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A review by maxarcreads
It's a Love/Skate Relationship by Carli J. Corson
4.0
This book was cute. I will admit while I enjoyed the book for most of it, I was at a 3.75 but that ending got me all in my feels and it got a bump to a 4. It's a fun book that is very appropriate for the YA audience as it is fade to black with the 1 inferred romantic scene. Now I went into this knowing it was a YA book, and I love the occasional YA book, but not all YA books are the same and this book is definitely in the YA market that it took me back to being in high school a little and just made me feel a little old reading it. I think someone said in their review that it reminded them of the old Disney channel original movies and the ice princess movie and that fits the book so well. Nothing wrong with that at all and like I said I did enjoy the book I just felt a little old reading it.
I loved the two FMCs who are such driven girls in their own fields and how dedicated they are to their sports I really admired it. You also saw real growth in them as individuals with Charlie being plucked from her private school as a scholarship student and going to the public school which is her schools biggest rival that combined with wanting to make up for the consequences of her choices and how it affected others landed her as becoming part of a pairs ice skating team really pushed her out of her comfort zone. With Alexa you saw some real growth in her as well as being around Charlie forced her eyes open on a lot of different factors in her life making her want to change as well.
In the end I liked the characters, it was a fun story that is definitely appropriate for the younger markets and the plot was cute but sometimes a little unrealistic if it were to happen in real life.
This book is about Charlie whose life is going through some changes at the moment. After an unfortunate hockey loss her team suffered due to some cheating by the other team, she ended up starting a fight that ended up with her being suspended from her team and school which means not only will she not get to play the sport she loves so much but this means she will miss out on scouts seeing her play and hurting her chances of making it into a DIV1 school. And if that wasn't bad enough, she has been enrolled in the local public school which is none other than her schools biggest rival and who they just lost too. Its awkward to say the least but she just has to keep her nose clean and maintain her grades for 6 months and then she will be back where she belongs. However, the brawl didn't just affect Charlie and her life but also Alexa's as well whose figure skating partner got caught up in the brawl and got injured as a result. Which means she only has 4 months to find a partner before her next competition in order to qualify for nationals and let's just say the pickings are slim when it comes to partners who can lift her. So, a deal is struck between the two where Alexa will get a skating partner, and Charlie still gets ice time to stay in shape but also Alexa's mother an Olympian will put in a good word for her with some scouts. Now they just have to take powerhouse hockey player Charlie and turn her into a pairs ice figure skater with the elegant ice princess Alexa. But as they start to train together the frostiness starts to thaw and they start to wonder if they can be more than just partner on the ice.
I received an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review.
I loved the two FMCs who are such driven girls in their own fields and how dedicated they are to their sports I really admired it. You also saw real growth in them as individuals with Charlie being plucked from her private school as a scholarship student and going to the public school which is her schools biggest rival that combined with wanting to make up for the consequences of her choices and how it affected others landed her as becoming part of a pairs ice skating team really pushed her out of her comfort zone. With Alexa you saw some real growth in her as well as being around Charlie forced her eyes open on a lot of different factors in her life making her want to change as well.
In the end I liked the characters, it was a fun story that is definitely appropriate for the younger markets and the plot was cute but sometimes a little unrealistic if it were to happen in real life.
This book is about Charlie whose life is going through some changes at the moment. After an unfortunate hockey loss her team suffered due to some cheating by the other team, she ended up starting a fight that ended up with her being suspended from her team and school which means not only will she not get to play the sport she loves so much but this means she will miss out on scouts seeing her play and hurting her chances of making it into a DIV1 school. And if that wasn't bad enough, she has been enrolled in the local public school which is none other than her schools biggest rival and who they just lost too. Its awkward to say the least but she just has to keep her nose clean and maintain her grades for 6 months and then she will be back where she belongs. However, the brawl didn't just affect Charlie and her life but also Alexa's as well whose figure skating partner got caught up in the brawl and got injured as a result. Which means she only has 4 months to find a partner before her next competition in order to qualify for nationals and let's just say the pickings are slim when it comes to partners who can lift her. So, a deal is struck between the two where Alexa will get a skating partner, and Charlie still gets ice time to stay in shape but also Alexa's mother an Olympian will put in a good word for her with some scouts. Now they just have to take powerhouse hockey player Charlie and turn her into a pairs ice figure skater with the elegant ice princess Alexa. But as they start to train together the frostiness starts to thaw and they start to wonder if they can be more than just partner on the ice.
I received an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review.