Heart breaking Gut wrenching Terrifying All consuming Hopeful Powerful Real Beautiful
**Huge thanks to the publisher for sending a copy of this book. I'll havHeart breaking Gut wrenching Terrifying All consuming Hopeful Powerful Real Beautiful
**Huge thanks to the publisher for sending a copy of this book. I'll have my review up soon**...more
Super quick read. Excellent choice if you need or want a fluffy romcom
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If you are looking for a super quick, fluffy rom com type book Super quick read. Excellent choice if you need or want a fluffy romcom
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If you are looking for a super quick, fluffy rom com type book – you are in LUCK! This is the type of book you could easily start and finish in one afternoon. I’m still learning that not all sports-based books are bad. They are not normally my “go to” type setting but if written/developed/executed right, they are fun to read. I am happy to say that this was done right.
The story circles around Liv, a high school softball star that is kicked out of her private school for fighting during a softball game. She is forced to start school at a neighboring rival where she hopes she can jump right back into playing softball. That isn’t the case as the softball coach wants Liv to prove herself as a team player. Heartbroken, Liv decides to go for another team sport. Out of nowhere she is approached by the football quarterback with a proposition – join football as the new QB since he is out on medical. Can Liv do it? Can she prove that as a girl she has what it takes to play football while proving to the new coach she can be a team player?
Kind of a weak storyline, I’ll give you that, but still enjoyable to read. There were some heavier topics thrown in along the way and I do wish they had been expanded upon more: underage drinking, homophobia, anger management issues, and misogyny. These topics are incredibly serious but they felt like they were sprinkled throughout the story to help it along. That never sets well with me. The author had the perfect platform to talk about these serious topics but instead it was about Liv crushing on the cute and popular quarterback.
There was no depth of any kind with the story. What you read is what you go. There was no earth shattering realization, there was no huge character arc, there was not a lot of character growth or development. Everything that happened to Liv to help her get back into softball felt convenient. She just so happened to be spotted playing football with her little brother and she just so happened to be recruited for the team. Then she just so happened to be a natural at the sport. After that, she just so happened to be able to make the right decisions on how to manage/lead the football team. There is such a thing as too much and things like this throughout the story felt like too much. There is no way anything remotely close to this could happen in real life.
I’ll say it again – overall it was a quick read. Did I enjoy it? Enough to finish the book. Would I recommend it? I know some readers will be swooning over this in no time, but sadly I was not one of those readers....more
Barnes did it again! She knocked it out of the park with this one. I love the secrets, the insults, the sarcasm, the wit, the complex mysteri4.5 stars
Barnes did it again! She knocked it out of the park with this one. I love the secrets, the insults, the sarcasm, the wit, the complex mysteries. Brilliant....more
I love this author and she is an auto-buy for me. I have read everything Murphy has written and loved ever word. When I heard she was writing a MG book, I knew I would read that as well. You know what? It’s just as adorable, hard hitting, though provoking, and relevant as you would image it to be. This did not disappoint.
Sweet Pea, aka Patricia (but don’t call her that), is not having an easy time adapting to her parents divorcing, splitting her time between her two parents (and their matching homes!), trying to keep her best friend happy while trying to repair a broken friendship, and taking care of things for the neighborhood advice columnist lady while she is away (including answering her letters!). Sweet Pea has a lot going on! Throughout it all, she tries to keep a positive attitude and stay honest about her thoughts and feelings. That along with snuggles from her cat, Cheese, help Sweet Pea through what she hopes is the toughest part of her life, until she starts 8th grade that is.
Everything about this book was so adorable. Sweet Pea’s character felt like a breath of fresh air. This girl did not conform to anyone’s ideas of who she should be – or even what size she should be. She also did not back down when/if someone made an unwanted comment about her parents divorcing or her dad being gay. This girl was solid and I appreciated that. She knew who she was and was confident with it. I wish I had a book like this to read when I was younger.
The overall story itself was fast paced and just fun to read. Full of snark, wit, heart, and soul, this was everything I was hoping this story would be. I enjoyed reading how Sweet Pea tackled tough topics such as how to repair a broken friendship, deal with divorcing parents, and how to respond to fat-shamming people. This character may have barely been a teenager, but she felt wise beyond her years. Maybe she just had solid parents (I vote for both).
If you have been thinking about this, please give it a go. It really is a fun and quick read....more
This was tough for me to get through. I have so many thoughts and emotions about this one. There was just SO MUCH going 2.5 stars from me (rounded up)
This was tough for me to get through. I have so many thoughts and emotions about this one. There was just SO MUCH going on that it was hard to figure out what to focus on. I found myself skimming a good portion towards the end because it was either far too descriptive and had nothing to do with the overall story, or it was simply repetitive (as most of this story was).
This was a quick read but not an easy one to get through. The writing is difficult to understand and there is FAR too much detail given for no real neThis was a quick read but not an easy one to get through. The writing is difficult to understand and there is FAR too much detail given for no real necessary. Convoluted, choppy, and confusing....more
I'm still speechless. The secrets, the lies, the twists and turns I never saw coming, the truth... Masterful writing and brilliant4.5 stars rounded up
I'm still speechless. The secrets, the lies, the twists and turns I never saw coming, the truth... Masterful writing and brilliant story telling. Mathieu knocked this one out of the park....more
There was so much happening, so many separate storylines that it had me confused. Was this sci fi? Was this contemporary? Was tWhat an odd, odd story.
There was so much happening, so many separate storylines that it had me confused. Was this sci fi? Was this contemporary? Was this a mystery? It felt a little all over the place...
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