Blindsided by T. Christensen – Review by M Policicchio

Blindsided: A Contemporary Sports Romance by T. Christensen
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Blindsided by T. Christensen

5 out of 5 Stars

Uh-maze-zing! This story of finding friendship and love through betrayal was fantastic.

Kirsa met Brock when they were just 4 years old. After initially slamming him into the sand because he destroyed her sand castle, they were best friends. Kirsa and Brock did everything together, play football, study, share secrets, and hang out with the guys.

Just before the beginning of 2nd grade, their twosome became a threesome with the addition of Victoria, the new girl in the neighborhood. As they grew older, Brock and Victoria became more popular while Kirsa, who was extremely shy, stayed in the background. Brock was her defender and protector from all the others at school that didn’t understand their friendship. At the beginning of their freshmen year, Kirsa saw something that broke her heart and was the end of the threesome.

Brock could only take one side. He took Victoria’s. He believed Victoria. From that day popular Brock and Victoria made it their mission to isolate and terrorize Kirsa, leaving her friendless and alone. Three years later as they are beginning their senior year of high school, Kirsa is still friendless. Enter Rylan, the new guy. Rylan doesn’t heed Brock’s warnings to stay away from Kirsa. Rylan befriends her anyway. Through the new found friendship with Rylan, Kirsa starts to rediscover some of her strength. Brock can’t stand the relationship between Rylan and Kirsa. As Brock starts to break away from the influence that Victoria has held on him since that day in 9th grade, Brock starts to discover that maybe everything isn’t what he has believed all this time.

The author made me believe that highschool could be a place of redemption. The characters, especially Kirsa, are so smartly developed. They each have such depth. I love the scenes between Kirsa and Rylan where they are comfortable and in each other’s space enough that it drives Brock completely crazy. This book makes you feel all the feelings through each character. Fantastic! Wonderful! Great story!!

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