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A review by angieinbooks
Full of Promise by Kate Gavin
3.0
The summer before Cameron's senior year isn't going particularly well. Her parents have recently gotten divorced and her mom has picked up a second job to help fill in the financial void left by Cameron's dad moving out, which means Cameron has had to find a job (at least it's at a library) and she's basically co-parenting her younger brothers. She has a boyfriend, but she can't understand why she's not that into him anymore, and there's this girl she doesn't know who she keeps seeing at the library and she's drawn to her.
Library girl is Riley. She's spent the summer before her senior alone and in a new place, since her mom's job brought the family from Illinois to Indiana. And just as she strikes up the courage to talk to the cute girl who works at the library, she finds out she has a boyfriend. Bummer.
But it turns out that Riley and Cameron are both trying out for the varsity soccer team and they quickly become friends. But Cameron is struggling with the fact that she's more attracted to Riley than she is her own boyfriend, and Riley isn't out to anyone in Indiana other than her parents. And she's afraid of telling Cameron she's a lesbian because what if it ruins their friendship?
I really enjoyed this story for what it is-- a coming of age story about coming out and falling for your best friend. It definitely wasn't the best novel I've with those themes but it's not the worst. But I did like that Kate Gavin made Cameron bi and there was a lot of discussion about what that meant (and some of it got a bit didactic--as if it's geared towards people completely unfamiliar with the concept of bisexuality). Overall, I thought it was a very cute story that's really quick to read and I can't wait to read more from Gavin.
Library girl is Riley. She's spent the summer before her senior alone and in a new place, since her mom's job brought the family from Illinois to Indiana. And just as she strikes up the courage to talk to the cute girl who works at the library, she finds out she has a boyfriend. Bummer.
But it turns out that Riley and Cameron are both trying out for the varsity soccer team and they quickly become friends. But Cameron is struggling with the fact that she's more attracted to Riley than she is her own boyfriend, and Riley isn't out to anyone in Indiana other than her parents. And she's afraid of telling Cameron she's a lesbian because what if it ruins their friendship?
I really enjoyed this story for what it is-- a coming of age story about coming out and falling for your best friend. It definitely wasn't the best novel I've with those themes but it's not the worst. But I did like that Kate Gavin made Cameron bi and there was a lot of discussion about what that meant (and some of it got a bit didactic--as if it's geared towards people completely unfamiliar with the concept of bisexuality). Overall, I thought it was a very cute story that's really quick to read and I can't wait to read more from Gavin.