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Beautiful Game
It’s 1991 and Melissa Etheridge is a brand new voice on the radio. In Southern California it’s almost—but not quite—safe to say lesbian outloud. For Camille Wallace, a sophomore attending San Diego University on a soccer scholarship, life is sweet. She has gay friends, the sport she loves and a future full of possibilities.
Her possible futures don’t include a woman like Jess Maxwell. Potential all-American, star-caliber tennis player and in every way the perfect co-ed, Jess isn’t likely to notice Cam’s admiring glances. And if she did, chances are she’ll never think of Cam as more than a fan.
The brilliant sunshine might be why Cam sees a Jess that no one else has realized is there. But it will take more than training and tenacity to find out if Jess wants to be the woman Cam believes lurks within. It may take more than Cam can possibly risk.
Kate Christie looks at love and the pursuit of happiness for two vibrant, gifted college athletes in the early Gay 90s.
Her possible futures don’t include a woman like Jess Maxwell. Potential all-American, star-caliber tennis player and in every way the perfect co-ed, Jess isn’t likely to notice Cam’s admiring glances. And if she did, chances are she’ll never think of Cam as more than a fan.
The brilliant sunshine might be why Cam sees a Jess that no one else has realized is there. But it will take more than training and tenacity to find out if Jess wants to be the woman Cam believes lurks within. It may take more than Cam can possibly risk.
Kate Christie looks at love and the pursuit of happiness for two vibrant, gifted college athletes in the early Gay 90s.
260 pages, Paperback
First published July 19, 2011
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37 books249 followersKate Christie, author of In the Company of Women, Gay Pride & Prejudice, and the Girls of Summer series, was born and raised in Kalamazoo, MI. A graduate of Smith College, she lives near Seattle with her wife, their three daughters, and the family dogs.
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September 18, 2016
This was really good. Probably the best lesfic soccer book I have read. And one of the better lesfic sports books in general.
This book would be referred to as a YA/NA, probably more New Adult. It hard for me to classify between the two sometimes. The book is about Cam, a Division II soccer star, in her third year of college. Cam is tiered of playing the field and wants to settle down in a real relationship. She meets Jess, one of the highest ranked collegiate tennis stars. Jess is known as being standoffish and even a snob. Cam doesn't think she stands much of a chance with her, but as their friendship grows, Cam worries that shes falling in love.
I really enjoyed the soccer scenes. I'm not a huge fan, but I watch the Women's Cup and the Olympics, but this book made me really enjoy the sport. It was well written and you felt like you were on the field with Cam. I liked the whole team dynamics and the book gave a realistic feel of College life. While this book did take place in the 90's, if you added in some smart phones, it would feel like the present.
The romance is a slow burn, but it was sweet and fit the book perfectly. The book is not all light and happy though. There is some tough subjects that the mains have to deal with. The only reason I am not specifically mentioning what the tough subject is, with the way the book is set up, it would be too much of a spoiler. I have to admit, I did choke up once or twice, but I like a book that makes you feel.
My only main complaint is, I wish the book was longer. I desperately wished it would of included their Senior year of college. It ended a little too abrupt for my liking. It's been a while, but I would still love Christie to write a sequel.
I would easily recommend this to sports fans who also enjoy a sweet romance.
This book would be referred to as a YA/NA, probably more New Adult. It hard for me to classify between the two sometimes. The book is about Cam, a Division II soccer star, in her third year of college. Cam is tiered of playing the field and wants to settle down in a real relationship. She meets Jess, one of the highest ranked collegiate tennis stars. Jess is known as being standoffish and even a snob. Cam doesn't think she stands much of a chance with her, but as their friendship grows, Cam worries that shes falling in love.
I really enjoyed the soccer scenes. I'm not a huge fan, but I watch the Women's Cup and the Olympics, but this book made me really enjoy the sport. It was well written and you felt like you were on the field with Cam. I liked the whole team dynamics and the book gave a realistic feel of College life. While this book did take place in the 90's, if you added in some smart phones, it would feel like the present.
The romance is a slow burn, but it was sweet and fit the book perfectly. The book is not all light and happy though. There is some tough subjects that the mains have to deal with. The only reason I am not specifically mentioning what the tough subject is, with the way the book is set up, it would be too much of a spoiler. I have to admit, I did choke up once or twice, but I like a book that makes you feel.
