The 7-10 Split by Karmen Lee

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


This is my first book by Karmen Lee. I loved the fun cover and want to read more romance novels that don’t feature white people so I figured, why not? I bought the book a while ago and recently got the ARC for the third in the series. I started reading it and remembered I have the first two so I put it away and got busy with the series.

Here’s the blurb:

This is how love rolls…

For teacher Ava Williams, some subjects are not up for debate. Like history—specifically, the one she has with Grace Jones, bowling pro and local celeb. Who is now, for no identifiable reason, teaching at the same small-town Georgia high school as Ava. Once upon a time, they were thick as thieves, best friends, rivals who pushed each other, and total bowling nerds. Then they shared a kiss, sweet and confusing…and after that, they split and nothing was ever the same.

Ava is pretty sure she has every reason to hate Grace. Especially when the school’s soggy potato of a principal announces—finally—that the students can have the bowling team Ava has been pushing for, for years…only to hand it to Grace.

Now they’re expected to be partners and lead their new bowling team to victory in six months. And with that, their rivalry is back. Fierce, ultracompetitive…and with an undeniable attraction that pushes, pulls and crashes together. It’s history. It’s chemistry. And it’s just a matter of time before it explodes…one way or the other.

I liked the two protagonists a lot. Ava was hilarious to me. She didn’t fuck around but she was also thoughtful and open to seeing how things would shake out with her and Grace. Grace Jones, no relation. I think my main difficulty was that the drama when they were kids seemed, well, kind of lame. I mean, I get that emotions are all over the place when we’re teens but to have that much of an impact for years later on Ava’s part seemed a bit much.

So this was a nice, light read that could have used more depth to be a better book. I’ll be getting into the second in the series, The Relationship Mechanic, soon. It’s interesting that all the books in this series cover the three very different sisters in this family.



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