Back again with an Anna Gracia review! My girl really put out two books in six weeks, like a daggum workaholic. (Get yourself another cake, girl!)

This time, we have a new YA book from Anna. The Misdirection of Fault Lines [Buy Bookshop Amazon] follows three teenage girls at a prestigious tennis tournament. They are all dealing with some high-stress issues off the court as well. Alice’s father was her coach, but after his death, she isn’t sure how to keep moving forward in the sport, Leyla is making a return to the tournament after dissapearing from tennis for a while, and Violetta is a tennis influencer with all the brand deals and a ex-pro mom applying tons of additional pressure.

I’m pretty sure this is my new favorite book from Anna, which is saying something because Boys I Know [Buy Bookshop Amazon] was solid. Usually, I’m pretty good at picking out what’s coming, but the ending of this one was not what I was expecting. The girls each have their own perspective and challenges to work through, and didn’t feel like there was too much overlap. The characters are dealing with a lot of things teens face, like pressure, eating disorders, and drugs, as well as racism, so there’s a lot of meat in here for parents to discuss with their kids while reading this.

I’m not a big tennis fan. This didn’t feel like the tennis game play and jargon overtook the story, which I was immensely thankful for. There’s enough so you know what’s going on and the tournament itself gives you a timeline expectation/structure, but it isn’t so much that it bogs the story down. Anna is a former DI tennis player and coach, so that definitely helped her find that balance of story and sport accuracy, which I appreciate.

Overall, this was highly bingeable and I wanted to find out who would win it all.

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