Gutter Girl
Series: Twin River High #1
Author: Lynn Rush & Kelly Anne Blount
Published May 10th 2021 by Entangled Publishing LLC (Teen)

Goodreads Synopsis
Star football player Jace Rovers has a secret. And not just any secret—a shocking secret… He writes romance. The kind with swords. And dresses. And kissing.

Nobody knows. Not the other kids at Twin River High. Not his overbearing parents. And certainly not the millions of fans who’ve read his book on the writing platform Scribbles. And that’s the way he plans to keep it.

Except suddenly one of the other football players grabs his notebook in jest and starts reading a kissing scene out loud…and Jace knows he’s busted.

But then McKenna Storm, resident goth girl who avoids the spotlight like a virus, snatches up the notebook and tells everyone she's the author. And lucky for Jace, she later agrees to continue the ruse...for a price.

Heck, he'd give her anything not to reveal his secret. But when they start to fall for each other, he knows he'll have to keep the biggest secret of all—his darkest character is based on her…
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Review
I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher. This in no way impacted on my view.

McKenna Storm wants to avoid the attention and spotlight more than anything, and at Twin River High, she manages to do that - mostly - though she is known as the resident goth. But when she and star footballer Jace Rovers run into each other in the hall, and his notebook containing his hit fantasy romance is picked up by his fellow team mates, she takes the fall and now it's not just her classmates who want to know about her, but also the many thousands of fans of the book on Scribbles. Now Jace is desperate for her to pretend she is the author, at least a little while longer, and they need to spend time together in order to get their story straight. But, the crush McKenna had on Jace is coming back, and it seems as if he might be falling for her too.

Now I had no idea what this book would be like, going in, but I quite enjoyed Into the Penalty Box by these authors, and thought this would be a nice read. And it was. Both Jace and McKenna were extremely interesting characters, with well fleshed out back stories, and I was really invested in their romance. Yeah okay, it was a bit unbelievable at times, and the angsty moments were a little extreme, but all in all, I felt like this was an enjoyable contemporary read. I'm hoping that we see more of Jace and McKenna in the other books.

Dates Read:
May 9, 2021

Rating
4 Stars