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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Filled with high school cliches - underage drinking, car accident death, homophobia, fear of coming out.
“Not friends (at least not around others) to lovers”
“Not friends (at least not around others) to lovers”
Content Warnings
Minor: Homophobia, Car accident
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
lighthearted
medium-paced
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Amber McCloud is a junior who hopes to become cheer captain her senior year, but the school is grieving the loss of their quarterback a few months earlier. Jaclyn "Jack" Walsh has always wanted to play quarterback for her high school team and moving to Atherton gives her a chance to do just that. However, both the football team and the cheerleaders are furious that the former QB has been replaced by a girl. Amber and Jack are falling for each other, but Amber realizes that if she sticks up for Jack, she may have to give up her dreams of cheer captain.
This YA romance covers a lot of tough topics that teenagers face. I loved reading a book about a girl playing quarterback on the football team; it was a nice spin on the classic quarterback-cheerleader trope. Readers should be aware that there is a lot of misogyny and homophobia in the story. I really enjoyed the story, although the ending felt rushed. Natalie Naudus and Lori Prince did a great job narrating the audiobook.
Many thanks to NetGalley for providing me an audio ARC of this book.
This YA romance covers a lot of tough topics that teenagers face. I loved reading a book about a girl playing quarterback on the football team; it was a nice spin on the classic quarterback-cheerleader trope. Readers should be aware that there is a lot of misogyny and homophobia in the story. I really enjoyed the story, although the ending felt rushed. Natalie Naudus and Lori Prince did a great job narrating the audiobook.
Many thanks to NetGalley for providing me an audio ARC of this book.
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Everything Dahlia Adler writes is so compulsively readable for me, and HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE was no exception. I whipped through it in a few hours and immediately went back to re-read my favorite parts.
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