A sizzling sapphic enemies-to-lovers romance between two rival tennis superstars, taking place during the US Open!
Nothing fades faster than a former prodigy—and Inés Costa is dangerously close to disappearing.
Once queen of the court, Inés is limping through qualifiers. And after losing her biggest sponsor to Chloe Murphy, the sport’s fiery new favorite, she and her bank account are running on fumes.
Chloe, known as much for her talent as her temper, is a top seed for the upcoming US Open. But thanks to broken rackets, code violations, and the inability to play well with others, her “favorite” status is slipping away.
However, when they are forced to share the same side of the court, and the world surprisingly doesn’t implode, Chloe makes an she’ll fund Inés’s journey to the US Open, but only if Inés agrees to be her hitting partner and teach her to keep a level head.
It’s strictly business, but somewhere between practice drills and tour stops, the line between rival and something more begins to blur.
As the summer burns toward Flushing Meadows, their sizzling tension catches fire. With a trophy in sight and emotions running high, will their romance double fault at set point?
Meg Jones lives in Aberdeen, Scotland, home to the world largest and most aggressive seagulls, with her partner and two cats.
When she isn’t writing steamy romance she desperately wants her parents to avoid, you can find her on the sofa with the perfect expresso martini (equal parts expresso, vodka and Tia Maria) watching sports, quiz shows and musicals.
Meg can best be found spending far too much time on Instagram at @megjoneswrites.
I was hoping this would hook me a bit more than it did, but it was still mostly enjoyable! Lesbians have the market cornered when it comes to yearning, and Ines and Chloe were no exception. 🤭 The tension, the complicated feelings, the heated looks across the court, the duality of competition and protectiveness… 😍
Once the romance got started, I felt like the story really hit its stride, but the first 50% just felt a little off for me. The reasoning behind their ‘hatred’ for each other felt so immature and forced, but luckily it is resolved very quickly. What wasn’t resolved quickly was my complicated feelings for Chloe. Her intense rage and lack of self control was so off putting to see in a love interest, especially since she is violent towards Ines as well. I understand where she is coming from, but I still struggled with her tantrums. I did end up liking her more—I feel like you can see the effect Ines had on her in the end, even if the journey to get there wasn’t explored as much as I’d like. Therapy is important everyone, even if your tennis star girlfriend is a hottie 💅
I do have to reiterate that the actual romance is delicious! 💜 If you are down for sapphic yearning, sports rivalries, and inappropriate use of physio rooms, this is the book for you!
Huge thank you to Avon and NetGalley for the advance copy! 💜🎾
Pre Read: Everyone ignore how behind I am on all my arcs 🙈 So excited for my first tennis romance! 💜
I’ve enjoyed this series and am so glad I found this author. She really does emotional relationships well and doesn’t hammer the enemies to lovers too long. However, I didn’t like Chloe for the first half of this, her anger management and constant need for soothing from Inés annoyed me. The one scene where she threw things at Inés and Inés apologizes over a friendship bracelet almost lost me. An adult throwing things at their employee over a goodluck charm was off putting and pretty unacceptable I also had a critique of the audiobook narration: the two narrators’ voices were too similar, I had a difficult time distinguishing which character’s pov I was in at certain points. Also Inés is Spanish and the narrator for Chloe gives her a Spanish accent but the narrator for Inés makes her sound American. Had the narrator for Inés done a Spanish accent it would have helped with continuity and with the ability to distinguish pov.
But the story itself was well written, balanced and sweet. And the last half of the book boosted it to four stars for me.
2.5 This is unfortunate. Set Point had everything to be great but the execution just wasn't there. There's no character development, I don't see the chemistry between the main characters beside them being hot and it's a lot of telling and no showing. It's a bummer because I was really excited for this one.
Thank you Netgalley and Avon/Harper Voyager for the ARC.
Thank you to NetGalley for giving me this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
26 BOOKS IN 2026 CHALLENGE: 4/26
This might actually be my favorite sapphic sports romance I ever read! I loved it and I love Chloe and Inés!!! They are so perfect and their romance is everything! I am a sucker for an enemies to lovers trope, but here they work together because one of them is the only thing that can calm the other. PERFECTION! The banter, the chemistry, the sweet moments between them, the spice!!! The way this relationship is soo healthy! They communicated, supported one another and were able to read each other with a single glance!!! It's everything I wanted and so much more. The fact that there is no third act breakup just made me enjoy this book so much more!
Read this if you love: • enemies/rivals to lovers • sports romance • sapphic romance • bisexual representation • only one bed • yearning • no third act breakup
I love a good sport rivalry romance, and this one hit all the points (see what I did there?). The build-up between the two MCs was really good, and the banter was fantastic. The way the two of them got together flowed and didn’t feel forced, which not all authors can accomplish.
