A review by heykellyjensen
Rez Ball by Byron Graves

This is a much-needed book in the YA world. It's got excellent representation and it features a younger YA character. I enjoyed it quite a bit and know that there are so many readers for it. That said, while the actual sports writing was fantastic–I was right there in the games!–a lot of the writing left something to be desired and required quite a bit of suspending disbelief. I'm not sure Tre was particularly well-developed (and I had a hard time buying how he was so quickly able to become a stand-in captain with the ability to persuade his entire time to make a behavioral change) but more, I did not think his parents or teammates were developed. The budding romance didn't work, either, though Khiana was herself a character I wanted to spend more time with. 

For the teen readers of this book, these quibbles won't matter because it is such an engaging story.