Review: Rising star tennis elites and their dreams and heartbreaks on and off the court
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 2, 2013
In North Carolina on the beautiful coast, dreams are achieved at the Outer Banks Tennis Academy which is the world's most elite training facility and as quickly as you're on top you can be dropped back to earth by a mere loss of a match or ranking adjustment.Personalities clash both on and off the court and the players love just as hard as they train.Penny is the female star taking her rivals apart and wining trophies and titles.Jasmine has her own pressure cooker environment with two superstar parents who won their own Grand Slam championships and she hopes to continue the family legacy.Indiana is the true natural talent with a wicked serve and daddy issues who has to prove herself as the newest player to join the ranks.With guys like Jack Harrison (Penny's agent and hot older brother), Teddy Harrison (also Penny's brother), and Grand Slam champion Alex Russel who is returning to the game he loves after a knee injury, the females have distractions that conflict with their training and concentration.The tennis action in this book is well written and the alternating points of view of the female characters keeps the story interesting between matches. I am impressed with how well the story lines kept moving forward and I stayed up late reading "just one more chapter." I loved the interactions between the females as they tried not to let jealousy and pettiness get the best of them but they showed they have weaknesses and strengths as they tested relationship boundaries. The parental interactions were genuine and it brings depth to the players' lives as most of them live away from home and travel the globe.I can't wait to read the next book in the series to see what happens next! Kudos to the author on this fun, sexy debut!