A whole lot of football

It wasn’t bad at all. At least I loved many of the topics and themes written here.

My favorite part was the whole lot of football. And it was an essential element of the story–Wendy is a coach and, at first, Steve doesn’t agree with her strategies, so there’s a lot of conflict going on about the sports itself. To be honest, I didn’t understand most of it BUT I also hate it when there’s barely any scene on the turf in a sports romance.

The behind the scene was also important, as the author uses the casual misogyny in sports as the main theme. Between the previous coaches harrassing girls, the reason why Wendy has been hired, and the lack of support she receives from the team, it’s basically the raison d’être of the story.

To counterbalance it, and offer a bit of hope to female readers I suppose, there’s some underlying feminism going on too. Wendy is definitely competent, and she never hesitates to show her skills. And she has some support around her, especially men. Definitely allies. And once the sexual harrassment becomes obvious, most of the guys on the team don’t hesitate to fight against it. Of course, we’d all love for men to be against any form of misogyny, so the fact that they refuse to acknowledge Wendy’s skills at first is frustrating, but it’s kind of realistic that they at least are against any form of violence against women when they still think sports isn’t their place. Work in progress.

The romance was okay. The power balance between Steve and Wendy was interesting. The secret part of the relationship, I could understand. The context certainly influences the way the love story develops. There was just enough heat, and a good deal of feelings.

The narrators were good. I didn’t like the female narrator’s male voice though–all men sounded the same, and old–and she did most chapters. The male narrator, who was better, didn’t have a lot. Overall it was still okay though.

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