Carrie Soto Is Back is the 6th book I've read by Taylor Jenkins Reid and once again she delivers. This book is focused on the tennis career of Carrie Soto, a brief character in Malibu Rising, and her decision to come out of retirement at 37 years old to defend her record of Grand Slam titles. For me personally, I am not a huge sports fan and my knowledge of tennis is probably one of the weakest of all the sports. Yet TJR can truly write a story so well that this does not hinder enjoyment of this book whatsoever.
It is in chronological order which I appreciated so we had a clear image of Carrie's performance level and her progression whilst training. Some chapters are sectioned into tennis rounds and the short chapters meant it was so difficult to put the book down, I couldn't stop reading.
There is romance in this book however it isn't central to the plot and I think this was perfect as so often characters are reduced to their romantic relationships. There were more important lessons that this book aims to achieve: determination, success and self-awareness.
Also worth a mention is that there was a lot of Spanish dialogue in this book and unfortunately I can't understand Spanish to any level and without the translations, I missed a lot of the dialogue between Javier and Carrie and I probably missed out on a lot of special moments between father and daughter.
I am looking forward to any future publications by TJR as her storytelling is truly unmatched. I also have some of her backlist to read in the meantime.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5