The characters did seem a bit child-like at times, when Ines is supposed to be 25 and Chloe 22. Their reactions to certain situations throughout the story did seem a bit exaggerated, but the overall story made it easy to look past that.
I loved the little surprises throughout the book, usually I can guess what’s going to happen next but I was left wondering every build-up.
The thing that made me the happiest? No second act break-up! I can give more appreciation for a book when it doesn’t have to have a break-up thrown towards the end just to keep it interesting.
If one if your MCs is introduced as a bitch who has fucked over your previous FMCs and is considered to be a sore angry loser then you need to work twice as high to sell her as a decent romantic lead for your readers, you cannot have her STILL breaking her equipment and raging 90% into the story. Chloe learns nothing. In fact none of the MCs have a character arc in any way. How did Inès change? She stopped hated Chloe. How did Chloe change? She made some unearned friends I guess. The problem with no wanting women to grovel is that everything feels unearned. The interstitials were good because I was too rooting against Chloe. The main "forced proximity" elements between the leads is that Inès will teach Chloe to control her anger something that doesn't happen given that 90% into the story she's still at it. There's no good reason for them to be together beyond thinking they're hot and kissing once. The initial tension is good but fizzles out very quickly after an apology and there's nothing keeping the dynamic afloat. They were so much more interesting when they hated each other. (Also dick move to bring your gf everyone hates to the friends hangout).
୨୧ book title: set point ୨୧ author: meg jones (@megjoneswrites) ୨୧ publish date: april 7th (my birthday - aka best date to publish a book ofc), 2026 ୨୧ publisher: avon (@avonbooks) & harper voyager (@harpervoyagerUS)
୨୧ my rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
୨୧ my review:
i went into this knowing nothing, not about tennis, not about the series (yes, this is book 3), not about the characters... and somehow had zero issues keeping up. this works perfectly as a standalone, which i deeply appreciated because i was excited to pick up this book without having to read the first two installments to do so (and after reading set point, i will definitely be reading the entire series).
set point by meg jones follows two competitive tennis players, chloe and inés, whose lives keep colliding on and off the court. what starts as tension-filled rivalry slowly turns into something… much more complicated (and much more emotionally dangerous) as ambition, pressure, and feelings all start to overlap.
first of all: watching chloe and inés go from tension to vulnerability to full-on passion was EVERYTHING. the slow burn and tension between them could literally be cut with a knife. also as a hispanic reader, having inés as representation meant so much to me! i fell in love with her character, her confidence and sense of self. chloe’s character development was another highlight. seeing her grow, open up, and learn from her mistakes added so much depth to the story. it wasn’t just about them dating, but who they became individually as they trained together and got to know each other better.
the banter and flirting though... actually to die for. i absolutely devoured this and could not get enough of chloe & inés. the spice was steamy and perfect. 10/10.
overall: beautifully written, emotionally charged, and completely consuming. if you love sapphic sports romances with tension, yearning, and top-tier banter… you need this immediately. obsessed is an understatement.
thank you to netgalley, meg jones, avon, and harper voyager for providing me with an advanced reader copy of set point in exchange for my honest review.
Thank you to the publisher for a copy of this ALC.
If you enjoy rivals to lovers sports romances, you should check this one out!
I love tennis, so I’m always excited to get my hands on sapphic tennis romance books. It was fun to read the development as these two went from having contentious interactions to banter to more.
I liked both narrators respectively. They helped distinguish separate voices for both characters, and the audiobook is well produced.
Very cute sapphic romance! Inés was the absolute sweetest! Chloe drove me nuts quite a few times but she grew on me by the end.
Even more importantly I freaking loved the audiobook narration because there were two narrators!! I swear there aren't enough sapphic audiobooks with two clearly distinct narrators!
💙 What to Expect • Sapphic • Rivals to lovers • Pro tennis • Forced proximity • Training partnership • Only one bed _ _ _
🎙️ Narration Style: Dual (Lindsey Dorcus; Elena Rey) 📅 Pub Date: April 7, 2026 Thank you to HarperAudio Adult, Avon, and NetGalley for the advanced listening copy. All thoughts are my own.
I’m so happy we’re in the middle of a sapphic sports romance wave right now. I didn’t even realize this is technically the third book in a series, but it does read perfectly fine as a standalone. We follow Inés, a seasoned player who is fading into obscurity after injuries have kept her off the court. And Chloe, a rising star with a temper that could ruin her career before it starts. They’re rivals on and off the court, but when an opportunity arises for Inés to start getting her name back out there and for Chloe to learn from a levelheaded player they strike a deal to become hitting partners.
