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Cleat Cute
by Meryl Wilsner
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ugh, I’m so upset with how frustrated I ended up being with this book!
I LOVE Meryl Wilsner and was so excited for this book (sapphics playing soccer?? Yes please!). The first 50% of the book absolutely lived up to my expectations and I was having a great time.
But then (Bum Bum BUM)… the miscommunication started.Although Phoebe and Grace both initially agreed that they weren’t looking for a relationship, when they had the “we’re exclusive” conversation there was a whole CHAPTER where Phoebe went on and on about how excited she was that they were girlfriends now. And I just KNEW Grace hadn’t taken it that way.
Well, low and behold, Grace did not, in fact, take it that way. She was under the impression that they were continuing their friends with benefits arrangement, just not sleeping with anyone else. And because they were keeping things secret to begin with and didn’t change that, this misunderstanding went on for a MONTH until the very end of the book, at which point it came out and it just… wasn’t an issue? Like, if you’re going to have a miscommunication go on for that long, it needs to end up being a bigger thing.
That said, even with how annoyed I was with the way their story played out, I really loved Phoebe and Grace as characters and the way they both helped each other get better at things they needed help getting better at. The part whereGrace took it upon herself to set up and appointment for Phoebe to get diagnosed with ADHD because she knew it was overwhelming for her was, as a person who also has trouble making doctor’s appointments and definitely has undiagnosed ADHD, was particularly heartwarming.
So to sum it all up: if the miscommunication trope isn’t your thing, I might skip this one. But I’ll definitely be back for more Meryl Wilsner in the future!
Thank you to Macmillan and NetGalley for providing an advanced copy of this book.
I LOVE Meryl Wilsner and was so excited for this book (sapphics playing soccer?? Yes please!). The first 50% of the book absolutely lived up to my expectations and I was having a great time.
But then (Bum Bum BUM)… the miscommunication started.
That said, even with how annoyed I was with the way their story played out, I really loved Phoebe and Grace as characters and the way they both helped each other get better at things they needed help getting better at. The part where
So to sum it all up: if the miscommunication trope isn’t your thing, I might skip this one. But I’ll definitely be back for more Meryl Wilsner in the future!
Thank you to Macmillan and NetGalley for providing an advanced copy of this book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness