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It's a Love/Skate Relationship
by Carli J. Corson
adventurous
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
This was such a fun book, and as soon I finished it, I looked to see if the author had any other books out. Nope--or at least I hope not yet. MC Charlie Porter is a hockey player--a junior on a private school coed team captained by her brother. When a douchebag from the public school fouls her, causing her to miss the game-winning shot, she's pissed, especially because the refs don't see/call the foul. Violence erupts, leaving Charlie suspended from her private school and sentenced, not to public school (she's at Cranford on a scholarship), but also to community service at the rink. And of course she's suspended from the hockey team.
Strangely, the rink takes Charlie in another direction: figure skating. In the melee, Frankie was injured and his pairs partner, Alexa, is left without a training partner. Male skating partner pickings are slim this late in the season, and there's nothing that says Alexa can't train with another girl.
There's also a subplot with Charlie and her mom, who is mostly out of the picture with her new family, including perfect little femme daughter Kylie.
btw Alexa is Jewish. Is it just me or are there a lot more gratuitously Jewish characters in books and TV lately?
Strangely, the rink takes Charlie in another direction: figure skating. In the melee, Frankie was injured and his pairs partner, Alexa, is left without a training partner. Male skating partner pickings are slim this late in the season, and there's nothing that says Alexa can't train with another girl.
There's also a subplot with Charlie and her mom, who is mostly out of the picture with her new family, including perfect little femme daughter Kylie.
btw Alexa is Jewish. Is it just me or are there a lot more gratuitously Jewish characters in books and TV lately?