“Sixteen-year-old Ruby has worked hard to be happy in her body, even when other people—including her brother and her PE teacher—insist there's something wrong with her for being fat. All Ruby cares about is hanging out at the skate park this summer with friends. But her brother’s bullying words get under her skin, and in order to prove to him (and her impressionable little sister) that fat girls can do anything, Ruby finds herself signed up for the annual 5K Dawson Dash. There’s just one problem: She can’t run. The cute new boy next door can, however, and when Ollie offers to help her train, Ruby takes him up on it, even if it means he'll see her at her sweatiest and most vulnerable. Young athletes of all stripes, especially those marginalized in sports due to body differences, will find a hero in good-humored Ruby. With its all-audience appeal, her joyful story delivers upbeat romance and affirmation that our bodies are just right, just the way they are.” - taken from Goodreads
This book was more geared to body positivity than the slow burn romance with the new boy next door. Determined to run a race and prove her fat shaming brother wrong, Ruby begins to train with Oliver. Leading up to the race itself, we see Ruby at her most vulnerable, including dealing with her parents’ separation. Not the romance I was expecting but a great book about being oneself.
Originally published in the UK in 2024 as Slowcoach.
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