By far and away, my favorite experience with this book was the audiobook production! Reminiscent of Daisy Jones and the Six, the cast of characters made this story come alive. Former ice skating competitor, @johnnygweir, absolutely stole the show!! 

 

Initially, I wasn’t interested in this story - I like ice skating enough, but don’t really know a whole lot about it - but then I started seeing rave reviews! For the first 50%, I was all in - finding reasons to do chores around the house - wanting to listen to it as fast as possible. Then somewhere along the way, the steam ran out of my engine and I began having to force myself to finish. 

 

I think the drama started to be a bit much for me, I began liking Katarina less and less (by the end, I really couldn’t stand her at all), and I was frustrated by some of the turns the story took. Regardless, I do not regret the experience because the audiobook truly is top notch. I’m not sure I would have finished had I read the print version of this one, so trust everyone when they tell you audio is the way to go!