Swim Season follows young Aerin - a champion swimmer - as she goes through another change of schools due to her parents' difficult situation, whilst trying to have a 'normal' teenage life during her senior year. I do enjoy an occasional dip in the water myself, but I've never followed swimming as a sport, so I was slightly apprehensive about feeling like it's going to be something I won't be able to relate to or understand. However I was really pleasantly surprised - the book was so gripping! I was really rooting for the characters, feeling such excitement for them when they were going through their challenges and getting really into the story. I absolutely LOVED it and if you're not really into swimming but like YA books, don't let the theme put you off it. I'd definitely recommend this book to anyone looking for a story that will pull you in and make you wish for a sequel.

Swim Season is an engrossing read, even for an adult. While the intended audience is middle and high school readers, the story of competitive swimming at the high school level is interesting and informative. The new kid in town, Aerin Keane, hides behind all kinds of secrets, swimming below her level of ability, hoping to just coast along, get good grades, and not make any waves. This strategy doesn’t work for long and suddenly she’s thrust into competition with one other swimmer to break a record set twenty years earlier.

There’s plenty of high school and family angst to keep the story interesting. I suspect that any teenage young woman would be captivated by this story, and teenage female athletes even more so.

Solid read. Definitely recommended, especially to the target audience.

I received Swim Season as an ARC from NetGalley. I am under no obligation to write a positive review.

Great read. The author wrote a story that was interesting and moved at a pace that kept me engaged. The characters were easy to invest in.