Name: Playing Hurt
Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
ISBN: 9780738722870

Holly Schindler

Chelsea Keyes, a high school basketball star whose promising career has been cut short by a terrible accident on the court, and Clint Morgan, a nineteen-year-old ex-hockey player who gave up his sport following a game-related tragedy, meet at a Minnesota lake resort and find themselves drawn together by the losses they have suffered.

Playing Hurt

Amy Grieve

I loved this book! Holly Schindler is now one of my favourite writers.Her writing style is beautiful and captivating. Really this book left me sort of stuck and without speech. 

Chelsea Nitro" Keyes has a bright future playing college basketball until she suffers a career ending injury during a game. Then for the summer Chelsea's dad takes the whole family on vacation where he pays nineteen-year-old, ex-hockey player Clint, who is haunted by his past, to become her trainer during a three-week summer boot camp. Chelsea has her devoted boyfriend, Gabe, back home but sometimes you just have to live in the moment.

Both Chelsea and Clint were strong and amazing characters. Although I didn't fully agree with all the things that Chelsea did I know that in the end they were for the better. 

One thing to point out is that this book does have sexual content and that it is quite detailed for this being sold as a young adult book.

Playing Hurt

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