Chloe is definitely a difficult character to like considering a main trait of hers is extreme rage that leads to throwing temper tantrums on the court. We find out that this lack of emotional regulation is the direct result of her parent’s intense control over her life. But knowing why someone acts the way they do doesn’t always make it easier to swallow. At one point she throws a racket at Inés’ head— which the toxic yuri lover in me ate up— but knowing this is a regular romance left a bad taste in my mouth. I do think she should have groveled over her actions, but I understand why it barely bothered Inés. Seeing Chloe learn to stand up to her parent’s demands, open herself up to other players, and rewire her entire perception of tennis make her growth very satisfying.
Inés I have less of an opinion about. Even though she was presented more as the main character, I felt like her purpose was for Chloe’s story more. Shes supposed to be a former champion trying to claw her way back up to the top. But I didn’t feel like she really hungered for it the way Chloe did. And I didn’t feel like there was complexity to her character outside her past injuries. I would have liked to dive deeper into her apprehensions around intimacy due to her past entanglements dismissing her. I did like her obsession with wine though, and the entire wine tasting scene was hot af.
I think overall I enjoyed their romance and the role being competitors played in their attraction. The tension and banter were great and I think they brought out the best in each other, both as individuals and as players. I would have liked to see more depth in Inés’ character, and for Chloe to have groveled more.
Side note: I don’t have a problem with playlists in books, but I do think if you’re going to include one you must have variety. Especially if said playlist is 50+ songs long since you chose one for each chapter. I appreciated keeping with a theme of queer musicians, but the same artists were reused over and over again. It’s just boring and unimaginative.
i received this ARC from netgalley (thank you Avon and Harper Voyager!) and was very excited to read it cause i love a good sports enemies to lovers romance right now!!
i was pleasantly surprised with how much i liked this book, it was fun and dramatic at times, but also sweet and romantic. i loved the tension between inès and chloe so muchhh, especially in the beginning when they are still getting past the rivalry between them, and overall i thought their growth was very well written and had decent pacing (although i would have enjoyed them fighting a lilllll longer)
there are a couple tiny inconsistencies (nothing that affects the story or plot or characters) a couple typos here and there, & sometimes when it’s in chloe’s POV we see the european version of certain words when chloe is supposed to be american which took me out of it a little, but it is an ARC so i looked over those things
overall this was very very cute, an easy read with great characters (really awesome side characters fs) and dynamics and an engaging storyline!!
I am obsessed with them. The dislike/spurned-after-a-makeout to TRUE LOVE was soooo so good. I loved how understanding they were of one another and how absolutely sweet they were even though they were competitors at times. I love women in sports. It was really fun to read a sapphic romance in this series, and I liked seeing Scottie and Dylan from the other books a bit. Will read the next one!
Thank you to the publisher for providing me with an e-arc in exchange for my honest review.
I hate to say it but this was boring, I was BORED! The book started off nice and interesting I won't lie but the transition period from enemies/rivals to a sort of friendship is exactly where the book began to lose me. The tension was non existent, both characters were not interesting to read about and I was zoned out so much during the audiobook it took me twice as long to get through it. The narrators were really good though, you just can't save every book you know??
Thank you HarperAudio and Netgalley for the ALC in exchange for an honest review
⁀➴ Overall: This is mostly a story about tennis with some romance added in. It is not a bad read, but wasn’t really my vibe.
⋆⟢ Tropes + Vibes: 🎾 tennis player MCs 💜 FF romance 🎾 rivals to lovers 💜 forced proximity 🎾 only one bed 💜 dual POV
⁀➴ Bookish Breakdown: I was really excited to pick this one up since I usually really love a rivals/enemies to lovers story and it’s been a while since I’ve read an FF romance. I really struggled to get into the story, though.
It’s a lot of tennis. I have read a bunch of sports romances and not really felt overwhelmed by the sport. Set Point talks so much about tennis. It felt like way too much. Even when the characters were having a heart to heart, it still involved tennis: they were in the locker room, on the court, practicing. There were so few moments not consumed by tennis that halfway through I was dreading reading more about tennis matches.
In the moments when the pair were doing something other than playing tennis, I enjoyed watching their relationship grow. They did cute activities, dates, and formed their own little routines that you love to see a couple get into (and that make it feel like the relationship is growing).
I thought that the story wrapped with good character growth for both of our leads. I wish that we had seen more of it over just being told that it happened, though.