My only main complaint is, I wish the book was longer. I desperately wished it would of included their Senior year of college. It ended a little too abrupt for my liking. It's been a while, but I would still love Christie to write a sequel.
I would easily recommend this to sports fans who also enjoy a sweet romance.
October 11, 2018
I,football take you, tennis, to be my lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part.
A blissful year later, this book was born :)
Months! And I just discovered this sweet read, what the hello Adele!
Anyways, if you're a sports+romance fan, then you should check out this book. It has a sweetheart+football defender h and a broken yet holding on tennis playing h. This couple is also blessed with great friends too.
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A blissful year later, this book was born :)
Months! And I just discovered this sweet read, what the hello Adele!
Anyways, if you're a sports+romance fan, then you should check out this book. It has a sweetheart+football defender h and a broken yet holding on tennis playing h. This couple is also blessed with great friends too.
This book is unavailable on KU / Available on Scribd.
Kindle price USD9.99
August 20, 2018
I'm pretty sure this is my first book by this author and i liked it well enough. I did wish there was more dialogue instead of telling me what happened. I also felt things were not addressed fully or dealt woth but mentioned and then moved on. Honestly, when it ended I was disappointed because I felt that it was really just starting especially with Jess and Cam's relationship. Regardless, it was nice sport romance with a heavier emphasis on the sport side. I give it 3.5 stars
May 9, 2017
This is my sixth book by this author, and fourth soccer book (author really likes soccer).
I rather liked watching the slice of life, slow growth story that unfolded. First Camille ‘Cam’ Wallace needed to move past ‘oh my, that’s Jess! Star tennis player!’ to becoming friends with Jess, then to something more than friends. Very slow going. Years. But it was neat, despite the slowness. Fun.
This is one of those books that the story really seems quite solid, and the writing isn’t that bad either. One massive problem I had, though, that kept me from moving beyond a four star rating – the writing style is one I’ve seen before but it is also one that creates, almost automatically, a ‘distancing’ between the reader and the action occurring in the book. As in – the book was written as if the narrator is some 94 year-old woman remembering her time at college, though without including the part where some 94 year old was introduced and without including any overarching narrator voice. But it was written in an ‘I remember when my junior year started. How the grass smelled. How Holly helped me unpack – she somewhat forced me to unpack, in fact, because I had literally had boxes at the end of the last year that I had taken down from Oregon that, by the end of the year, still hadn’t been unpacked.’ That is not lifted from the book, though the situation was. No, it’s more the way the book was written that I’m trying to convey here. The story told through a heavy lens of nostalgia.
That – the distancing, plus the relatively uninformative story telling element used when conveying sports action, left me wanting, and kept me from rating this anything higher than 4 stars. There were moments that shown through, though. Touching scenes, moments, actions – one I recall specifically had me staring at the cover . . . and realizing that an opportunity had been lost /
Wow, my ability to write reviews has suffered greatly. I’d say ‘two main characters’, but this is just from the point of view of Cam, and for a while there, the two main characters would have been Cam and her best friend . . . um, and I want to say ‘Holly’ but might get the name wrong. Holly, though, wasn’t the love interest, that’d be Jess the tennis star. With Cam (and Holly, and Laura, and Mel, and others) being soccer stars. The book follows Cam as she lives soccer, drinks a lot, tries to live down a particular reputation, and builds a relationship with Jess (a friendship is a type of relationship), all while attending college in a different state from which she was born (college - California; born - Oregon).
Rating: 4.00
May 9 2017
I rather liked watching the slice of life, slow growth story that unfolded. First Camille ‘Cam’ Wallace needed to move past ‘oh my, that’s Jess! Star tennis player!’ to becoming friends with Jess, then to something more than friends. Very slow going. Years. But it was neat, despite the slowness. Fun.
This is one of those books that the story really seems quite solid, and the writing isn’t that bad either. One massive problem I had, though, that kept me from moving beyond a four star rating – the writing style is one I’ve seen before but it is also one that creates, almost automatically, a ‘distancing’ between the reader and the action occurring in the book. As in – the book was written as if the narrator is some 94 year-old woman remembering her time at college, though without including the part where some 94 year old was introduced and without including any overarching narrator voice. But it was written in an ‘I remember when my junior year started. How the grass smelled. How Holly helped me unpack – she somewhat forced me to unpack, in fact, because I had literally had boxes at the end of the last year that I had taken down from Oregon that, by the end of the year, still hadn’t been unpacked.’ That is not lifted from the book, though the situation was. No, it’s more the way the book was written that I’m trying to convey here. The story told through a heavy lens of nostalgia.
