All in all, I put this book down feeling happy and glad that I went through the trouble of digging through my library’s chronically unorganized “new fiction” section to find it.Corey LaCroix only wanted to snowboard, but Olympic medals and world championships only carry you so far when your knees ache and you're suddenly an underdog for the first time in her career.
It felt like an odd deviation from what seemed to be a very normalized account of a lesbian relationship between athletes. I was honestly kind of disappointed closer to the end to be reminded of the media’s attitude toward same-sex relationships given that for the majority of the book the characters’ romance had been treated very matter-of-fact and even encouraged by the supporting cast. The romance does shape each woman’s decisions regarding her training and goals, but the Olympic training and games really are well-developed story lines on their own that I would have enjoyed reading even without the romance. This plot fit my idea of a great romance: falling in love while additional drama unfolds throughout the story. Neither of them are expecting to fall in love, and especially not with someone with such radically different approaches to life and racing.
They’re on an international adventure to prove themselves, beat the odds, and maybe pick up a few women along the way. Elise is a skier on an ambitious journey to recover from a severe injury in time to qualify for the Olympic team and Corey is a snowboarder who, at age 30, is passed over in favor for the younger, bouncier “future of the sport,” Nikki. Elise Brandeis and Corey LaCroix are both Olympic-level athletes, both classed as underdogs for the first time in their lives. This book was a nice break from my finals in that it was fluffy and cute and ends happy.
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