Red-hot author Miranda Kenneally hits one out of the park in this return to Catching Jordan’s Hundred Oaks High.
Parker Shelton pretty much has the perfect life. She’s on her way to becoming valedictorian at Hundred Oaks High, she’s made the all-star softball team, and she has plenty of friends. Then her mother’s scandal rocks their small town and suddenly no one will talk to her.
Now Parker wants a new life.
So she quits softball. Drops twenty pounds. And she figures why kiss one guy when she can kiss three? Or four. Why limit herself to high school boys when the majorly cute new baseball coach seems especially flirty?
But how far is too far before she loses herself completely?
Parker’s life has turned on its head when her mom leaves her dad for someone else. Her moms new life leaves Parker with a rocky foundation and feeling totally alone. She quits the one thing that she really loves and starts turning to others for comfort.
As you know, I am a HUGE fan of the Hundred Oaks books. I love these characters and getting to know them more and more in each book.
Parker is a complex character. She knows what she wants and isn’t afraid to go after it but at the same time, her faith makes her feel guilty. She wants to prove to her friends, or should I say, her old friends that she isn’t anything like her mom. But her determination for this, takes her away from what’s important and what’s been right in front of her this whole time.
Parker has a lot of things going for her, she is class valedictorian and used to play on the varsity softball team. She has a best friend, Drew, who will always be there for her. She has great friends from her church and a good head on her shoulders.
This book touches a bunch of different heavier topics that are really important. It talks about divorce, drug abuse, age gaps in relationships, navigating high schools and more.
Parker is a very different character than Jordan was, and not in a bad way at all. We get to meet different people who are on the sports teams in this world. And I love it.
The writing of this book was just as amazing as the one before and the next one, I didn’t start reading them in order, but now I’m following though with the order of the series. The books are sex positive, showing the characters having the same doubts and thoughts that are common in teenagers.
Parker takes her parents splitting up really hard and resents her mom for ruining the family. She refuses to talk to her but towards the end of the book we see her change and realize that there is no one she needs more than her mom.
I love Drew and Will. They are such good friends to Parker and Will’s little brother, Bo, is just such a yummy little kid. The characters are fun and developed, which is not a surprise because thats something common in her novels.
This book is filled with complicated relationships, swoony guys and a lot of food.
There is SO MUCH MORE I want to say about this book but I can’t because it’ll give away SO much! So everyone, please go out and read this book and the whole series!