Cleat Cute

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There's a trans masc sibling, there is a pansexual sibling with adhd, there is a non-binary / genderqueer aroace coworker, and there's a lot of sapphics. Even after they start their friends-with-benefits relationship, they both just really like one another and wish for more (if only they would’ve actually talked sooner. But when she's side-lined with an injury at just 26, a bold new upstart, Phoebe Matthews, takes her spot. I love that she addressed that some people struggle to reach orgasm because they get stuck in their brains and that sex doesn't have to be about orgasms, it can just be about intimacy and pleasure. I did like this book, especially that it has a lot of intimacy scenes, but for me it was definitely lacking emotion.

The spicy parts were spicy but there was a lot of character development between them and a lot of cluelessness (is that a word?I am a HUGE women's soccer fan and love a good sports romance, so my excitement for this sapphic romance was SO HIGH.

Phoebe is everything Grace isn’t – a gregarious jokester who plays with a joy that Grace has lost somewhere along the way. for ME, the way phoebe talked abt both women and her abilities in soccer drove me wild and not in a good way. Things would have been a lot smoother for both of them had they taken a few minutes and just talked rather than always jumping into bed.They continue on in this fashion of willful ignorance because they never talk about anything until after a game when Grace makes a comment about Phoebe struggling with meds or something assuming that Phoebe has ADHD and that Phoebe knows about said ADHD. It's handled really well - and this is what I was like figuring out my own autism, it was spot on to me. Wilsner has an incredible knack for incorporating delicious external power dynamics into relationships that feel internally balanced and equal, and CLEAT CUTE is no different: Phoebe has looked up to Grace for years and has a poster of her on her childhood bedroom year, they’re in some ways competing for roster spots, Grace is her captain - and yet Phoebe undoubtedly pursues Grace and steers their dynamic. This was a super weird thing for me because had they talked about it more maybe I can see that as someone who hates making appointments but to do that out of the blue for a friend with benefits who you have no defined serious relationship with, platonic or romantic, was insane to me. i just don't get it, i find it fun the few times i've ended up going to see sports live (nearly always against my will, mind you) but beyond that i just have never cared.

All of the teammates could have been either not existent or replaced and it wouldn't have made a difference.There’s so many small elements that I adored: the hair braiding, the shared love of soccer, the joy in playing the game together, the lovable trans and enby side characters, the sheer amount of queer energy across the teams, and more. A sapphic rivals to lovers rom com for fans of Ted Lasso and A League of Their Own, where two soccer teammates are at odds before falling in love as their team gears up for the World Cup. Both Grace and Pheobe have friendships and interactions with other people that deepen their characterisation. There's the moment where Grace is injured and she doesn't want to tell the trainer / physical therapist that she's injured because she knows it's going to bench her and even though Phoebe pressures grace to tell the trainer she is going to let Grace do it herself supposedly. The conversation around ADHD happened a lot later than I expected—because like Grace, I definitely thought Phoebe was already diagnosed—but I really liked it and how the conversation helped their relationship grow as well.

Like girl, you just told her you're not interested anymore and what, she's just supposed to ignore that and continue flirting with you? We also use them to help detect unauthorized access or activity that violate our terms of service, as well as to analyze site traffic and performance for our own site improvement efforts. I get it, yes, expectations should be set but also I feel like this could've been discussed in a more tactful way? But as the sparks between them start to ignite, will both players realise they care more about their relationship than making the roster? I didn't, obviously, and most of these points still apply even after an additional fifty percent of reading.It was fun watching how their situation transformed from casual sex to romantic feelings getting involved. There are people that are in the training camp that are not in New Orleans and then there are people that are in the Nationals that are not in either and then some are in all of them and without a freaking flow chart of which teammate belongs to which team and where each team is located I was lost. I also think that people who know and understand soccer are going to be able to like it a little bit more too.