I have the first book in this series and wasn't able to get into it, but I loved this one. I don't give a lot of 5 * reviews. They should go to well written books that make you think or lmao. You read the blurb, so I am just going to dive in. Love Sofie! She is loyal, has my favorite snark and doesn't expect much from people. Johnny can be a goof, a little clueless sometimes. He and Sofie have sex against a goat pen and surprise! Sofie doesn't expect anything and is surprised when he wants to be involved. They are both young, a little awkward but he has Olympic Gold. Sofie did not try to trap Johnny, doesn't expect a baby to do anything but create more problems but knows this is right for her. She stays out of Johnny's limelight and continues to work on her dreams.
The supporting characters make you appreciate Sofie and Johnny more. Her father's hoarding and benign neglect. Even Lia, her bff is too absorbed in her new life to pay attention to Sofie's life crumbling. The father's new girlfriend was the one I had the hardest time with. Sofie's late Mom put her in cheerleading at age 5 for all of two minutes. This is Texas where football is king. The mean girl's Mom froze them out. She spread stories about her saying Sofie had head lice so no one would play with her. Sofie's Mom created an insulated world where they had tea parties and Sofie didn't notice how alone she was until she lost her. Sofie isn't a Mary Sue, she just got on with it. Dad finally takes his head out of his butt, not for his daughter, but for the mother of one of her childhood bullies and that is sad. He doesn't even tell her he's seeing someone until he get ready to move in with the woman. We find out all the mother's were complicit in ostracizing Sofie and her Mom so the same thing didn't happento them. Then she pulls out a photo album with a picture of the girls in their uniforms and acts like they did nothing to this poor child and her mother. She never comes clean to Sofie's father, even though they are living together. Johnny's single mother is cold, but she did the best she could raising him alone. She is also responsible for his swimming career.
Sofie and Johnny somehow navigate getting through an unplanned pregnancy and the road to a new Olympics without a whole lot of help. I don't think I will be going forward in this series because the other characters were just so awful. Even if they get their lives together and stop making other people's lives miserable, I just don't want to know them. So pull on you Speedos and enjoy Sofie and Johnny's trip to parenthood and adulting.
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BJ
Pull on your Speedos and enjoy Sofie and Johnny's trip to parenthood and adulting!
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Sweet and funny
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Jessica Raley
This is one of my favorite series. I received an advanced copy for an ...
Reviewed in the United States on 21 February 2017Verified Purchase
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Favorite Friendship, TX book!!
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