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A Sharp Endless Need
Marisa Crane
Publication Date: May 13th, 2025
Random House Publishing Group | The Dial Press
272 Pages
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Genre: General Fiction | LGBTQIAP+ | New Adult
This book is very moving and emotional about coming of age, love, and loss. It’s about Mack, a superstar basketball player whose life is turned upside down when her father dies. Then, Liv, a new teammate at school, enters the fray. This was such a beautiful story about first love, discovering oneself and then the added pressure of being a star player and all the expectations of that. Mack and Liv’s relationship is sweet, raw and real, and the author brilliantly explores all that comes with first love.
The location of small-town Pennsylvania in the early noughts added some nostalgia. Remember mixtapes? Crane writes beautiful prose and characters. I loved how the characters’ struggles were portrayed and how Mack was searching for her true identity all the while grieving her father’s death. I am not a fan of basketball, but the parts with the games were amazing. I could tell how physical the basketball is and how passionate Mack and Liv are about it.
This is a very moving book with some important issues. It’s a testament to love, romantic and otherwise. It is also a reminder that even when there is loss, there is always the promise of tomorrow and healing on the horizon.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.
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