One little aside that I recognize is a bit nitpicky: It felt a bit odd that Chloe, who is an American, used a lot of British English slang. It didn’t really flow for me. Americans don’t typically use British slang, and it made it a little harder to follow who was narrating. It made sense to me that Inés would use British slang, since most Europeans tend to learn British over American English.
Thank you to Meg Jones, Avon, and NetGalley for this ARC.
Thank you to NetGalley for the advanced listener copy. This one was a cute one. I’ve read the first 2 books in the series and have enjoyed them all. This one is not as steamy as the second book, but the tension and rivalry was great. Chloe has such a hard façade to the public, but really showed her soft side to Ines. And boy did Ines have it bad for Chloe. Rivals, turned tennis partners is a trope that I love. Also love how we still got Dylan and Scottie from the first two books and got to experience the friendships between all the ladies. This was cute and tension filled with a dash of spice. A fun rivalry to lovers sports romance.
Thanks for the ARC. This was almost an okay story.
1. In the first chapter we have Ines, watching a tennis match she “should be playing in” but is instead watching a younger player named Chloe. Their age difference? 3 years. They’re 25 and 22. At one point she says “youth and speed”. Girl you’re contemporaries. That’s an unhinged plot point. Injuries I get but what the hell is that?
2. Chloe goes on a weekend getaway with her situationship who promptly tells her that he’s seeing someone seriously?
3. For as many reviews that said there was beta reading, it lacks good pacing and character development.
4. I’m very over romances doing all this telling and not showing. If we spent less time on random background characters and more time on moments that show characters and personalities you don’t have to say things about the personality.
3.8 ⭐️ thank you Avon and netgalley for the free audio and ecopy. All thoughts are my own.
SAPPHIC TENNIS ROMANCE!!!!! I was obsessed with the idea of this from the start and im so glad i got the chance to read it!
First of all, the narrators for this book did such a wonderful job at capturing the personalities and emotions of the characters they were playing. I was never confused with who was talking and i felt fully immersed in this love story.
The forced proximity of the doubles partnership, mixed with the complicated history between Ines and Chloe, made for a toe curling setup. The tension during their rivals-to-lovers phase was such a highlight for me, and their banter!!! Their banter was SO good throughout the entire book.
Ines is confident, resilient, and secure in who she is, which made her drive to succeed and protect the people she loves really inspiring. Where Chloe felt layered with her difficult family dynamics and insecurities, and I appreciated that added depth—even if I wish some of those elements had been explored a bit more. Watching how they influenced each other and helped the other grow was honestly really sweet, and I loved seeing that emotional support develop over the course of their relationships.
That said, the romance itself didn’t completely wow me. I really was hoping for a little more yearning and emotional intensity, especially given the rivals-to-lovers trope being such a powerful element. While the chemistry was good and the tension was there early on, it dipped a bit once they got together and i was hoping for more. I will say, though, the ending really did bring things together and i was happy with how things came to fruition. Plus, I loved how thoughtfully the themes of anxiety and the pressures of pro tennis were handled. Overall, this was fun and quick and i would recommend it to anyone looking for a sapphic sports romance where they’re rivals before lovers.
Thank you to NetGalley, HarperAudio Adult, Avon, and Meg Jones for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.
4⭐️ | 4🌶️ | 5🎧
Set Point: A Novel by Meg Jones Narrated by Lindsey Dorcus & Elena Rey
This was a really strong read, and I want to start by saying that overall, I had a great time with it. I’ll get my one main critique out of the way first: the pacing at the beginning felt a bit slow. It took me about 20–25% to fully settle into the story, and the setup came off slightly stiff. I wasn’t immediately hooked and did wonder if it would win me over.
But it absolutely did.
Once the characters started opening up and actually connecting, everything clicked into place. The slower start ended up giving the emotional payoff more weight, and I appreciated that by the end.
The chemistry between Inés and Chloe? So good. The tension, the banter, the spice… all delivered 🌶️🔥 It struck that perfect balance of emotional and physical connection.
And the audiobook? Incredible. Lindsey Dorcus and Elena Rey brought both characters to life in a way that made it hard to pause. Their performances added so much depth and made the listening experience top-tier 🎧
Even though this is a sports romance centered around tennis, you don’t need to know anything about the sport to enjoy it. The story stands strong on its own.
If you’re into sapphic rival romances with great chemistry and standout narration, this one is definitely worth picking up 💛
Thank you NetGalley for an ARC of the ebook. I think the narrators did a great job, both voices were distinct and they conveyed the character’s emotions well. Overall I think the writing was good but I really didn’t feel the chemistry between Chloe and Inez. Their dialogue was fairly standard so I don’t think that was the issue, some small moments of cringe but that tends to happen with me personally for any romance. I enjoyed both of their personal journeys, especially Chloe’s. Her self acceptance and finding a better balance with her parents was nice to read.
