Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler
YA Contemporary Sports Romance
June 7th 2022
⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 stars
304 pages
polysexual & lesbian rep
Synopsis:
In this sweet and funny new f/f romance from the author of Cool for the Summer, a cheerleader and the school’s newest quarterback are playing to win, but might lose their hearts in the process.
Amber McCloud’s dream is to become cheer captain at the end of the year, but it’s an extra-tall order to be joyful and spirited when the quarterback of your team has been killed in a car accident. For both the team and the squad, watching Robbie get replaced by newcomer Jack Walsh is brutal. And when it turns out Jack is actually short for Jaclyn, all hell breaks loose.
The players refuse to be led by a girl, the cheerleaders are mad about the changes to their traditions, and the fact that Robbie’s been not only replaced but outshined by a QB who wears a sports bra has more than a few Atherton Alligators in a rage. Amber tries for some semblance of unity, but it quickly becomes clear that she’s only got a future on the squad and with her friends if she helps them take Jack down.
Just one problem: Amber and Jack are falling for each other, and if Amber can’t stand up for Jack and figure out how to get everyone to fall in line, her dream may come at the cost of her heart.
Dahlia Adler’s Home Field Advantage is a sparkling romance about fighting for what – or who – you truly want.
Content warnings: off-page death by car accident, off-page pregnancy loss (including some on-page conversation about abortion), homophobia, misogyny, alcohol use (light), references to racism
Review: "All hail the rainbow brigade!" Home field advantage had me up at 4am finishing it. This was so cute. A football QB and a cheerleader but they’re both girls? Yes please. It did not disappoint. I love Jack it was so easy to root for her and I felt so anxious reading through her games just wanting her to win. Amber frustrated me for the first half of the book but at least she was trying more then Miguel(loved when Jack called him out and he was also really funny at the end). Besides those three character and Amber’s mom I hated mostly everyone else. Pretty much all the cheerleaders and football players are homophobic. They were so unwelcoming and cruel. The coach didn't even attempt to do anything to help. Fire him please. I think this book did a really good job of showing what it's like to be queer as a teen in high school right now. This book was a fast read, I think there's potential for a lot more story lines or a sequel, and I'd like to know more about Jack's two friends from home!
Check out this cute mini book <3
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58724914-home-field-advantage
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Book Depository: https://www.bookdepository.com/Home-Field-Advantage/9781250765840
IndieBound: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250765840
About the Author:
Dahlia Adler (she/her) is an Editor of mathematics by day, a Buzzfeed blogger and LGBTQReads overlord by night, and a Young Adult and Romance author at every spare moment in between. Her novels include the Radleigh University trilogy, Kids’ Indie Next pick Cool for the Summer, and Home Field Advantage, and she is the editor of the anthologies His Hideous Heart (a Junior Library Guild selection), That Way Madness Lies, At Midnight, and, with Jennifer Iacopelli, Out of Our League (upcoming from Feiwel & Friends). Dahlia lives in New York with her family and an obscene number of books, and can be found on Twitter and Instagram at @MissDahlELama.
Author Links:
Website: https://www.dahliaadler.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MissDahlELama
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/missdahlelama/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7071439.Dahlia_Adler
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DahliaAdler/
Tour Schedule:
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