Caught Up by Liz Tomforde Review
โ.* 5 ๐ซ
โฐโโค ๐ฃ๐ค ๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ
โ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ.โ
โ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ.โ
๐ง ๐
๐๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ โคต
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1:22 โโโโโโโโโโโโโโ 2:37
โป โ โ
ก โท โบ
โช "๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐๐ค ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐
๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ'๐ฉ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ
๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐
๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ก๐จ ๐ก๐๐ ๐."
เณโโท ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ
โฌ she's the nanny AND his coaches daugther
โฌ age gap
โฌ s-tier banter
โฌ spicey
โฌ sports romance
๐๐๐๐ฉ'๐จ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ?
โช Kai Rhodes is a pro baseball player for Chicagoโand a dad who really wants to do it all on his own. Heโs gone through a parade of nannies, firing them one after another, until his coach steps in and hires his daughter, Miller Montgomery, as Kaiโs new nanny. Miller isnโt your average babysitterโsheโs a high-end pastry chef whoโs been riding high after winning big, but lately feels burned out and creatively stifled. What was supposed to be a short summer gig becomes so much more when Millerโs wild energy starts breaking through Kaiโs carefully guarded walls. But of course, summer always has an end date, and both Kai and Miller have decisions to make: can this fleeting thing stretch into something moreโsomething permanentโeven when Miller keeps reminding herself sheโs just passing through?
โฉ ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ โฉ
โโพโKai Rhodes
โฐโโค โ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ,โ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ. โ๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆโฆโ ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. โ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฆ.โ
That quote alone has me SCREAMING. Kai Rhodes, the man that you are. I donโt think Iโve ever been this in love with a fictional man in my life. I hear everyone (rightfully) yapping about Ryan Shay, but WHERE is the love for Kai?? Donโt shoot the messenger, but ohmygodโI think I liked him more. His love language is peak quality time with a side of acts of service (which happens to be mine too, so clearly weโre soulmates), and I could honestly fall to my knees and weep over how much I adore him. Heโs the perfect brother, dad, and boyfriend all rolled into one. What more could anyone possibly want?
โ๐ฐโMiller Montgomery
โฐโโค โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ญ๐ช๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐จ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ?โ
โ๐๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ง๐ญ๐ช๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ?โ
I loved Miller Montgomery so much. She gave me major โThe Bolterโ by T.S. + โMeans Somethingโ by Lizzy McAlpine energy, and I was absolutely sat for it. Iโll be honestโI was just as lost as Isaiah when it came to her baking talk. Half the words she used sounded like spells to me, but somehow, I was starving by the end of every paragraph. I also just felt really connected to her constant need to be moving, even when it frustrated me. Her love for Max and her banter with Kai were absolute gold and honestly made the whole book shine.
๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐จ
: ฬฬโ This is probably one of my favorite romance books of 2025 so far. I'm pretty sure my last five stars was in June, so this was a long time coming as well. I have absolutely zero complaints and if you're looking for a fun sports romance that also has plot and talks about serious topics so unbelievably well, this is for you.
+*:๊ซ โ๐ผโ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐๐ ๐ค
โท โDo you love her?โ
โI do. Very much so.โ
โShe might break your heart.โ
โIโll love her anyway.โ
โท โI'm not telling you what you should or shouldn't do with your life. I just don't want you to be so afraid to fail at something new that it keeps you from finding your happiness when you're the reason I found mine.โ
โท โYou said it was my choice if I wanted to live up to expectations, and I do. But now, the only expectations I'm going to worry about are the ones I set for myself. And the only expectations I have for myself are to be happy and to chase the things I want.โ
โท โBut if you're questioning if you made the right decision, you've already made the wrong one.โ