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Beyond the Play has become a favourite sports romance series of mine! Although they can all be read as standalones, I loved getting to know the characters throughout the series and was already so excited for Wicked Serve before reading it as we had hints of Nik and Izzy's story coming in previous books. I loved getting to know them both in WS, especially Nik who we'd seen very little of. In this brother's rival-turned-teammate forbidden romance, we get all the spice and tension we're used to seeing in Grace Reilly's series.
I thoroughly enjoyed their book - Izzy is so fun and bubbly but it was nice to see her developing to have more depth and seriousness in Wicked Serve. I loved seeing her career become clear and how much she loved wedding planning. I also really loved getting to know Nik - he's so precious! It was heartbreaking to see what he'd gone through but I really appreciated how his trauma was approached and dealt with.

Some of the decisions he made towards the end made me really feel for him and appreciate him as a strong male character, without spoiling anything!

 
Personally for me, I'd have liked to have seen them get together - this was similar to Stealing Home in that the main couple had already been hooking up when we see them at the start of the book, so it's a bit Second Chancey but it was still an enjoyable read. Spice wise, it's similar to Stealing Home - I think Breakaway was by far the spiciest of the series!
I also did find things a bit slow around half way -

everything was good with the two of them so I felt like there was a good 10-20% that felt very mundane/waiting for things to fall apart. So for me, it was slightly longer than it needed to be and bits were a bit fillery but it was nice to see Nik and Izzy happy together

. It does make me appreciate them as a solid couple and understand their love for each other.
I absolutely loved the epilogue and was close to tears with it - it was the perfect goodbye to the Callahan's!
Would definitely recommend this series if you enjoy a sports romance or want to give them a go!