taken you to incredible heights or keeps dragging you down, when it comes to love, all this doesn’t matter. Feelings have the power to sweep you off your feet and turn your life upside down.

In “The Game” by Eve M. Riley, neither Anna nor Adam are focused on their love lives. Maybe it is because, for both of them, this part is pretty much a disaster. Anna’s last relationship just ended with a loud bang that in addition to leaving a taste of bitter disappointment threatens to keep bringing trouble. Adam gave up on women a decade ago.

Yet, when these two meet, a spark ignites as if of its own accord and promises to turn into an unstoppable fire.

Anna’s and Adam’s lives could not be more different. She is rich, successful, and popular. He is a struggling entrepreneur on the brink of losing his business. It seems that they cannot have anything in common. So, when Adam, as a result of a string of events, ends up being Anna’s ‘plus one’ at a high-end event, anyone would think it would be their first and last meeting. It turns the other way round, though. Even though both Anna and Adam don’t plan to be more than friends, fate has other plans for them.

I liked the setting of this book. Set against the upscale New York City venues, the love story between two likeable characters acquired an additional charm. I also enjoyed musing about how deeply social media infiltrated our lives and how easily it can change a person’s circumstances.

Steamy scenes and an insight into a corrupted and sinful big tennis scene in Russia add an edge to this romance novel. Even though “The Game” is a part of the series, it can be read and enjoyed as a standalone. Some of the other characters from previous books of the series are introduced in this story, and they are so intriguing that I believe readers might want to dive into other books straight away.

I was given an ARC of this book by the author and leave this review voluntarily.



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The Game: A Hot Friends to Lovers Romance