That – the distancing, plus the relatively uninformative story telling element used when conveying sports action, left me wanting, and kept me from rating this anything higher than 4 stars. There were moments that shown through, though. Touching scenes, moments, actions – one I recall specifically had me staring at the cover . . . and realizing that an opportunity had been lost /
Wow, my ability to write reviews has suffered greatly. I’d say ‘two main characters’, but this is just from the point of view of Cam, and for a while there, the two main characters would have been Cam and her best friend . . . um, and I want to say ‘Holly’ but might get the name wrong. Holly, though, wasn’t the love interest, that’d be Jess the tennis star. With Cam (and Holly, and Laura, and Mel, and others) being soccer stars. The book follows Cam as she lives soccer, drinks a lot, tries to live down a particular reputation, and builds a relationship with Jess (a friendship is a type of relationship), all while attending college in a different state from which she was born (college - California; born - Oregon).
Rating: 4.00
May 9 2017
August 5, 2016
I put this on my to-read list ages ago because lesbians + soccer = yay, but I have pretty low expectations when it comes to lesbian romance—not that the genre is worse than any other, but because there are relatively few books overall, there are also fewer good ones.
Guess what? This is a good one! I'm adding Christie to the very short list (she brings it up to three) of Bad Lesbian Romance authors whose books* I would actually seek out. It helps that Beautiful Game is quite recent, I think; it doesn't lose itself in the stereotypes that I see in so many Bad Lesbian Romances. There are no slimy, cigar-chomping homophobes wreaking havoc, for example, so there's lots of room for, you know, actual interpersonal conflict.
There's also a fair amount of conflict on the field. We see a number of Cam's games, and the way the seasons play out, but wow, some of these teams...really hate each other. That was kind of a surprise (and a bit of a disappointment), since I expect a bit more sportsmanship. But I do love the way Cam doesn't take herself too seriously, and that she and Jess are given a lot of time to build a solid friendship before anything romantic develops. And we get other, platonic friendships too:
Holly and I spoke the same lingo during soccer season. Each fall, the only words we used with any frequency were "cool" and "like" and "awesome." Sometimes all in the same sentence. But once soccer was over and we fell into our student habit again, our vocabularies improved. Immensely. (68)
Things take a darker (but not terribly surprising) turn near the end, but I'll steer clear of spoilers here. Overall, though, I'm just glad this made it off my To-Read list and onto my Read list.
*BLR designation not withstanding, some of these books are pretty good. Just go with it.
Guess what? This is a good one! I'm adding Christie to the very short list (she brings it up to three) of Bad Lesbian Romance authors whose books* I would actually seek out. It helps that Beautiful Game is quite recent, I think; it doesn't lose itself in the stereotypes that I see in so many Bad Lesbian Romances. There are no slimy, cigar-chomping homophobes wreaking havoc, for example, so there's lots of room for, you know, actual interpersonal conflict.
There's also a fair amount of conflict on the field. We see a number of Cam's games, and the way the seasons play out, but wow, some of these teams...really hate each other. That was kind of a surprise (and a bit of a disappointment), since I expect a bit more sportsmanship. But I do love the way Cam doesn't take herself too seriously, and that she and Jess are given a lot of time to build a solid friendship before anything romantic develops. And we get other, platonic friendships too:
Holly and I spoke the same lingo during soccer season. Each fall, the only words we used with any frequency were "cool" and "like" and "awesome." Sometimes all in the same sentence. But once soccer was over and we fell into our student habit again, our vocabularies improved. Immensely. (68)
Things take a darker (but not terribly surprising) turn near the end, but I'll steer clear of spoilers here. Overall, though, I'm just glad this made it off my To-Read list and onto my Read list.
*BLR designation not withstanding, some of these books are pretty good. Just go with it.
April 2, 2012
The book the Beautiful Game is about two girls who are each in love with a different sport. Cam Wallace loves soccer, she is a proud lesbian and is junior year of college. Then there is Jess maxwell who keeps to her self loves tenis, and through most of the book your not sure which ways she leans. Cam and Jess become friends they hangout a lot and the get to know each other. Then Cam starts to have feelings for Jess and she is not sure what to do about it. She tries to get Jess to let her in but she keeps pulling away. They do end up together but Cam has to first find out why Jess is the way that she is. She has to get Jess to tell her about what happened in Jess's past.
