Until Friday Night by Abbi Glines

This is the first book in the wonderful The Field Party series following a group of friends in smalltown Lawton, where a big part of life is focused on the Friday night football games. The Field Party series is light, fluffy and sweet, but still have more of a serious undertone than you might expect. The stories are all about high school, football, field parties, falling in love, but they also deal with difficult issues such as teen pregnancy and rape, sickness and loss of loved ones, absent parents, infidelity and mistakes that costs you everything, but they all leave you with hope in the end. This is a series about the healing power of love. How love can help you survive the most tragic events and make you strong.

Until Friday Night is my favorite book in the series. I rooted so much for the two main characters West and Maggie.

To everyone who knows him, West Ashby has always been that guy: the cocky, popular, way-too-handsome-for-his-own-good football god who led Lawton High to the state championships. But while West may be Big Man on Campus on the outside, on the inside he’s battling the grief that comes with watching his father slowly die of cancer.

Two years ago, Maggie Carleton’s life fell apart when her father murdered her mother. And after she told the police what happened, she stopped speaking and hasn’t spoken since. Even the move to Lawton, Alabama, couldn’t draw Maggie back out. So she stayed quiet, keeping her sorrow and her fractured heart hidden away.

I really liked that the story had an overall very somber vibe as both the hero and the heroine face loss within their families or other tragedies. I also really appreciated how Abbi Glines allowed her characters to make honest, realistic choices and how she allowed her characters to grow.

Overall, this is a fast-paced and adorable story that I highly recommend to anyone looking for a nice, pleasant read, with a serious undertone, or for anyone wanting to get out of a reading slump.

Rating:
4.5 lovable stars rounding up to 5

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Abbi Glines