Sapphic Reading Journal

Match to Love by Johana Gavez

Author: Johana Gavez

Genre: Contemporary Romance 🌢️

Theme: Sports, Slow Burn, Friends to Lovers

Series: International Sports Romance #1

Pages: 317

Published: August 11th, 2021

Format: ebook (KU)

Started: 07-08-2025

Finished: 07-09-2025

Re-read: Maybe

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synopsis

An internet friendship becomes so much more in this light-hearted lesbian sports romance.

World-renowned tennis player Daniela MartΓ­nez has everything she could wish for, except love. When romance knocks on her door, she will have to find a balance between her athletic ambitions and her desire for a relationship or risk sacrificing one for the other.

Law student Ari NΓΊΓ±ez is struggling with managing the expectations of her family and dedicating her life to a profession she dislikes more every day. Her relationship with Daniela, full of international travel and vacations, is the perfect escape, even if it feels too good to be true.

Follow their journey from a chance online meeting to power couple taking on the world together.

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bee αΆ» π˜‡ 𐰁
07/09/2025 2:42 AM

β˜‘ Notes:

  • 4,3,4,3
  • good book
  • I really like Dani and Ari – I loved Dani’s whole confident and direct thingy she had going on – I loved Ari’s spontaneity and ability to live in the moment – their issues w/ anxiety surrounding their careers and family relationships were relatable af too
  • i loved how mature their conversations and arguments were – like nothing got petty and no weird thugs were said
  • the readability wasn’t so great – honestly I found myself skimming through a lot of this – especially the ending after they got back together again I really didn’t care about the rest of the book tbh
  • the best part about this was their emails and tumblr DM’s to each other @ the beginning of the chapters
  • I hated the texting format and that it didn’t name who was sending the text
  • the plot was basic
  • probably wouldn’t read again
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bee αΆ» π˜‡ 𐰁
07/08/2025 5:07 AM

β˜‘ Chapter One
– I like the writing style already

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bee αΆ» π˜‡ 𐰁
07/08/2025 5:07 AM

β–‘ Chapter Two

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bee αΆ» π˜‡ 𐰁
07/08/2025 5:08 AM

β–‘ Chapter Three

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bee αΆ» π˜‡ 𐰁
07/08/2025 5:08 AM

β–‘ Chapter Four

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bee αΆ» π˜‡ 𐰁
07/08/2025 5:08 AM

β˜‘ Chapter Five πŸ–€
– first FaceTime / date 😌
– Dani is (ΚƒΖͺ˘ﻬ˘) (like me to Dani lol) – and Ari is this ΰ»’κ’°ΰΎ€ΰ½² ΛΆβ€’ ༝ β€’ΛΆ ྀི১ – in my head rn

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bee αΆ» π˜‡ 𐰁
07/08/2025 5:08 AM

β–‘ Chapter Six

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bee αΆ» π˜‡ 𐰁
07/08/2025 5:08 AM

β˜‘ Chapter Seven
– the tennis ball thing – cheesy 😭 – made me laugh tho

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bee αΆ» π˜‡ 𐰁
07/08/2025 5:08 AM

β–‘ Chapter Eight

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bee αΆ» π˜‡ 𐰁
07/08/2025 5:09 AM

β–‘ Chapter Nine

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bee αΆ» π˜‡ 𐰁
07/08/2025 5:09 AM

β˜‘ Chapter Ten 😽
– I liked that they didn’t beat around the bush that would’ve been torture

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bee αΆ» π˜‡ 𐰁
07/08/2025 5:09 AM

β–‘ Chapter Eleven πŸ–€

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bee αΆ» π˜‡ 𐰁
07/08/2025 5:09 AM

β–‘ Chapter Twelve πŸ–€

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bee αΆ» π˜‡ 𐰁
07/08/2025 5:09 AM

β–‘ Chapter Thirteen 😼

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bee αΆ» π˜‡ 𐰁
07/08/2025 5:09 AM

β–‘ Chapter Fourteen 😼

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bee αΆ» π˜‡ 𐰁
07/08/2025 5:10 AM

β–‘ Chapter Fifteen

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bee αΆ» π˜‡ 𐰁
07/08/2025 5:10 AM

β˜‘ Chapter Sixteen 😼
– Igor either needs to fix his attitude or he needs to go – I swear if his dumbass is the reason they split imma be mad

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bee αΆ» π˜‡ 𐰁
07/08/2025 5:10 AM

β˜‘ Chapter Seventeen πŸ–€
– I’m so proud of her for coming out πŸ₯ΉπŸ«ΆπŸ½ – she did it so nonchalantly too πŸ‘πŸ½

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bee αΆ» π˜‡ 𐰁
07/08/2025 5:10 AM

β˜‘ Chapter Eighteen
– yall I jinxed it bc wtf they actually broke up ☹️ – and it wasn’t even Igor’s fault so I can’t be mad 😭

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bee αΆ» π˜‡ 𐰁
07/08/2025 5:10 AM

β–‘ Chapter Nineteen

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bee αΆ» π˜‡ 𐰁
07/08/2025 5:10 AM

β˜‘ Chapter Twenty πŸ–€
– ok I’m glad that didn’t last that long but Ari folded so fast 😭

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bee αΆ» π˜‡ 𐰁
07/08/2025 5:11 AM

β–‘ Chapter Twenty-One

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bee αΆ» π˜‡ 𐰁
07/08/2025 5:11 AM

β–‘ Chapter Twenty-Two

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07/08/2025 5:11 AM

β–‘ Epilogue

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