I really liked this book. I thought that it was well written and showed what lesbian life is really like. I think that it was a lot of fun to read and I wish that it wouldn't have ended they way that it did. I like how you have the girl who is out an proud and then the girl your not sure about. You knew that they were going to be together in the end but everything that lead up to that was really intens. It kept you guessing about it. You knew that they were going to get together but you were never really sure when. At moments you would think that this is it this is when they are going to get together but then they never did. I like how it wasn't all about them to there were other relationships in the book to that you got to know. It was a great book to read. Though I don't think that there should be another one, not sure how they would make a second book to this.
I would give this book a four. I thought that is was a great book and I would read it again in the future. I would say that anyone that is into these kinds of books and relationships should read this. I was very good but you would have to want to read this kind of book. I really liked it and I would say that people should read it and that I had a lot of fun reading this book.
I really liked this book. I thought that it was well written and showed what lesbian life is really like. I think that it was a lot of fun to read and I wish that it wouldn't have ended they way that it did. I like how you have the girl who is out an proud and then the girl your not sure about. You knew that they were going to be together in the end but everything that lead up to that was really intens. It kept you guessing about it. You knew that they were going to get together but you were never really sure when. At moments you would think that this is it this is when they are going to get together but then they never did. I like how it wasn't all about them to there were other relationships in the book to that you got to know. It was a great book to read. Though I don't think that there should be another one, not sure how they would make a second book to this.
I would give this book a four. I thought that is was a great book and I would read it again in the future. I would say that anyone that is into these kinds of books and relationships should read this. I was very good but you would have to want to read this kind of book. I really liked it and I would say that people should read it and that I had a lot of fun reading this book.
September 9, 2011
Great, well-developed characters and I love sport settings. I thought it could benefit, however, by tightening up the timeline. College kids full of hormones wouldn't take that long to jump each other's bones, in my humble opinion. I think the story thread of Jess' mother should have either been left more in the background or developed more. After she appeared at a match and apparently caused Jess to play badly, I expected to see more of her in the story. Overall, though, a good read. I like this author's writing style and will try her other books.
April 27, 2013
Wow, I REALLY liked this one--it's probably one of the best lesbian (romance) fics I've ever read. The characters were well developed and believable and the early 90s setting was wonderfully nostalgic (if suspiciously homophobic-lite). Just a few minor gripes about not-quite-resolved subplots and the briefest touches upon deeper darker issues, but that can be overlooked in such an engaging overall story with adorable characters. This is truly one of the top ten les-fics out there, especially if you're a sports fan.
March 4, 2017
This is the fourth book i read by this author, i think she has improved in her writting skills (because i have read her lastest and there are much better writed). I enjoyed the plot of the book even though sometimes a wanted to smack Jess. And also Cam to be honest. Cam was an ok character and Jess grow on me at the end. Not the best book i hace ever read, but not the worst. It's an OK book.
October 1, 2017
Beautiful Game was an interesting experience. I've read two other books from Kate Christie - the excellent 'Girls of Summer' series. Those books managed to really draw me in with their excellent characters and excellent way of mixing the world of soccer with the intricacies of their friendship and eventual relationship.
This feels like an earlier, less refined version of that story.
Here, the main stars of the story are Cam and Jess. Both were interesting to read about. I liked Cam's personality, and I enjoyed the slow reveal of what was up with Jess and her history. I liked their interactions over time as well. They had good chemistry with one another, and their respective group of friends were interesting to read about as well.
Cam is attending San Diego State thanks to a soccer scholarship, and Jess is the school's resident Tennis star.
Where this and the "Girls of Summer" series differ is how it tells the story. In "Girls of Summer" Kate managed to mix the world of sports with the voices of the characters almost seamlessly. The characters were the thrust of the story, but they were so into the sport that it really brought it to life in a fun way. Here, the story is more disconnected. A large portion of the book is spent with Cam and her recounting events. Large amounts of time can pass with Cam just telling us how that time was spent.
And don't get me wrong - it was enjoyable. But it didn't draw me in in the same way. I never felt as close to these characters as I did to the ones in "Girls of Summer."
There are a lot of good elements to this, however. Like I said, the character interactions are good - I just wish that we got to see more of them. The side characters are also a lot of fun, particularly the members on Cam's soccer team, and Jess's landlords.
