New skating book - “Finding Her Edge”

[TanithandBenFan]

I started the book this morning and so far I haven't found any mention of junior Nationals. The protagonist says they competed at senior Nationals and were selected for junior Worlds. But I'm only about 30 pages in so maybe there's another mention further on.

Looking forward to this fake relationship coming up. ?

Around page 12 Adriana said the last time she saw Freddie was Nationals when she and Brayden beat out Freddie and Riley for gold. Then on page she says we competed in seniors at Nationals this year and almost won. Those two things can’t happen at the same event lol.

 

[Baby Yoda On Skates]

Around page 12 Adriana said the last time she saw Freddie was Nationals when she and Brayden beat out Freddie and Riley for gold. Then on page she says we competed in seniors at Nationals this year and almost won. Those two things can’t happen at the same event lol.

Unless Freddie and Riley also competed as seniors....the plot thickens. ?

 

[TanithandBenFan]

Unless Freddie and Riley also competed as seniors....the plot thickens. ?

I’m thinking the author just made an error and didn’t have any skating fans editing her work!

 

[Baby Yoda On Skates]

I’m thinking the author just made an error and didn’t have any skating fans editing her work!

I'm 70 pages in now and so far the story is cute.

And I don't know enough about ice dance to know if the author makes any technical mistakes in describing the actual skating.

 

[Trillian]

Okay, I started reading this book for real today, made it about halfway through, and I’m going to bail. There had to be very minimal (or ineffective) research involved, because the skating details don’t make any sense. It’s set in 2022, but American skaters haven’t medaled in a major event in any discipline in years, everyone trains on private ice all the time, the main character’s sister is trying to win an Olympic medal with a Taylor Swift program, there’s no grasp of how skaters realistically progress through the competitive ranks, nobody has any parents or any adult supervision whatsoever besides the occasional cameo from coaches…

If there was anything about the writing or plot or characters that grabbed me, I’d be glad to pretend it was just set in a parallel universe or whatever, but it’s all pretty meh. If you like ultra-fluffy YA books, it might be worth a shot. Otherwise, I don’t think it’ll have a lot of crossover appeal.

 

[MacMadame]

I wonder if this book was written by the person who joined FSU just to pick our brains about how figure skating works.

 

[Trillian]

I wonder if this book was written by the person who joined FSU just to pick our brains about how figure skating works.

On one hand I hope my opinion wasn’t too harsh, but on the other hand I want to know which

Spoiler

FOUR countries (?!) supposedly placed above the U.S. in the team event at the Olympics in this parallel universe

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[Sonata]

I’m not sure the Skating inaccuracies would bother me. There’s so many in skating movies and series…. Like somehow everybody changes their short and long for every competition. I’m more bothered that the author thinks a program set to Taylor Swift music is Olympic podium material. Is this book at least well written?

 

[tony]

I’m not sure the Skating inaccuracies would bother me. There’s so many in skating movies and series…. Like somehow everybody changes their short and long for every competition. I’m more bothered that the author thinks a program set to Taylor Swift music is Olympic podium material. Is this book at least well written?

We had an (glorious) Olympic medalist this year skating to Michael Buble. Don't see why Taylor Swift would be out of the question!

 

[Trillian]

Is this book at least well written?

Mediocre? I read YA sometimes if it’s well-written or if it’s entertaining fluff, but this didn’t fall into either category for me.

I’ve read/seen much less realistic fictional depictions of skating, but in this case it just seemed kind of lazy. There might be a fine line between taking creative license or just not bothering to fact-check, and this one was on the wrong side of it.

We had an (glorious) Olympic medalist this year skating to Michael Buble. Don't see why Taylor Swift would be out of the question!

It’s probably only a matter of time, and I love Taylor Swift, so I’m on board. But it doesn’t feel like the music a medal long shot would choose to prove she’s a serious contender in 2022. (Also, the only song name-checked in the “medley” was “Gold Rush,” which is a fine song, but… no.)