Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

First an apology on being late with my review.  Crazy times with NGSS, Union meeting, St. Patrick's Parade, etc.!

Alright, so...

I recently learned all of Taylor Jenkins Reid's books have "Easter Eggs"--references to her other books.  You can read about her world here: https://www.jenryland.com/the-fictional-world-of-taylor-jenkins-reid In this book, Carrie Soto has an affair with the son-in-law of one of Evelyn Hugo's ex-husbands, Mick Riva.  It's fascinating how she has concocted this world and although the books are not sequels/prequels, they are interconnected like the old daytime soap operas.  

I absolutely loved The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, and I had big expectations for this.  My feelings are mixed.  Carrie Soto was a phenomenal tennis player, winning a record Grand Slam titles.  Now, at 37, a new player, Nicki Chan, has tied her record.  Soto decides to come out of retirement, at what is considered a geriatric age in sports, to try to win back her statistic.  

We flash backwards to how Carrie got to this moment.  And these parts I really liked, as they give a true picture of how women, specifically WINNING women were treated in the sports media (and in some ways still are).  Because Carrie wasn't interested in being friends with competition or being jolly with the press, she is called names.  Because she exploits weakness in her opponents, there is one particular B word used often.  

Once we get back to the present, I kinda lost interest.  I played tennis in high school, so I know how the scoring works and the terminology, etc.  It just got boring, and I did have to skip some of the play by play.

I will not spoil the ending when Soto and Chan face each other in the final.

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