I know it’s a romance, but I would have appreciated a little more tennis content. For parts of the book personal conflicts would be written out instead of on the court. At the end, the personal conflict with Chloe and her parents was left off the page which I was a little disappointed by. I understand it could have been a signal of Chloe’s growth by lessening its importance but I think it would have been a nice way to wrap up Chloe’s journey.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Had an early audiobook for review, bit I dnf it 20% in. Felt like I was missing something with such a large friend group that I didn't care about until I realized this is the third book in a series. Unfortunately this couple is not working for me.
I need romance audiobooks to be duet narration. With a Sapphic pairing the other characters can just be split between them. Chloe narrator doing Ines accent was terrible and made it so I didn't want to listen to their chapters.
I has so much su cess with sapphic romances last year, but this year feels like a fail.
I’ve been on a bit of a sapphic sports romance kick and was happy to get this one early!
Ines and Chloe have great chemistry, I only wish the rivalry aspect went on for longer. I also feel like Chloe’s family could’ve used some elaborating on.
Regardless! I had a blast and would read more. The narration was fantastic as well!
Thank you to Harper Audio, Avon and NetGalley for ALC!
Set Point is a cute enemies to lovers romance between rival tennis players. I love a romance book where they both come together and make each other better. I do wish there was a little bit more groveling but that’s alright!
Thanks to Harper audio for the ALC in exchange for an honest review!!
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This was BEAUTIFUL! I love Inés and Chloe SO MUCH! This whole series sits really close to my heart - each one is so special in its own way. And now we have these two!!! And they’re SO PERFECT! There’s nothing better than enemies to lovers?? Who work together bc one of them is the only thing that calms the other??? COME ON!! There’s so much banter!! And they have such good chemistry!!! And there’s no third act break up!!! Inés and Chloe have my HEART! I love this series so much! And I LOVED seeing everyone again!!
Both women are SO IMPORTANT TO ME! I love a prickly girl and that is Chloe Murphy and I LOVE HER!!! She goes through so much throughout the book and her character arc is BEAUTIFUL! And Inés also a girl after my own heart!!! She’s never felt like enough and now here is Chloe, her enemy, her rival?? And she wants her in more ways than one and doesn’t care who knows it!! I loved how much they nurtured their relationship, they communicated well, supported each other always and really were able to read each other.
I also love a good epilogue!!! And this one was PERFECT!!
Thank you so much to Avon for the arc in exchange for an honest review!!
I really hope this is turned into a movie and also a book series somehow becomes a TV series that maybe delves into the inner world of tennis player by player with Chloe and Ines as the character anchors. This is such a sweet, strong, heroic book. These women are tough and vulnerable and wise, great leaders for this generation.
Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to review the ARC 💖
This was cute. I haven’t read any of the other books in this series so I don’t have those to compare to this one. I enjoyed a sports romance between two women, instead of the normal heteronormative romances I usually see in sports romances. That being said, it didn’t really wow me with the overall story and the character development.
Ines is an older tennis star, who is working on her comeback after being out due to injury. She has sponsors dropping her and starting to face what her future may be if she doesn’t knock one out of the park (sorry, wrong sport). Chloe is the hot new star, who is stealing Ines’ spotlight and her sponsorships. She has a hot head and is known for melting down in anger on the court, lashing out at opponents and umpires. When a weekend in the Hamptons finds Ines and Chloe staying in the same house, they start the weekend as rivals and end it as training partners.
I struggled with Ines being portrayed as so old, which I seem to remember they are only several years apart. Additionally, Chloe came across as so young and immature. Their chemistry did not really come across on page, making it feel a little cookie cutter without much personality. With as much as I enjoyed all the side characters, I wonder if I had read the previous books, this one would have been more vibrant to me. Oh, and I hated Chloe’s parents. From the first mention of them, they gave me the ick. I did appreciate how her brother was protective and supportive of her despite their parents being wackjobs.
My favorite part of the story was when they were figuring out a tentative friendship surrounded by friends. Their personalities got to shine in a way that was overshadowed in other parts of the book. Some characters need others around them to shine. This was the case for these two.
Though this book didn’t exactly hit the mark for me, I would be interested in reading the other books in this series simply to have a better understanding of the backstory and friendships alluded to in this book. Both Scottie and Dylan were entertaining and had me laughing with their ribbing of Ines and each other.
Thank you to Meg Jones, Avon and Harper Voyager, and NetGalley for providing an advance copy of this eBook, which gave me the opportunity to voluntarily leave a review.