I’ve become quite a fan of this author and grabbed this one.

This story is about the comeback of world tennis champion, Carrie Soto from her beginnings as a child coached by her father until her retirement after being declared the world’s best.

It’s not enough for her to have once been the best in the world despised by her peers and single-minded in her pursuit for perfection, she needs to conquer the world again at the grand old age of thirty-seven.

If you’re a tennis fan, you will no doubt love the details of her grand slam struggles, the detail of the games and coaching tactics together with the commentary but for me it was a little too drawn out and repetitive, but then I’m no tennis fan. Her character grows over time as she realizes what’s important in life but I couldn’t really warm to her terribly much. The interruption of the dialogue with Spanish between her father and Carrie without any translation was a little challenging but I got the gist of what was being said, but I wondered if it was necessary?

The history of the way women were treated in the tennis world was really interesting and the author did this really well to portray the media and the tennis community attitudes.

Overall, I didn’t mind it as it’s still an engaging and easy read, but in my opinion not her best.