9/20/2023 0 Comments Playon review 2017Yes it’s realistic, because I knew that – not personally, but from someone I care about a lot. Therefore to me it’s saying something that I found it well-handled here and that it didn’t bother me (too much). Because of personal reasons, I have a (really) hard time staying calm and not getting mad when I read about characters like Marisa who suffer from depression over no particular reason. In fact it deals with my absolute worst kind of issue : depression. Now, I’m not saying that it doesn’t deal with hard subjects, because it does. ➌ While predictable, the story stays free of my biggest peeves, that is to say : slut-shaming and useless drama. “I have no idea why, but my tongue feels like it’s glued to the roof of my mouth when I’m in the same room as this girl.Īnd when I do open my mouth, something stupid usually tumbles out. No love erases everything else kind of crap here. I mean, how many books do we read where characters brag about being crazy about their sport and yet we never get to see them play? Yes, Austin is in love – like, the first kind of crazy love – but it doesn’t prevent him for caring about his friends (can I say that I adore this bunch of guys?), his mother, his passion. I really liked following his games even if I’m not sure that I understood everything, being a baseball noob and all, because it was fucking realistic. ➋ Yes, Austin is completely smitten, but you know, he has a life too. She moves past me and laughs a little, but it sounds like one of those nervous I-think-I-just-met-a-serial-killer laughs.” It remains that his inner monologues made me laugh out loud more often than not, and above that, he was loyal and cared so much about Marisa, his friends and his mother that I couldn’t help but fall in love along the way. I was too busy laughing and smiling, I guess, because damn, the guy can think the cutest stuff and yet be straight-on ridiculous sometimes! Well, now, that’s a teenager in love for you. But damn, the guy is all kinds of adorable and calls himself on his crap : that’s something, isn’t it? Don’t get fooled by his superstar player status : indeed he is a dork – a cute not that confident dork, and his voice was so refreshing and believable that I didn’t even care about the insta-attraction. If that’s the case, I’ve got what you need : indeed this book, while not free of flaws, is for me the perfect medicine to kick this syndrome’s ass. ✘ You either don’t answer right away when asked for doing something or you’re doing it muttering to yourself that people are killjoy ✘ You’re morphed into a grumpy Grinch, and you scowl way too often What he sees instead is that in a small town like Lewis Creek, maybe baseball isn’t everything-maybe it is just the thing that ties them all together.įirst of all, are you suffering from the awful Monday sucks syndrome? Let’s take a look at the symptoms : But Marisa has a past that still haunts her, one that she ran all the way to South Carolina to escape.Īs Austin starts to peel back the layers of Marisa’s pain, it forces him to look beyond the façade of himself and everyone he thought he knew in his town. As the two grow closer, there's something about Marisa that makes Austin want more than just baseball and out of Lewis Creek - he wants a future with her. Not only is Marisa some home-schooled super-genius she's also a baseball fanatic and more than willing to help Austin study. A failing grade means zero playing time, and zero playing time means no scholarship.Įnter Marisa Marlowe, the new girl in town who gets a job at his momma's flower shop. But when Austin starts flunking Chemistry, his picture-perfect future is in jeopardy. All that stands between him and a new start is one final season. Especially for all-star pitcher Austin Braxton, who has a one-way ticket out of town with his scholarship to a top university. In the small town of Lewis Creek, baseball is everything.
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