4 Star
Gin Fielding is just waiting for graduation. She wants to
keep her head down until she can finally get out of the small town in Missouri.
One day she comes across a younger girl being beaten by a senior. She
intervenes and takes the beating meant for the younger girl. Come to find out the
girl was Football player Chase Matthews little sister. He is determined to
thank her by making her popular. He offers her a rose to be apart of the super
elite Sweet Sixteen. She refuses as she 1. Doesn’t want to be popular, 2. Is
sure she doesn’t want to be apart of the horrible tradition of Sweet Sixteen,
and 3. Doesn’t want her first time to be with the entire football team. Chase
is baffled by her decision to not participate in Sweet Sixteen. Her refusal also
leads to problems for both of them. Gin and Chase are brought closer together and
are forced to take on the darker side of small-town life.
I loved this book. I met the author at an event. I’ve never
read anything by her and got two books from her. This one and Anton (review
coming). I picked up the other one as it was a hockey book and then asked for a
recommendation as I didn’t want to get two hockey books. She suggested this one
but said it was weird. I don’t think it was weird at all. It is very much a
good high school drama book and it just hit the right spot and the subject
matter was spot on for what’s been going on in the world today. I loved how
Chase has the epiphany about the Sweet Sixteen being bad and learns and grows. Even
though it has a lot of undertones for the me too movement it isn’t preachy in
anyway. If you like high school drama books this will hit all the right notes. Best
purchase of the book event I was at followed closely by her other book.
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