A review by theavidreader405
Running With Lions by Julian Winters

5.0

CW: brief use of homophobic slurs, some body dysmorphia, homophobia

This book has my heart. I did not expect myself to like the soccer scenes as much as I did, but I loved it!

Also, friends to enemies-ish with tension to lovers??? Summer love?? I loved the build up of the relationship and at page 146 I was screaming with joy.

I also loved the rep for this book. One of my favorite parts in the book is late in the story when Coach has a chat with Bastian when Bastian feels like everything is falling apart.

I feel like I could absolutely read this again and still have all the strong emotions I felt when reading it the first time. I loved this book and will definitely be reading it again sometime.