Finding Her Edge by Jennifer Iacopelli (2025)
Now here's a combination hard to resist........a sweet teen romance, rekindled after a long estrangement combined with the competitive intensity of Olympic figure skating and ice dancing.
Ice dancer Adriana Russo is part of a skating dynasty run by her domineering father, who's been mentoring and training potential Olympic champions in a family owned facility with its own skating rink. Among these future champions are also Adriana's younger sister Maria and older sister Elisa, who's on her way to the Beijing Olympics in pursuit of a figure skating gold medal.
But all's not well for Adriana on multiple fronts. The family's training center is in the red and if Elisa doesn't come home with a medal, securing much needed financial sponsorships, the facility may end up mortgaged to the max. Adriana herself is under the same kind of pressure as she prepares for Junior Championship ice dancing competitions in Paris. Though she has chemistry to burn with her new partner Braydon, she still pines for her original partner (and friend since childhood) Freddie. When younger, they were forced to break up as a team when Adriana grew too tall to dance with Freddie, and both have spent years nursing the hurt from their parting. But now Freddie's back with a new partner and among a group of other assorted skaters coming to train at the Russo family rink.
From this point, author Jennifer Iacopellli brings on everything you'd expect or ever want from this story - plenty of slow burn swoon, and romantic drama both on and off the ice. Sorry to say, the large cast of characters swirling around Adriana and Freddie aren't particularly fully realized, especially Elisa and the girls' medal obsessed dad. But readers who can't wait for those 'At-long-last-they're-together!!' moments will enjoy a full helping.
Also, anyone who never misses all those skating trials and competitions on TV, will want to dive into ''Finding Her Edge' as the next best thing in between the televised events.
Ice dancer Adriana Russo is part of a skating dynasty run by her domineering father, who's been mentoring and training potential Olympic champions in a family owned facility with its own skating rink. Among these future champions are also Adriana's younger sister Maria and older sister Elisa, who's on her way to the Beijing Olympics in pursuit of a figure skating gold medal.
But all's not well for Adriana on multiple fronts. The family's training center is in the red and if Elisa doesn't come home with a medal, securing much needed financial sponsorships, the facility may end up mortgaged to the max. Adriana herself is under the same kind of pressure as she prepares for Junior Championship ice dancing competitions in Paris. Though she has chemistry to burn with her new partner Braydon, she still pines for her original partner (and friend since childhood) Freddie. When younger, they were forced to break up as a team when Adriana grew too tall to dance with Freddie, and both have spent years nursing the hurt from their parting. But now Freddie's back with a new partner and among a group of other assorted skaters coming to train at the Russo family rink.
From this point, author Jennifer Iacopellli brings on everything you'd expect or ever want from this story - plenty of slow burn swoon, and romantic drama both on and off the ice. Sorry to say, the large cast of characters swirling around Adriana and Freddie aren't particularly fully realized, especially Elisa and the girls' medal obsessed dad. But readers who can't wait for those 'At-long-last-they're-together!!' moments will enjoy a full helping.
Also, anyone who never misses all those skating trials and competitions on TV, will want to dive into ''Finding Her Edge' as the next best thing in between the televised events.
4 stars (****).
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