I really enjoyed Courting Carlyn. It's definitely a book about not underestimating a person. It's a great read if you like teen romance, first love and sports.

**Thank you to NetGalley and Entangled Publishing for sending me this book in exchange for an honest review**

Courting Carlyn is a sweet, coming of age story about two teens finding themselves--and love. All Carlyn wants is to make the tennis team at Avery, the college her mom attended when she was alive. But, Carlyn's chances of making the tennis team are slim. Enter Vaughn Yarborough, resident tennis star. Vaughn needs Carlyn's help. He wants to go to Avery but the university wants proof that he won't cause any scandals if they admit him to the university. This causes Vaughn to create a tennis camp for under-privileged kids, but he needs a female tennis counselor with a squeaky-clean reputation.... such as Carlyn.

Carlyn accepts Vaughn's offer which allows her to not only be paid for her counselor position, but she also gets the opportunity to train with his coach. However, his coach has an agenda. He wants Carlyn to persuade Vaughn to go pro rather than going to college...in exchange, he'll train Carlyn and help her make the team at Avery. But, Carlyn is falling for Vaughn...will she choose love or her dream of playing at Avery?

This book was a light, fun read. It has a couple of tropes in it such as: instalove and shy girl crushes on popular guy. These tropes don't take away from the story at all, I just wanted to mention them in case you aren't a fan of these particular tropes.

I enjoyed this story, but I didn't love it. The romance didn't feel 100% real to me, so I didn't feel all that connected or invested in the characters. Although, I do think the tennis aspect of this novel helped make it feel more original and new. Overall, I think this is a cute, light, summer read.

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for my honest opinion. I honestly loved this book. Vaughn is super dreamy and it really makes this book enjoyable. Carlyn is such an amazing character and you end up routing for her the whole time. I don't know a whole lot about tennis and I was worried that I might not like the story because of it. But not understanding tennis didn't affect me at all. I actually kind of learned some things about it!

Thanks to NG for the ARC! Super cute summer romance between two tennis players, Carlyn has had a crush on Vaughn so she accepts when he offers her a partnership plus coaching in a summer tennis camp for underprivileged kids. They hit it off and become c;loser but they are not supposed to fraternize at camp. Vaughn's coach works with both of them trying to convince Vaughn to go pro and Carlyn that she can make her college team. Sparks fly and then everything comes out leading to a cute but pretty predictable ending. Quick adorable summer romance read!

'Courting Carlyn' is a first class swooning material. Carlyn is offered a holiday job as a tennis camp coordinator together with her long time crush - Vaughn, a tennis champion. The camp has some strict rules like no fraternizing which is a bit of a shame since Vaughn is sporting a nice set of abs. They are both crazy about tennis and both are in some way disconnected with a family member which brings them together fast. It's a book not only about love but also about family issues and who we really are. Vaughn is the best tennis player but he doesn't want to go pro, what he really wants is to have a home to come back to, the sense of stability, while Carlyn wants to join her university team in order to feel reconnected with her late mum. Will they achieve their goals and find themselves along the way? It's for you to find out. I really enjoyed the book and I highly recommend it to anyone who fancies YA books about love, sports and interesting characters.