I adored this story for including a badass woman doing better than all of the men around her. She's a FMC we can all look up to who knows her worth and doesn't take any flack from the boys, love to see it. While she is a petite woman, she doesn't let that become her whole personality. Overall she's a fun character who I would love to be friends with.

 

Speaking of iconic, Logan and Ivan are iconic for loving country music. I love seeing two strong men in sports unafraid to show their love for music which is often teased. I adore Ivan, another character I would adore being friends with. This book does a great job of demonstrating a platonic relationship full of trust with physicality purely from the nature of figure skating. 

The only thing I wasn't fully in love with was how there were moments that highly promoted good communication amongst everyone but it felt like it wasn't as fleshed out as it could be. The moment everyone starts talking, it all gets resolved.

This book would be fantastic adapted into a movie. I'd especially love to see Annie and Ivan's skating routine to the song Beggin' as I just know it would be incredible. Or all of the cute moments such as Logan's jealousy that I will not spoil despite how much I want to gush about them. 

Overall, this book has lovable characters with personalities, flaws, and complex character dynamics more indicative of real life than the average romance. It would be fantastic as a movie and was an engaging read from cover to cover.

Please see my blog for a more in-depth review:  https://readintowonderland.blogspot.com/2024/08/light-em-up.html 

I received this book as part of a Literary Media Tours arc team. My review is honest and voluntary