I received this book from the author in exchange of an honest review.

First up a big big thank you to the author for the great format of the book! I am always a bit worried about ebooks, even epubs or mobis can look terrible, but this one was just perfectly formatted! Thank you!

🥰 Pearl (such a lovely name) was such a sweet, fun character and I love seeing her grow, find a way in her loss, dare more things in gymnastics (but also find a balance in it because you don’t want to go overboard), make new friends and discover new things in life. She was so cool and such an inspiration.
🥰 The mystery was both exciting, scary, and awesome. And I just loved seeing our MC (and a bit of Ryan) try to figure things out and see who was doing what. There are many twists and turns, some red herrings, and there are many moments that had me go OMG! I loved the sleuthing!
🥰 The perfect balance between high-tension gotta get better in gymnastics and the sleuthing. Sometimes one overpowers the other but not here. It was fun to read about both and both get the right amount of spotlight!
🥰 I loved the various characters we meet in the story and read more about them, find out more about what their motivations are and more.
🥰 See the dad try to figure things out and also try to accept that his daughter wants to do gymnastics which was a big part of his late wife’s life.
🥰 I loved that we got to see a bit before the camp, then at the camp, and then also the Olympics! Now I seriously want to watch the Olympics some more for some gymnastics!
🥰 While the camp and how far things went shocked me, I was kinda curious about it as well and see all the things they organised, the trainings, see what happens when the team is selected for the Olympics, see outfits being chosen, and more.
🥰 The gymnastics, such a big part, were wonderfully written and it was as if I was there seeing the kids do all their exercises! I just loved reading them so much and I was curious to see what kind of new moves the kids would make in each new week/competition.
🥰 I really liked Ryan’s mom. She was so sweet and kind and I loved how much she was there for Pearl as well. Oh, and that hint at the end? Oh yes! I was hoping for that. Teehee.
🥰 The writing style was so fun and the book had great pacing. It took me a bit longer to read, but that was because my mind is just all over the place lately and sometimes I just needed something without too much words, haha. I think if my mind was in the right place I would have easily finished this one in one sitting. It was just that fun/good.

😲 I was actually shocked at how far these kids were pushed and I found it quite toxic and shocking. The various exercises they had to do, like one that included some kind of rope climbing but dangerous. Pitting the kids against each other. Strict times in everything. Competitions. And much more. At times I was like, is this all legal????

🤔 I wasn’t a fan of Ryan. Not at all. There were a few moments that I appreciated him, but for a lot of the time I just wanted him gone. I didn’t get his jealousy, how he wasn’t happy when our MC tried harder moves because she DID want to advance to higher levels, didn’t really understand how he got any further given how it was constantly mentioned that he kept to basic moves and this is an elite camp/contest.
🤔 While it was sad, I just wasn’t happy with the addition of COVID. It is just TOO SOON. Way TOO SOON. Maybe in like 40 years it will be fine (can’t think of that as fine, but sure), but now, NO.

😡 I almost YEETED my Kindle in the wall because of what happened at the Olympics part. I get that there are rules, but WHAT THE ACTUAL…
😡 And the fact about a certain person being the culprit which just felt way like playing into Ryan’s thinkings, I would have rather seen another person be the culprit.

All in all, I am really happy I got the chance to read this book (finally I must add as I have been eyeing this book for a while) and I would recommend it to everyone. It is a perfect book with the Olympics coming up soon!