Roller Derby, Reread!

Hey Sweeties!

This past weekend, I watched the fantastical movie, called Whip it! It's one of my favorite movies and I kind of forgot just how much I loved Roller derby. I especially loved it more after reading a Roller Derby series a while back, by Lila Felix. So after re-watching the movie I decided to delve back into the series again. It's been such a long time and I can't believe that I forgot mostly EVERYTHING from the story.

Still, Love and Skate, is seriously one of my favorite series, even after all these "years". Okay so it's probably been only like 2 to mayyybe 3 years since I've read this book. There are some things that I find myself not liking as much as I did back then, but for the most part I still LOVE IT! *squee* Yup and here's why...

The whole story-line about derby girls and bouts is just so unique, something that I've written (or thought about but it never went into an actual review *cough*) before. It seriously is what pulled me in, when I first saw it because I had never even heard about the sport before that moment.

Another reason why I love it is because the characters are pretty great in their own right! They have so many love-able traits that makes them seem almost real, which let's face it, is one of my favorite things about reading. It's also something that I truly look for when choosing books. They are weird and quirky and imperfect. They have problems and don't even get me started on Nellie's AWESOME hair. Just the fact that she has practically dyed it every color of the freaking rainbow makes me want to dye my hair! Something else I love about her character is no matter what, she loves herself. Not in the conceded way, but in a way that promotes self confidence.

Her "Hubby" Owen Black is also pretty cool. He's real in the sense where he can be self-conscious and is nerdy and quirky himself. He also fits so perfectly with Nellie and he's just so darn cute! he wants to do right with Nellie and he wants to make sure that everything is the way it should. He's respectful and a true gentleman.

There were some things that I wasn't as happy about when I reread this book. Nothing major, but I felt the need to write it out, ya know. First, I didn't like how fast the story went. I would have liked it better paced. Still, I feel like I can't really complain since the flow of the story wasn't really affected. There were just times when I felt like the story would slow down a bit and things were better explained.

There was also a very little part that was sort of an outcome to the fast pace of the book. Time was kind of distorted in the sense where at times it felt like time was slow-ish and at the same time there were times when a whole month had passed. So it made the relationship seem like it was going a little faster than I think it actually was.

One last thing, I promise! I also didn't like how things weren't explained in depth. Which coincidentally also was sort of a bypass from the speed of the story. Some things were explained really well, and fleshed out and other times I felt like the scenes were rushed. For example, one minute Nellie would be hanging out with Owen and the next two sentences, he was leaving. That's a little exaggerated since it was probably like in four or five sentences, but you get the gist of it.

Other than that this book is a seriously good book! I would suggest it to anyone who loves a good story with a cute romance and who loves roller derby. I also think the characters have spunk and the overall story is pretty well established. It's a well written book with interesting characters and I think it's well suited for any hopeless romantic like me ;) lol

Well, thanks for hanging in there sweeties! I know I haven't posted much but one of my classes is totally kicking my tush. So I have had to put more of my time and undivided attention to it! But even though my schedule has been torn to shreds and then rolled through the wringer, I will try to post as often as possible. I can't promise when or what days, but I will try my hardest to find time :) Have a great week Sweeties and I'll post something soon!

~P