There were also a handful of issues with the period. For the most part it felt authentic to the early 90's, but there were a few things that felt a little off. The biggest was a mention of Fox News, which didn't start until closer to the end of the 90's, instead of the early 90's where this story takes place. It's a minor issue, so I didn't dock any points for it.
All in all, I enjoyed it. It was a fun story with good characters, but it keeps them at a distance. It could've been a really engrossing story. Given a choice between this and the "Girls of Summer" series, I'd recommend that one over this - however, this is still a well written story that I don't regret reading. I look forward to checking out more of Kate Christie's work in the future.
This feels like an earlier, less refined version of that story.
Here, the main stars of the story are Cam and Jess. Both were interesting to read about. I liked Cam's personality, and I enjoyed the slow reveal of what was up with Jess and her history. I liked their interactions over time as well. They had good chemistry with one another, and their respective group of friends were interesting to read about as well.
Cam is attending San Diego State thanks to a soccer scholarship, and Jess is the school's resident Tennis star.
Where this and the "Girls of Summer" series differ is how it tells the story. In "Girls of Summer" Kate managed to mix the world of sports with the voices of the characters almost seamlessly. The characters were the thrust of the story, but they were so into the sport that it really brought it to life in a fun way. Here, the story is more disconnected. A large portion of the book is spent with Cam and her recounting events. Large amounts of time can pass with Cam just telling us how that time was spent.
And don't get me wrong - it was enjoyable. But it didn't draw me in in the same way. I never felt as close to these characters as I did to the ones in "Girls of Summer."
There are a lot of good elements to this, however. Like I said, the character interactions are good - I just wish that we got to see more of them. The side characters are also a lot of fun, particularly the members on Cam's soccer team, and Jess's landlords.
There were also a handful of issues with the period. For the most part it felt authentic to the early 90's, but there were a few things that felt a little off. The biggest was a mention of Fox News, which didn't start until closer to the end of the 90's, instead of the early 90's where this story takes place. It's a minor issue, so I didn't dock any points for it.
All in all, I enjoyed it. It was a fun story with good characters, but it keeps them at a distance. It could've been a really engrossing story. Given a choice between this and the "Girls of Summer" series, I'd recommend that one over this - however, this is still a well written story that I don't regret reading. I look forward to checking out more of Kate Christie's work in the future.
January 21, 2021
4.5 stars
This is the first book I've ever read from Kate Christie, but it's definitely not going to be the last. As I've said in another review my favourite romances are the slow burns and this one was fantastic. The writing does suffer a bit in the beginning by telling more than showing, but after a few chapters it gets better. Cam was a likeable character and Jess was very intriguing from the start. Also, I loved Cam and Holly friendship, it was adorable. Overall, this was a very nice, fun, fluffy and occasionally angsty romance.
This is the first book I've ever read from Kate Christie, but it's definitely not going to be the last. As I've said in another review my favourite romances are the slow burns and this one was fantastic. The writing does suffer a bit in the beginning by telling more than showing, but after a few chapters it gets better. Cam was a likeable character and Jess was very intriguing from the start. Also, I loved Cam and Holly friendship, it was adorable. Overall, this was a very nice, fun, fluffy and occasionally angsty romance.
January 14, 2022
I enjoyed this much more than I expected I would. Not a fan of YA or NA, I usually steer away from that age level. This was really interesting as Christie explored the lives of student athletes in more than one sport, being LGBT on campus in SoCal in the 1990s, and how trauma can affect someone for years. And I admit, it was cute how Cam kept thinking “so this is what love feels like.” The author writes so beautifully I felt like I was there on campus with the characters.
November 9, 2025
This is definitely a 4-star book, which is a high rating from me. It is an intelligent and well written sapphic romance, which is a hard thing to find. But I cannot say I thoroughly enjoyed the book, although I may read it again one day.
The book is melancholy, and the relationship is hardly portrayed as secure, maybe not even at the very end. Bad stuff happens off screen before the story begins, but not on-screen which is a plus for me.
The book is melancholy, and the relationship is hardly portrayed as secure, maybe not even at the very end. Bad stuff happens off screen before the story begins, but not on-screen which is a plus for me.
