A review by stephsnextread
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

4.0

Let me start by saying I found this story highly entertaining and enjoyable. I just didn’t expect SO MUCH tennis! Obviously, Carrie Soto (who was first introduced in Malibu Rising) is a tennis star so I knew there would be tennis, but I really wanted more about her life outside of tennis. I guess she really didn’t have a life outside of tennis and that was the whole point; it just wasn’t my favorite topic to read about. I did love reading about the relationship between Carrie and her father (who is also her coach), which was the highlight of the book for me. 

Taylor Jenkins Reid is such an amazing storyteller that I had no trouble following the story despite my lack of tennis knowledge. The audiobook was really well done, and I enjoyed that the sports broadcasting clips between chapters were done by different narrators. Just a note—there is quite a bit of Spanish (without translation). I speak enough Spanish to understand what was said, and I think you could still follow the story without knowing Spanish, but it is something to be aware of. 

Read if you like:

💕 Books about athletes

💕 Professional tennis

💕 Father-daughter relationships