Being Sloane Jacobs (Book Review)

Being Sloane Jacobs
Lauren Morrill

Meet Sloane Emily Jacobs: a seriously stressed-out figure skater who choked during junior nationals and isn't sure she's ready for a comeback. What she does know is that she'd give anything to escape the mass of misery that is her life.

Now meet Sloane Devon Jacobs, a spunky ice hockey player who's been suspended from her team for too many aggressive hip checks. Her punishment? Hockey camp, now, when she's playing the worst she's ever played. If she messes up? Her life will be over.

When the two Sloanes meet by chance and decide to trade places for the summer, each girl thinks she's the lucky one. But it didn't occur to Sloane E. that while avoiding sequins and axels she might meet a hockey hottie—and Sloane D. never expected to run into a familiar (and very good-looking) face from home. It's not long before the Sloanes discover that convincing people you're someone else might be more difficult than being yourself.
Review:


Lauren Morrill writes such cute romances....Being Sloane Jacobs is about two girls who look a little alike. And they happen to have the same name. Which is completely unrealistic, but still makes for a really cute story.

Sloane Emily is the daughter of a senator and she is a figure skater. Sloane Devon is a hockey player.
With alternating points of view, you watch as Emily and Devon decide to switch places, with one of them going to a figure skating camp and another going to hockey camp.
Personally I liked reading Emily's point of view better. I felt as though I connected with her more. But this changed about half way through the book and I found myself connecting with both Emily and Devon. As you learn the different struggles that the two of them have had to face.

The two love interests in the story you don't see that much of. Which was extremely unfortunate, because I think that I would have liked the two of them a lot more if I had gotten to know them more.

The plot was a really cute and fun romance, with some serious things also. I never got bored with this one. It really did captivate you until the end. Lauren does a great job with immersing you into the story until you are in the very middle of it. Imagining Emily the figure skater play hockey for the first time....and imagining Devon the hockey player try to learn all of the ins and outs of figure skating.
The one problem I had with this book is I didn't get to know the other characters enough. Because this is an alternating point of view book, the focus is given to make sure that you can learn all of the aspects of Emily and Devon's life instead of learning more about the other characters.

I am so glad that I picked this one up. I really enjoyed the story and the characters were fun......In my opinion this was better than Lauren's debut Meant to Be.

 

 

Have you read any Lauren Morrill books? Have you read this one? What did you think?