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Iron Valley #3
Ultimate Takedown
Fiery competition and unexpected romance will melt your heart in book three of Tamara Girardi’s swoon-worthy, young-adult contemporary series.
Iron Valley High School senior Annalise Fiori is the only girl on her school’s wrestling team. With daily early morning lifting sessions and extra workouts in the evenings, she’s earned her place on the high school team and respect from her male teammates. Her goals for the season are to earn a wrestling scholarship to a college with an amazing art program and interact with her middle school wrestling rival, Sebastian Love, as little as possible.
When Sebastian’s school doesn’t have enough wrestlers to field a team, her coaches welcome the Forest Run High School wrestlers to co-op with Iron Valley’s team. Now, Annalise will have to face Sebastian every day at practice and maybe even compete against him to hold on to her weight class and prove herself to college coaches. Will the secret Annalise has been holding on to put everything she’s worked so hard for at risk?
Iron Valley High School senior Annalise Fiori is the only girl on her school’s wrestling team. With daily early morning lifting sessions and extra workouts in the evenings, she’s earned her place on the high school team and respect from her male teammates. Her goals for the season are to earn a wrestling scholarship to a college with an amazing art program and interact with her middle school wrestling rival, Sebastian Love, as little as possible.
When Sebastian’s school doesn’t have enough wrestlers to field a team, her coaches welcome the Forest Run High School wrestlers to co-op with Iron Valley’s team. Now, Annalise will have to face Sebastian every day at practice and maybe even compete against him to hold on to her weight class and prove herself to college coaches. Will the secret Annalise has been holding on to put everything she’s worked so hard for at risk?
334 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 30, 2022
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September 17, 2022
I read the first in the series, and read this next, so a bit out of order, but this was so enjoyable as a standalone! I actually loved being in the world of wrestling for a nice change and a sport I don't know much about. I like how our MC is shaking up gender stereotypes and being true to herself. So many wonderful themes and moments:
"I accepted my identity with a certain reality. The reality of being a strong girl who dominated a boys' world like wrestling meant that guys wanted to laugh at me or beat me more than they'd wanted to date me."
We really feel the MC's struggle between the normal desire to want to fit in to find romance, but also be who she is. Great YA romantic storyline and some family drama kept things interesting too. All the highs and lows of this time of life and handled well by the author.
"I accepted my identity with a certain reality. The reality of being a strong girl who dominated a boys' world like wrestling meant that guys wanted to laugh at me or beat me more than they'd wanted to date me."
We really feel the MC's struggle between the normal desire to want to fit in to find romance, but also be who she is. Great YA romantic storyline and some family drama kept things interesting too. All the highs and lows of this time of life and handled well by the author.
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