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Carrie Soto Is Back: From the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (California dream (crossover) serie, 4)

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I liked Carrie and Javi's relationship. They were a great duo, despite everything. He was the real strategist and had a really good eye and mind for tennis. Her most well-known quartet of books, which she calls “the famous four,” follow famous fictional women as they navigate life in the public eye. Although the books are not part of a series, they all exist in the same universe, and avid fans love searching for links between them. Jenna Bush Hager Reveals To Hoda Kotb That Her Daughter Asked Her Husband Why He Was "Lying" When He Said She "Never Looked Better" I could probably go on forever. I could quote so many things and explain their meaning to me. I could write about celebrity vs expectation vs self. I'm a writer, a book lover, and a huge advocate for loving what you have and knowing what you deserve. But what this review boils down to is that you are the master of yourself. Now, I was not a tennis player and I never played to the level Carrie did, obviously. However, I WAS a collegiate scholarship athlete who spent the majority of age 5-21 on a sports field with a VERY dedicated and involved father. As a result, I felt VERY connected to Carrie...her competitive nature...her perfectionism...and her fear of failure.

It’s all about tennis, from beginning to the end, nothing else. So, if you really love tennis (and I should capitalize that word), you will be extremely please. Narcissistic" Matt Rife Faces More Controversy After Assuming People Hate Him Because They’re "Jealous" In Resurfaced Clip And Taylor Jenkins Reid is no stranger to Hollywood. Before she gained fame as an author, Reid was a casting assistant and a screenwriter for the show Resident Advisors, and many of her novels take place in the entertainment world of LA. This book is a true treat for tennis lovers. I love the game of tennis and have watched many marathon matches played between players like Daria Saville and Emma Raducanu in women's tennis and between Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, and Rafael Nadal in men's tennis. If you are a tennis enthusiast, you will feel like watching one of these matches live while reading this book. I think that is a stupendous achievement by the author. She tells even the intricate details about the game so that a novice to the world of tennis also can enjoy this book.The author could have been easily carried away while writing this book and could have written it in a cinematic way by adding all the popular elements that readers crave. But she decided to take a different route. She took a realistic approach to the narration. Moreover, she also chose to discuss many important topics like sexism, body shaming, and many other issues affecting the game of tennis. The titular Carrie Soto is “a top tennis player whose determination to win at all costs has left her not winning any popularity contests,” per Deadline, who broke the adaptation news. This was a lot less on the historical fiction side of things than some of Reid's other books, which to me which somewhat sad since I love looking for all the references she always includes in her books. Most of the novel also takes place in the 80s and 90s and since I grew up during this time, I was hanging on every reference...I just wish there had been more! I do love that TJR always manages to weave in different stylistic bits in her prose, from news articles to interviews, and makes everything feel SO authentic, you often forget that her characters aren't real. (There's also a tiny nod to Daisy Jones that made me smile!) Like Jenkins Reid's Daisy Jones and The Six, this is a compulsive read about the price of success Grazia The bulk of the commentators... They wanted a woman whose eyes would tear up with gratitude, as if she owed them her victory, as if she owed them everything she had.

I am afraid of losing. I am afraid of how it will look to the world. I'm afraid of this match being the last match my father ever sees me play. I am afraid of ending this all on a loss. I am afraid of so much."At thirty-seven years old, Carrie makes the monumental decision to come out of retirement and be coached by her father for one last year in an attempt to reclaim her record. Even if the sports media says that they never liked “the Battle Axe” anyway. Even if her body doesn’t move as fast as it did. And even if it means swallowing her pride to train with a man she once almost opened her heart to: Bowe Huntley. Like her, he has something to prove before he gives up the game forever. Reid captures the excitement of elite sports in her descriptions of Carrie’s games, as well as the struggle that women athletes face when their ambition and confidence is “too much.” But the most affecting moments are when Carrie lets her guard down and shows the woman behind the myth... It’s another triumph for bestselling author Reid, and her growing number of fans will be thrilled to see cameo appearances from characters from her earlier books.... Reid's previous works have been phenomenal hits, so expect no less from her latest. Reid captures the excitement of elite sports in her descriptions of Carrie’s games, as well as the struggle that women athletes face when their ambition and confidence is ‘too much.’ It’s another triumph for bestselling author Reid, and her growing number of fans . . . ” — Booklist (starred review)

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Taylor Jenkins Reid, as usual, managed to write a stunning book that will win the hearts of the readers. I was very emotional towards the end, sobbing so bad because of Javier, but rooting all the way for Carrie and Niki, and also for Bowe. It is said that playing to win comes out of inspiration, whereas playing not to lose comes out of desperation. When we are playing tennis or any other game, the most important quality we should have is the enthusiasm and the attitude to enjoy our game. That will be only present when we are playing to win. If we are playing not to lose, we are playing from a position of weakness. The author has done an amazing job in making us understand this vital lesson through this novel. Carrie's father compares her to Achilles, and that feels particularly apt. Achilles craved glory and greatness, and he worked hard towards it his whole life. He finally achieves all that he dreams of during the Trojan War, but it comes at a steep price. And so Carrie does too. She is a warrior of the highest caliber, training every moment of her life, for that one moment of glory so that she will go down in history. Just like Carrie Soto, it's such a thrill to watch Taylor Jenkins Reid get better and better . . . she uses fame to illuminate the battles every woman has to fight - and in doing so, makes the reader feel powerful, too Caroline O'Donoghue

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Real Housewives Of Potomac' Star Ashley Darby Isn't Mad That Sonja Morgan Stole Her Owen Wilson Thunder At BravoCon: She Knew "His Fetishes" Don’t worry if you’re not big on sports stories; this is, ultimately, a heart-filled novel about an iconic and persevering father and daughter. With all of these overlaps and coy additions of past characters to new stories, one wonders whether Reid was planning for this level of interconnectivity all along. It sends a tiny thrill through me . . . staring up at a mountain I have yet to scale, each match a step toward the top. It has been so long since I have felt the perfect ache of climbing.I'm always drawn towards stories about overcoming adversity at great odds and achieving the impossible through sheer determination and hard work. So is it any surprise that this story totally grabbed ahold of me and refused to let go? It might feel a bit slow at times, especially the transcripts but it's so worth it. The ending was so satisfying.

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