Wow what a complex tale! This book is, I admit, making me feel really old but, it was so real. The girls depicted in this story are everywhere. They are all loyal to friends, coaches, and each other. So what really made me think was how evil Beth was. I mean this girl had her best friend and she didn’t want to share her at anytime with anyone. When the new Coach came into the picture she was threatened. I guess it teaches you that when you are that age you are wearing blinders and have blind faith in people who you are loyal to. The last thing Addy wanted was to think Beth, Tacy, Coach or RiRi were lying. When she discovered things on her own she still wanted and needed approval from Beth. My heart hurt for Coach who was unhappy and wronged by her lover and her husband. 

For Addy she never felt special until she was “chosen” by Coach Colette to be in on her secrets. She was chosen to be a friend and helper. She was feeling so special because of Coach.

The trust and loyalty that there girls shared was strong because they were very involved in their sport and it was a challenging arena. They practiced and did things I found shocking to compete. They worked on their flips and tumbles, got hurt, bruised and dealt with it for the love of their sport. 

So much to think about now! I think it is still rumbling in my head. I really would recommend this one!

Starting this today

In my opinion I am on a Jill Shalvis freakishly long book run! I loved this book. Poor Raine had work cut for her with her job at the Recreation Center and then her volunteer work. She was helping her community out after a California wild fire wrecked most of it. Her boss Rick gets a call from his famous brother Mark who is a Pro hockey coach and needs community service for two players, if not they are suspended. Rick tells him come to Santa Rey and help out and it will teach the players to give back to the community. So in typical Jill Shalvis form he meets his crush from his days growing up in Santa Rey and they not only transform the youth center, the community, but themselves. Mark realizes he can’t leave without Raine and he proves it. Great read and awesome steam factor too!

Great story with so much potential. I wish it was more descriptive and longer. There was a lot of missed opportunity for Demi and I wish that she had more dialogue. Overall a great love story. 4/5 stars

Heading to the beach with a new book

Jaci Burton is one of my favorite authors I love her type of fluff! This one was missing something and I think that maybe Savannah was keeping her family and lack of a secret but then when we found out about her Mother it was no big deal. I mean nothing compared to Liz and Tara and what they grew up in and around. It seemed maybe a little less important than the others in this series.

What I loved was the Riley family and of course having Kathleen and Uncle Jimmy back behind the bar was cool too. I love that at the time when Savannah was doubting herself she confided in Liz and was shocked when Liz didn’t ask what was up, but instead told her she knew everything. I think that is when Savannah turned herself around realizing that she would have Tara, Liz, Julia and Alicia as sisters if she was open to them.

There was of course tons of steam and that was without a doubt 5* smoking heat

Books i’ve read recently.

Wrong Bed, Right Guy (Come Undone #1) by Katee Robert.

Just released and starting it now