The Favorites by Layne Fargo is about the competitive world of ice dance.
Katarina has longed to win Olympic gold for ice dance ever since seeing her idol, the fierce Sheila Lin, win two gold medals. Kat’s focus on winning becomes all consuming.
Kat and her true love Heath have bonded through many setbacks growing up which also gives their skating a unique chemistry. While competing, none other than Sheila Lin takes notice of them. She offers to train them at her academy in California alongside her twins- budding stars Bella and Garrett Lin.
The story follows Kat and Heath through the years- competitions, wins, losses, jealousy, partner changes and tumultuous relationships. Katarina shares her side of each event alongside snippets of the documentary about Kat and Heath’s quest for Olympic gold.
All told, this was a slow burning and entertaining read. I wanted them to win that gold!! While I read it on my kindle, I heard that the audiobook was really good. This makes sense for the documentary script format throughout.
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