[Review] Out of My League - Sarah Sutton

Summary: Sophia Wallace is convinced her life is over when her high school cuts the journalism program. Without the elective, she loses her chance to intern with the biggest newspaper company in the county, and why? All because the baseball team needs more funding.

To make matters worse, her boyfriend publicly dumps her at a party, which is mortifying. But the icing on the cake is when the captain of the baseball team and the most popular guy at Bayview High, Walsh Hunter, decides to be chivalrous. He jumps in, throws his arm around Sophia, and declares his undying love for her. In front of everyone.

Suddenly, Sophia is thrown into a world of fake relationships and undercover journalism, and she realizes she’s way, way out of her league.

Good thing she’s got the team captain to teach her how to play.

But faced with choosing between saving her journalism class or her newfound feelings for Walsh, will she strike out or hit a home run? (Pub date: Jun 16 2020)

A fun and cute YA romcom!

3.5 rounded up to 4.

Sophia is set on getting a journalism internship but has just found out her school program was cancelled thanks to the baseball team needing new bleachers. She decides she'll infiltrate the team and do an exposé, and it is a big help when the captain accepts to be her fake boyfriend for some weeks.

I was in love with Sarah Sutton's What Are Friends For? back in the beginning of the year so I had to get my hands on her next book. Let's just say that now I need them to keep coming. Of course, this is still comfort read, the good old trope of from enemies to... fake sweethearts? But it doesn't make it any less enjoyable; the perfect rec for lovers of YA romcom.

I was surprised at how this good feeling was similar to her previous book when everything was different. Maybe if I keep following her works I'll start noticing the similarities; they're the same genre after all! For now, they're all really different elements.

Sophia is really smart and has a strong personality, and Walsh is pretty much the dream boy, perfect book boyfriend. What people wouldn't tell is that they live a nightmare at home, trying to deal with their parents' issues. I love how it's not that they'll bond over this stuff but they still help one another get through it all. I loved the characters, I loved the conflict and I loved the resolution. And just like in her previous book, the drama doesn't bring the story down, it's neither overwhelming, nor toxic to the overall feeling of the book—just enough to give it depth.

As always, I got too wordy in my excitement but the message is for you to hurry and read it if you're a YA fan.

Honest review based on an ARC provided by the author. Many thanks for this opportunity.

Rating: 4 out 5.