All In

Kings of Kroydon Hills, Book 1

By: Bella Matthews

Narrated by: Bradley Ford, Kathryn Lynhurst

Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins

Publisher's summary

Nothing prepared me for meeting Brady Ryan.

I've been called football royalty my entire life. Born into a family that has experienced the highs and lows of the game. Constantly surrounded by football players and coaches. Now I'm following my father across the country for yet another team. I'm supposed to be spending this year finding myself, but can I do that with Brady by my side, or is he just another player?

Natalie Sinclair came into my world and changed my life.

Her father was the new professional coach in town, and her twin brother played on my team. This tiny dancer fit into our circle of friends like she was the missing piece. Neither of us might have been looking for something serious, but that changed the day we met. Now nothing can keep her from me. Not her twin brother. Not the threats of a jealous ex. Not even myself. Now I just need to convince her.

She's it for me. She's the end game. I'm all in.

©2020 Bella Matthews (P)2021 Tantor

Cute story.

Narrator was good. Simple sweet and quick read. No major problems in the story, just a simple hs love story.

Great story right out of the gate!

Loved the story and the characters! The sibling and friend banter. Had all the angst from the get go! Liked it so much I downloaded the rest of the series on audiobooks. Starting book 2 now! Looking forwarded to reading and listening to more from this author! Enjoy ❤️📚📖

Brady and Natalie

A sweet, cute and fun romance. I enjoyed going on this journey with Brady and Natalie.

Enjoyed this Audio

I have been hooked to Bella's books from the first one and I have been needing to go back to the first ones to read them.
I finally listened to this audio and loved it!

Brady and Nattie have such a great story, this is a brother's best friend with a little drama.
These characters is sweet and so loyal to the ones they love.

I adored all the characters in this book and I can't wait to get to the next one!

90201 with football 🏈:)))

This was actually a low angst enjoyable cute insta high school love story that kept this 50* interest 😂😁

They were both all in

I love a good brothers best friend book so I was instantly intrigued by this storyline. Natalie has spent her life in the spotlight of being a ballerina, but she’s finding that it isn’t her passion anymore and she misses her twin brother and dad. She surprises them in more ways than one, leaving them reeling. Brady is QB1 for the Kroydon Hills football team and he is instantly taken by Natalie when she arrives. Being her brothers best friend, he tries to fight the attraction he has to her but find that it pointless. Luckily, he did it the right way and went to Cooper, instead of trying to keep it hidden. I loved the added suspense that the author brought as well. It helped keep the reader sucked in to what was going to happen.

What a great book!

I loved listening to this book. I've been a Bella Matthews fan for a long time and I'm now glad I'm listening to her books on audio. These two narrators did an amazing job. The female did especially well because she sounded younger in age. Closer to the age of the FMC.

This book does take place in high school, but it is not for young audiences. The two main characters, Brady and Nat were both 18, and this book does have some graphic spicy scenes.

The dramatic part of this book...eh, I wish it would have had a little more to it than it did. Like after Cooper left his sister and Brady after his dad told him not to. Even though 1 of the Villains were arrested, the other was still out there. I know it was high school, but I wished a little more would have happened.

I recommend this book to anyone who loves Bella Matthews writing. This is the beginning, and it brought me all back. I know she's writing these characters children's stories now, but it's always great to me to go back and read the parents stories again. Now I'm getting to listen to them.

Tropes:
🏈 Football Romance
🩷 High School Adults (18)
🏈 Best Friend's Sister
🩷 Vrgn FMC
🏈 He Falls First & Hard
🩷 Found Family

Sweet romance!

Listened to this for a quick refresh between other books and I enjoyed it! The narration was well done and I also enjoyed the story as well! It's a very sweet high school romance! Nattie and Brady are so perfect together and I love how they don't let anything around them feed negativity into their relationship (or at least not to any significant amount). Their relationship is so pure and has absolutely no toxic elements and I love that for them. They might only be 18, but Brady already has a dirty mouth and he definitely knows how to use it. That bit towards the end had me a little stressed and sad, but thank gosh it wrapped up with some happiness. The story line with Darby and Aria wrapped up very quick at the end and I despise them with a fiery passion so I hope to never see them again in the other books lol. I also loved all the side characters in their group and can't wait to read the rest of the series!

What to expect:
-Best friend/teammate's sister
-Football player MMC
-Strong & sassy FMC
-Found family
-Instalove
-Friends to lovers

Amazing story that started it all!!

I found Bella later in her career, and became a diehard fan! I finally found time to go all the way back to her first book, and I loved Brady and Natalie’s high school football romance! The emotions felt authentic, the world building was top notch with so many compelling characters to bring the banter, and yes, some drama! Kathryn Lynhurst and Bradley Ford did an amazing job bringing the story to life through dual narration! I can’t wait to listen to the next book of the OGs!!

4.5 Stars

This is the first book I’ve read/listened to by Bella Matthew's. I honestly do not remember when, how, or why I put this in my queue to listen to, but it was a good listen. It's a serior year high school storyline that I was about to DNF because I wasn’t in the mood for young people. I was on a long trip and had run out of audiobooks downloaded except for this one. I'm glad I stuck with it. Great group of friends and I'm invested in them. I decided to download the rest of the series and listen to them as well.

The narrators were new to me and did an excellentjob. Loved their voices. Their performances were emotional and had it rolling like a movie in my head.

I listened to this through the Audible Plus catalog.