they almost immediately become FWB with each other, which when the main characters are actually rivals and hate each other can be extremely hot but this was not the case here unfortunately. I know people generally dislike miscommunication as a way to create conflict but I think Wilsner is doing something a little more interesting and complicated here.

Despite (still) not knowing anything about soccer, this is a fun, spicy, and lightly angsty sapphic rom com! Which is maybe harsh but like, I'm really struggling to find time to read and so when I finally did pick something up.The fact that this was talked about with a secondary character and they were like yeah sure go ahead they're just going to know how much you care about them. Phoebe is everything Grace isn't - a gregarious jokester who plays with a joy that Grace has lost somewhere along the way.

Phoebe Matthew’s chances of playing professional soccer is very slim as she played for a small college in the midwest. Instead of waiting to talk in person or waiting until the next day or literally anything else, Phoebe shows up outside of Grace's house at 10:00 p.I did like this book, especially that it has a lot of intimacy scenes, but for me it was definitely lacking emotion. The voices are close in tone and rhythm while different enough in pitch that you can hear when the POV changes. Then when Phoebe is upset about something talking to the trainer she casually lets it slip that Grace is the one who really should be talking to them about her own injury. This novel makes use of the miscommunication trope in a way that’s frustrating and delightful; when the two finally get on the same page by the end of the novel, I was smiling and satisfied.