Review by oceanwriter - Carrie Soto Is Back

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Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

3.5

adventurous emotional reflective 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: Yes

I had been so geared up to read this book when it was first published (after reading Malibu Rising), but I kept putting it off for some reason. I wish I hadn’t now, because I felt like I was reading it out of a sense of duty to my past self, despite the fact that my excitement for it had long worn off.

First introduced in Malibu Rising, this book focuses on the life of Carrie Soto, a competitive tennis player who will stop at nothing to win, including coming out of retirement in a shot to reclaim her title.

I really enjoyed the father/daughter aspect of the story. Everything else was secondary to me. I didn’t care much about the romance, and while it was interesting to learn more about tennis, I grew bored with it after a while. It was done fantastically, I’m just not a sports person (try as I might). I do wonder how I might have perceived this book had I read it back in 2022.

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