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May 11, 2020Although I am not a fan of stories with just one view point, I have to admit this was a good one. I was also sad to realize the first part of the story seemed focused on Cam and her soccer career, and the second part on Jess. So it felt like Cam was just going to school but wasn't practising soccer anymore. But overall, a good book.
June 24, 2018
This is a wonderful romance of 2 college athletes falling in love. Cam is a soccer player who's intrigued by Jess, the aloof star tennis player. They developed a friendship that eventually became more. While I am not an athlete, I appreciate this glimpse into student athletes' life and experiences.
December 8, 2019
I loved this book. Being a former college athlete and a current collegiate athletic trainer this book is so close to my daily life. Definitely worth reading and I will also look for other books by this author.
March 21, 2022
A heartwarming story full of sporty things (which I loved) and that doesn't feel rushed at all. And we can probably all relate with that time of our lives when we are kind of in a bubble before entering the "real world"
May 29, 2017
Relatable story. Light hearted but meaningful.
December 5, 2019
Great story
I really liked this story. It had a lot of sports in it, which I am a great fan of and a great main couple, finding there way in life.
I really liked this story. It had a lot of sports in it, which I am a great fan of and a great main couple, finding there way in life.
July 7, 2021
I enjoyed reading this one. I love how Jess was written, and how Cam see her. I just love this.
September 27, 2025
Great love story wrapped up in collegiate athletes. Very fun.
October 25, 2011
I should quit the lesfic now while I'm ahead. I liked this one, too! I'm quite amazed. When have I ever had such an enjoyable lesfic streak in recent years? Never, would be my guess.
College romance. The romance part is pretty standard, you can see the conflict from miles away. But the main and secondary characters are so damn charming, it didn't matter. The college setting threw me back to my own college experience in the late 90s (for some inexplicable reason this is set in 1991, if I'm not mistaken). Ah, freedom.
There's a fair bit of rambling by the first person narrator, but I didn't mind. It was funny that soccer rules needed to be explained, but it was assumed that tennis rules were known.
I totally adored the ending. This is what is has come to, I enjoyed the ending just because there was no epilogue. It just ended.
College romance. The romance part is pretty standard, you can see the conflict from miles away. But the main and secondary characters are so damn charming, it didn't matter. The college setting threw me back to my own college experience in the late 90s (for some inexplicable reason this is set in 1991, if I'm not mistaken). Ah, freedom.
There's a fair bit of rambling by the first person narrator, but I didn't mind. It was funny that soccer rules needed to be explained, but it was assumed that tennis rules were known.
I totally adored the ending. This is what is has come to, I enjoyed the ending just because there was no epilogue. It just ended.
July 11, 2013
There's not a lot of books I'm willing to comment on, even ones that I liked. However, this book warrants a positive comment. I absolutely fell in love with this book. The author composed this story with such earnest, deep, true-to-life characters. The book itself shared meaningful thoughts and a real love for challenging sports. Aside from all the well developed characters, I have to say the most favorable parts of the book for me was the developing relationship between the main characters. Feelings of love that at one point in everyone's life, has indeed felt. Great book that at times made me reflect on my own life. I recommend this book to all. Read it!!!!
March 7, 2015
I enjoyed this story quite a bit, it's not as good as Leaving LA, but I'd still recommend it. Christie devotes ample time to building the relationship between Cam and Jess and also give the reader a nice glimpse into the life of a college athlete. I agree with P. Bigelow though, given how slow the relationship build up was, the end does seem a little rushed, but it's a minor quibble, it's still a nice read.
April 21, 2013
An all-time favourite! This book is also about lesbians (spoiler alert), but it's about a girl and she goes to college on a soccer scholarship and she meets a tennis player and wow I just cannot. Anyways, I can really relate to this book, it's wonderful.
June 29, 2013
I really enjoyed the characters. Well written, with consistency. The story might or might have not been the most original ever, but it was lovely too. And being a tennis fan (and a soccer one, too) this was really cool to read :)
June 30, 2013
Fluffy and predictable, but well done enough that I really didn't care, and was rooting for Cam and her happy ending the whole way through. Utterly adorable.
August 2, 2013
If you're an athlete who plays soccer, tennis, or both - or even someone who enjoys the a good friendship to love book. You'll enjoy this.
January 3, 2015
Too much soccer not enough romance :( took forever to get going, lovely read but slow. And too much sport.
April 3, 2012
Can we get a sequel? It would be great to know how Cam and Jess's senior year of college go.
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