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The Harper Effect
Title | The Harper Effect |
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Date | 2025-02-24 04:24:40 |
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Desciption
Sixteen-year-old Harper was once a rising star on the tennis court--until her coach dropped her for being "mentally weak." Without tennis, who is she? Her confidence at an all-time low, she secretly turns to her childhood friend, next-door neighbor Jacob--who also happens to be her sister's very recent ex-boyfriend. If her sister finds out, it will mean a family war.But when Harper is taken on by a new coach who wants her to train with Colt, a cold, defensive, brooding young tennis phenom, she hits the court all the harder, if only to prove Colt wrong. But as the two learn to become a team, Harper gets glimpses of the vulnerable boy beneath the surface, the boy who was deeply scarred by his family's dark and scandalous past. The boy she could easily find herself falling for.As she walks a fine line between Colt's secrets, her forbidden love, and a game that demands nothing but the best, Harper must decide between her past and her future and between two boys who send her head spinning. Is the cost of winning the game worth losing everything?
Review
EDIT: After being threatened with legal action by the author in response to my 2 star review below, I will no longer be supporting this book. I've since dropped it to 1 star. No one should ever feel unsafe for reviewing a book with their honest opinions. The original author's comment is here, and I also blogged about it here.I enjoyed the glimpse into a professional tennis player's life in this one, and the message behind it in that resilience is built through downfalls. However, I didn't agree with the main character's actions - lying to her sister and hooking up with her ex-boyfriend behind her back, stalking the love interest and turning up unannounced, forcing him to do what she wanted by refusing to leave. Her behaviour was never addressed as crossing the line in the book which I found to be disturbing.