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Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner

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kle105's review against another edition

4.0

This was such a fun loving tale with Phoebe Matthews with her high energy coming in to a new soccer team and Grace Henderson being the veteran all-star player who doesn’t want her trying to take her position.

While Phoebe has always admired Grace she also can’t hide that she is also attracted to her. Grace is hard to read though and is all business when it comes to her playing on the field.

They were such a good fit for each other, balancing out each other’s strengths and weaknesses.

When Grace is sidelined with an injury and fearing how and when she will get back Phoebe works to prove she doesn’t want her spot. They are better when they are playing together on and off the field.

This has great representation of anxiety, undiagnosed ADHD and autism. I love that they were there for each other and broached the topic to help them.

I received an arc for review, all opinions are my own and given freely.

2many2read's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

alexiswiththefreckles's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

jalindavis's review against another edition

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slow-paced

3.5

barnesbookshelf's review against another edition

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emotional funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Amazing. Simply amazing. Wilsner, as a friend of mine pointed out, really hit their stride with this novel. It has amazing humor, great emotional bits, some very spicy scenes, and overall some great characters and growth. I'm a very big fan of the adult woman ADHD and Autism representation in the novel. I may have said this before but I'll say it again: I'm a Wilsner reader for life!

marieprem08's review against another edition

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relaxing medium-paced

3.0

Arhhh i can’t! 2.5
Loved it until 85%. It was clear that each chapter it changed narration but then at some point it changed to personal but talking at the third person! I almost DNF. Maybe it’s personal but I hate when they talked about themselves to the third person.

I didn’t mind the internal monologue and the miscommunication to moment Claire insisted about the ADHD felt yicky. How would Claire felt if pheobe came to her about her autism before she was ready.