He is so sweet and I loved how much he supported Holland.
I also really liked her relationship with her brothers and that none of them were threatened by her, either.Īnd then there is Wes.
While a few players were a little over-protective at times, they mostly just treated her like any other player and I liked that. None of them seemed to be angry about having a girl on the team, even when she was better than some of them. While there were sexist remarks made about Holland by some people in their community, I loved that her teammates didn’t act like that. And I don’t think yelling at people when they say it is really the way to get people to change the way they speak. Yes, I understand the reasoning for wanting to correct this kind of rhetoric, but honestly it just comes across a little petty to me. Any time someone uses a common, but male-centered expression (like “that takes balls” or “man down”) Holland goes off on them about it. While it did hit on a lot of important topics, there were a few things that didn’t work for me. Other than to satisfy my preconceived ideas, why should she have to justify her decision? Why can’t her explanation be “because I want to”? I liked that this situation challenged my thinking a bit.įeminism is obviously a strong theme of the story. While at first I didn’t think it was a good narrative decision for there to be both a boys and girls team, giving Holland a choice really is important to the plot. Holland really makes a point of saying her decision isn’t about the girls team not being good enough for her, but that she has always played with her brothers and their friends growing up and she wanted to keep playing with them. What I thought was an interesting twist on the situation is that there is a girl’s hockey team she could play on. A lot of people don’t think she should be allowed to play with the boys and she spends every game trying to prove them wrong. She’s a great player, but there’s obviously a lot of pressure that comes with her position on the team.
Holland is the only girl on the boys varsity hockey team. I’ve really been in the mood for cute contemporary stories lately and Cold Day in the Sun gave me that, plus a little more substance. It does not impact my review.Ĭold Day in the Sun will be available March 12, 2019. I received a copy of this title from the publisher. Not everyone is thrilled with Holland’s new fame, but there’s one person who fiercely supports her, and it’s the last person she expects (and definitely the last person she should be falling for): her bossy team captain, Wes. But when her school team is selected to be featured and televised as part of HockeyFest, her status as the only girl on the boys’ team makes her the lead story. Holland Delviss wants to be known for her talent as a hockey player, not a hockey player who happens to be a girl.
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