Book Review: Announcing Trouble by Amy Fellner Dominy

Announcing Trouble by Amy Fellner Dominy

Pages: 306
Publish date: August 5th 2019
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, Crush
ASIN: B07TCVRPDM
Purchase: Book Depository – Amazon UK – Amazon US – Amazon AU

I may know everything there is to know about baseball, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it. Or like him. Garrett Reeves: sidelined player and the embodiment of everything I’ve learned to hate about baseball. He’s gorgeous, he’s cocky, he’s laser-focused on getting back in the game, no matter the cost.

When he convinces me to call games alongside him, our chemistry heats up the booth. We’re good together, whether I want to admit it or not. I’m finding that I like baseball again, but even worse, I’m liking Garrett. A lot.

But when he has to decide between our future and a new shot at his dreams, I know baseball will win out every time.

Announcing Trouble:

I received an earc of Announcing Trouble by Amy Fellner Dominy from Entangled Publishing: Crush via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This has in no way influenced my thoughts and feelings about the book.

I didn’t hadn’t heard too much about Announcing Trouble but it when it came up on NetGalley, I knew that I needed it. Announcing Trouble follows Josie Walters as she tries to get through her last year of school. But when her best friend convinces Josie to go to a school baseball game everything changes. Josie can’t handle how the game is being called and crashes into the room, to greeted by Garrett Reeves. Garrett has now somehow convinced Josie to join him calling the games and everything heats up. But Josie once convinced herself that she didn’t just not like baseball, she hated it.

Announcing Trouble by Amy Fellner Dominy was just so much fun. I loved reading it. Josie and Garrett were fantastic together and the book left me with a massive smile on my face. It just gave me all the feels.

Matthew T Rader

Josie was a really interesting protagonist. She wasn’t the easiest character to get along with at times, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t like her. Actually, I really enjoyed her. Josies ‘faults’ are what made her real. I felt that Josie was an honest character and that really drove me into the novel. The reader gets to know more about Josie throughout Announcing Trouble and I think that her character development was fantastically executed. Slowly throughout the book, the reader finds out what happened to Josie. And in a way what made her cold, and I thought it done really well. Everything wasn’t thrown to the reader at one shot, instead, it was slowly given to us.

Garrett was such a fun character. I could talk about him all day. After an incident left him out of the baseball season and potentially out of baseball forever, Garrett needs something to do. And calling the baseball games is the closest that he can get. Like Josie, Garrett’s character development was fantastic and I loved getting to know more and more about him. He is a really interesting character and it broke my heart seeing him suffer at times.

The romance in Announcing Trouble was totally adorable. Seriously I adored the way that Garrett pushed Josie our of her comfort zone, but not in a bad way. He wanted her to have fun, to be herself and not let her past take over her life. Both Josie and Garrett were totally adorable together and just made me melt. I loved their interactions, their teasing was just so good. I did feel that there might have been a little too much angst for me. And I would have loved it more if they talked to each other just that little bit more. But, other than that they were great together.

Abigail Keenan

There are a lot of themes that are reoccurring throughout Announcing Trouble. And family and friendship are just some of them. Both Josie and Garrett didn’t have a great way of growing up. Both of their dads weren’t the best and it took a lot out of both of them. But I think that Josie took her dad leaving the hardest. And this is really shown through her characterisation. And while I love seeing amazing family dynamics, broken ones are also so important.

Overall, I really enjoyed Announcing Trouble by Amy Fellner Dominy. Josie was a fascinating protagonist and I loved getting to know her and her life. Garrett was an absolute sweetheart that just made me smile. And together they just made my day. While an emotional read, it’s also very beautiful. Fellner Dominy creates characters that are real and strong. They show the power of standing up for yourself and finding different ways of getting where you want to. There was amazing banter, a fantastic friendship group and an adorable romance, which made Announcing Trouble seriously a great read.

Trigger Warnings: Abandonment, Family Separation.