And she will do what it takes to regain what she believes is hers. But between battling unfair media stereotypes to training with an ex-fling Bowe Huntley, Carrie has her work cut out for her.īut losing is not an option to Carrie. However, a rising tennis player named Nicki Chan is breaking Carrie’s records one by one.Įver the competitor, Carrie decides to come out of retirement and be coached by her father once again in order to reclaim her record. She sacrificed nearly everything to become the best. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Grand Slam titles. By the time she retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. So I need to update my ranking list! What’s the Story AboutĬarrie Soto is a one of kind tennis player. She’s a series of contradictions in many ways: guarded, raw, honest, confident, insecure and the list goes on.Īnd as much as I liked Malibu Rising, I actually enjoyed Carrie Soto Is Back even more. Carrie is one of the most fascinating characters I’ve read in some time. Carrie wasn’t that memorable to me from Malibu Rising.īut after reading Carrie Soto Is Back, I can confirm her story needed to be told. To be honest, I thought a novel featuring this character was an odd choice at first. If you haven’t read Malibu Rising, Carrie Soto is actually the woman having an affair with the protagonist Nina Riva’s husband (this isn’t a spoiler as it happens early on in the novel). So I was pleasantly surprised to hear that she would in fact release a book this year, featuring a side character from Malibu Rising: Carrie Soto. She released in Malibu Rising in 2021, which I also quite enjoyed, but I figured we wouldn’t get a new novel from her for a couple years. My top picks are Daisy Jones and Evelyn Hugo but you really can’t go wrong with any of her books (check out my full ranking here). Taylor Jenkins Reid is one of my favorite authors and I truly love each of her novels.

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