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A review by fortheloveoffictionalworlds
Love Aced by Jamie W. Matlock
5.0
Actual Rating 4.5 Stars
I recieved this book by XpressoBookTours as a part of Love Strung Blog Tour in exchange for an honest review on my blog For The Love of Fictional Worlds.
I have never been much of a fan of Tennis, well at least I have not been able to understand it's rules quite clearly, though I did like seeing the game being played live once.
So I was scared, that this book might have words or phrases that I might have to look to Google to make me understand (highly doubtful!), but I have never been more thankful to have been proven wrong.
This book is about Kole Masters. Any other characters are secondary, yes even the swoon worthy Spanish Tennis Player - Santiago Martinez, the one player who apparently hates her guts because she is American. Through most of the book, we believe that this hatred stems from professional rivalry, yet it's only later we come to know that it might have personal foundations for Santiago.
Now coming to Kole. She is an irritating, nit picking, pessimistic and cynical girl. She makes such obvious mistakes that it's all you can do to stop yourself from smacking her. Intellectually, I realise that it makes her quite unlikable character, but emotionally? Oh god, emotionally I know that she is me! She has the same outlook of life and the people who inhabit it, that I do. And that makes this a biased review.
She knows that the decisions she is making is wrong, stems from fear and has absolutely no basis in reality, but does that stop her making them? No. Why, you may ask? It's because fears and belief's aren't rational. They never will be, especially those beliefs stemming from such emotional foundation that it is hard to shake off.
Kole grows a lot through the course of this book. She grows up emotionally and mentally but what is most remarkable is that she learns to grow an backbone and take back her life (Now if only I could go her way, everything would be sunshine and roses!!)
Santiago on the other hand, is the perfect fictional male. Even though he might hate her guts, he still gives refuge to Kole when she needs it the most. He gives her space, and he gives her the unconditional support, something she has never had in her life before. Is it any wonder that she believes that he is a little too good to be true? :P
The writing and the characterization is perfect but I would have loved Santiago's POV as well, if not for the whole story but at least an epilogue! *sigh* Is that too much to ask?
Now if you have actually read through this whole review, don't for to stop by For The Love of Fictional Worlds on the 14th of March for The Love Strung Blog Tour :)
I recieved this book by XpressoBookTours as a part of Love Strung Blog Tour in exchange for an honest review on my blog For The Love of Fictional Worlds.
I have never been much of a fan of Tennis, well at least I have not been able to understand it's rules quite clearly, though I did like seeing the game being played live once.
So I was scared, that this book might have words or phrases that I might have to look to Google to make me understand (highly doubtful!), but I have never been more thankful to have been proven wrong.
This book is about Kole Masters. Any other characters are secondary, yes even the swoon worthy Spanish Tennis Player - Santiago Martinez, the one player who apparently hates her guts because she is American. Through most of the book, we believe that this hatred stems from professional rivalry, yet it's only later we come to know that it might have personal foundations for Santiago.
Now coming to Kole. She is an irritating, nit picking, pessimistic and cynical girl. She makes such obvious mistakes that it's all you can do to stop yourself from smacking her. Intellectually, I realise that it makes her quite unlikable character, but emotionally? Oh god, emotionally I know that she is me! She has the same outlook of life and the people who inhabit it, that I do. And that makes this a biased review.
She knows that the decisions she is making is wrong, stems from fear and has absolutely no basis in reality, but does that stop her making them? No. Why, you may ask? It's because fears and belief's aren't rational. They never will be, especially those beliefs stemming from such emotional foundation that it is hard to shake off.
Kole grows a lot through the course of this book. She grows up emotionally and mentally but what is most remarkable is that she learns to grow an backbone and take back her life (Now if only I could go her way, everything would be sunshine and roses!!)
Santiago on the other hand, is the perfect fictional male. Even though he might hate her guts, he still gives refuge to Kole when she needs it the most. He gives her space, and he gives her the unconditional support, something she has never had in her life before. Is it any wonder that she believes that he is a little too good to be true? :P
The writing and the characterization is perfect but I would have loved Santiago's POV as well, if not for the whole story but at least an epilogue! *sigh* Is that too much to ask?
Now if you have actually read through this whole review, don't for to stop by For The Love of Fictional Worlds on the 14th of March for The Love Strung Blog Tour :)