Review - From the Sidelines by Amy Avanzion

One of my favorite things in the whole world is discovering a new author! Amy Avanzino is my new author this week, I loved From the Sidelines! One of the things I loved most about this book is how I could relate to many parts of the story even though the main character Autumn is completely different than me (I however am a mother to three boys, all who played football!). I always admire writers than can make me feel that personal connection to a character or a story.

Autumn is an overprotective, single mom to a 10 year old boy who one day decides he wants to play football. Autumn knows nothing about sports and is not sure that this is a good idea at all. She has never thought that he was a sports type at all. However, since the end of her disastrous marriage Zachary hasn't been very happy and she wants to change that. She jumps right into the world of football, meets new people, learns how to trust herself and others and most importantly watches her son gain his footing and gain a brand new self confidence.

I highly recommend this book, seriously you have to read it, and I am really looking forward to getting my hands on her first book! I rated it 5/5 on Goodreads!

Thanks to NetGalley and Henry Press for the Advanced Reader's Copy!

One last thing...thanks to NetGalley and all of the publishers who have been auto approving me to read and review their books. I have earned a new badge! This one is for reviewers have been auto approved by four or more publishers!

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