All-Star Love
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Publisher Description
An enemies-to-more fake dating romance set in the world of competitive tennis
Maisie Maxwell planned for a senior year of dazzling college scouts by playing her best tennis. Instead, her beloved tennis training academy is thrown into scandal—the academy founder and head coach, who happens to be her uncle—took off to Tahiti with the school's tuition money. Her classmates label her a traitor, but she commits to graduate from the school she loves.
Only her aim to lay low is thwarted by the school's new partnership with reality show The Academy, their last ditch hope to stay open.
Also not helping her stay-under-the-radar plan is when her forehand-gone-wild nails transfer student Shane Wagner in the face. Shane, obnoxiously gorgeous for starters, happens to be the number one nationally-seeded player in junior boys' tennis. Oops. Viewed by the students as an outsider and fame-seeker, Shane is just as much an outcast.
While reality show producers push for chaos, Shane and Maisie band together. They can each get what they want if they play their parts—pretend to be together and control the narrative. Can Maisie and Shane save the school before they're outmatched?
From the author of All Last Summer, winner of the 2021 Young Adult Illinois Author Project award
Customer Reviews
YA tennis romance
All Star Love is a YA/high school sports romance to the extreme. It revolves around a high school tennis academy that has students full time. Unfortunately the school is desperate for money and students because one of the coaches ran away with tuition money.
Maisie Maxwell is related to the coach who took off so she’s now being labeled as a traitor. She’s trying to find her place at school again with her best friend by her side but things are about to get complicated.
The school decides to sign with a reality tv show. Plus the show brings in a few popular tennis players which causes more problems. Now Shane and Maisie both feel like outsiders.
I enjoyed this story and the relationship between Shane and Maisie. I was glad that the students and coaches started taking back their own lives and pushed against the producer of the show.