3.5 stars.
I’m a sporty girl and even though I’ve never played competitive soccer the premise of this story intrigued me. The best friends going their separate ways and then reuniting was a great call by the author- it really made you want to root for the healing of their relationship. The hint of mystery that the fire investigation added bumped it up a star for me too. The only criticism I have is how things ended I felt there should have been a bit more conflict from the community.
Overall a fun book that I really enjoyed reading.
⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

The characters are really what made this book! They all mixed so perfectly and added so much to the overall story.

4/5

My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)

Beth and Ally are such an awesome duo and I wish I had a friend like that. Be there for you whenever you need it, even after a decade of silence. I feel like I'm like that with people really 😅
When you mix the pot with the other characters it just became such an amazing character development story, with ups and downs and all that jazz.
I must say, I loved the dads. Just all of them. And my, Allys husband, that's goals.

The fast pace was so well executed. All the important things got told, except I need to know what happened to one dad. Kinda felt like he was forgotten to mention about.

I loved the teachings of the story and they're such good ones everyone should know about. It's just tiny things that make us give ourselves some grace. The more I think about the book, the more I find to think about.
The book was short, emotional and sweet. Would love to read more of these kinds of books.

I can't pinpoint why exactly this didn't work for me - there's nothing egregiously wrong with it... it just fell flat and feels forgettable unfortunately.