ARC Review: Any Way You Slice It (Vernon High Chronicles #1) by Kristine Carlson Asselin
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Series: Vernon High Chronicles #1
Author: Kristine Carlson Asselin
Published October 26th 2017 by Wicked Whale Publishing
Goodreads Synopsis
Penelope Spaulding just can't catch a break. Between long hours at the family pizza shop, piles of homework, and her dad’s new obsession—getting the restaurant on a new foodie reality show—it's hard to find a spare moment to breathe. But when she laces up her skates and steps on the ice, the world is hers to control and everything else slips away.
When the bad boy who lives down the street dares her to join the Rink Rats, the local misfit hockey team, she surprises herself and joins in silent defiance of her controlling parents.
The more she plays, the easier it is to keep lying, and soon Pen finds it impossible to come clean. She’s sneaking out to practice—and loving every minute of it. It doesn’t take long for her to fall in love with hockey…but she’s not entirely sure if it’s the game she’s falling for or the boy. Because it can’t last. As soon as her dad finds out, she’ll be benched. For good.
And the one thing she IS sure of...she can't stop playing.
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Review
I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher, via NetGalley. This in no way impacted on my view.
Penelope spends most of her free time either helping out at her family's pizza restaurant, Slice, or skating. Both things are a passion of hers, but hockey has always been a hobby that her dad has been against. All that he's focused on is trying to get a reality show to come to Slice, and when childhood friend, turned 'bad boy' Jake dares Pen to join the Rink Rats, a local hockey team, she defies her family to join, and the more she's lying and sneaking out to practice, the more she loves it, and she doesn't know if she'll be able to be the person her parents want her to be, and always be behind the counter at Slice, when out on the ice is the place for her.
This book was definitely an enjoyable read. Okay, it wasn't spectacular or anything that would win major awards, but I liked it, and loved how much Pen loved hockey, and was taking a stand for herself. She loved her family, and knew it was wrong to sneak around and defy them, but she knew who she was, and what she wanted, and wasn't going to let her parents stop her. The romance in the book was cute too, with the chemistry and banter between Jake and Pen being perfect for this story. I'll definitely be reading the next book in this series!
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3 Stars
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