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Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler

17 reviews

fanboyriot's review against another edition

funny 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

5.0

♡ Cute Ending

♡ Queer Sports Romance

♡ Cheerleader x Quarterback (sapphic edition)

I really enjoyed this book.  I mean it’s a gay sports romance, of course I’m going to like it.  The characters were cute and the ending was absolutely adorable.  While yes, the characters decisions at some points get a little bit frustrating, I think it plays well with the YA vibe of the book.

There was a lot of talk about homophobia and dealing with people like that in a small town and not wanting to come out of the closet to the public in fear of losing friendships.  However, both main characters are out at home and one even having a bisexual mom, which was a cool addition.

Overall, it was a  quick read with a sapphic take on the cheerleader x quarterback trope.

Spice Level: 🌶️ (1/5)

Angst Level: n/a

POV: Duel, First Person

Release Date: 07, June 2022

Rep: Lesbian (Main Character), Polysexual (Main Character), Gay (Side Character), Bisexual (Side Character)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, Alcohol, Grief, Classism, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Cursing

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Abortion, Pregnancy, Death, Car accident, and Sexual content

cats33's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Biphobia, Lesbophobia, Death, Child death, Toxic friendship, Bullying, and Car accident

Moderate: Sexual content, Religious bigotry, and Outing

Minor: Alcohol, Abortion, and Cursing

ross_emm's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-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? Yes

4.75

first off, where is my cheerleader girlfriend?? a cute and cozy read but still had the power to throw me back into how it felt to be a queer highschooler in a not so nice small town. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Car accident

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Outing and Toxic friendship

mel_muses's review against another edition

4.5

What an absolute slay.

I thoroughly enjoyed this! I am definitely going to have to read more from Dahlia Adler, and most certainly will be picking up my ARC of Going Bicoastal, her 2023 release, as soon as I can!

Home Field Advantage is a wonderfully done YA love story. It follows a dual POV - Amber, a high school cheerleader, and Jack, the butch lesbian of every sapphic's dreams. Jack is the new quarterback for their high school, after the previous quarterback died after driving drunk.

This book wonderfully tackled the subjects of misogyny, toxic masculinity, coming out, and coming of age. I was boiling in rage for the majority of this book, seeing Jack get mistreated and Amber come to terms with what type of leader she wanted to be, but at the same time it felt so true to a high school experience. Not to say everything in this book was wholly believable (it is fiction lol), but I think the feelings and emotions that were expressed were true to their core.

This book was such a joy to read, from start to end. I loved the nuances in each character, and everyone's messiness all around. HIP HIP HO-GAY!

*I cannot be held accountable for what I write at the end of reviews :D

Content Warnings: misogyny, homophobia, threatened outing, alcohol consumption, mentioned miscarriage (side character), depictions of grief and loss, death of a teenager, car accident, bullying

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Alcohol, Misogyny, Homophobia, Car accident, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, and Outing

the_true_monroe's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense 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

5.0

Oh my goodness, this was beautiful. Definitely a rom-com but in a way that allowed for it to touch on some very important and raw subjects too that are often left out of young adult novels and I felt it also portrayed some queer narratives that I don’t often see in books or on the screen such as where youth are out to supportive parents and able to be themselves at home and around each other, but not at school/ in public. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Homophobia, and Bullying

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Abortion, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Cursing, Body shaming, Pregnancy, Outing, and Sexual harassment

befrazzledenby's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-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

4.5

This is such teenage/high school drama, but man I ate it up! I'm a sucker for these tropes especially in queer relationships, and Jack and Amber so delivered. There were so many twists, each one pretty unpredictable. Props to the narrators here, too--they really brought new life to these already lively girls. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Homophobia, Misogyny, Outing, and Death

envisageamity's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Misogyny

Minor: Lesbophobia, Abortion, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Biphobia, Outing, Homophobia, and Pregnancy

layayayle's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Outing

elinmln's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Sexism

Minor: Outing

snowydaze's review against another edition

challenging funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I received an audiobook copy of Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Overall, I found this book to be very easy to get into, which was partially due to the well written dual POVs of this novel.  Additionally,  although I don’t know anything about football I still found myself enthralled with the way it was being described in this sapphic spinoff of the trope of quarterback and cheerleader. On a final note, some of the deeper topics of the novel do require a trigger warning (teen pregnancy, death, homophobia, miscarriage and death among others). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Misogyny, Outing, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Miscarriage