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When Charlie is suspended from her school and hockey team after punching a rival making inappropriate comments and inadvertently starting a fight, she's worried about what it might mean for her hockey career. She's not healed - she feels bad about the people who got hurt in the fight, especially Frankie, a figure skater who injured his leg. Which is how Charlie ends up agreeing to take Frankie's place during training with Alexa so they'll still have a shot at winning the upcoming championship. What Charlie doesn't expect is to start falling for Alexa - especially after their very rocky start.

In some ways, this book follows a pretty traditional enemies-to-lovers plot, but with a Sapphic lens. Charlie's narration is clever and often funny, and it's refreshing to see friendships that are healthy and conflicts resolved. Charlie's difficulties and trauma with her mom feel real. A quick and enjoyable read for fans of romance.

I absolutely loved this debut YA Sapphic remix of The cutting edge movie that sees hockey star Charlie getting benched for a year and ending up paired with Alexa, a figure skating Olympic hopeful. This had great enemies to lovers tensions, amazing sports rep and was also good on audio. Highly recommended for fans of books like She drives me crazy or All's fair in love and field hockey. Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early digital and audio copy in exchange for my honest review!