๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ. – r.h. sin
๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ Readers, ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐ โYoung Adult Novel” ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ?

I recently received a digital ARC of Furia by Yamile Saied Mรฉndez from @Netgalley, and was blown away!
Furia is the story of Camila Hassan, a soccer prodigy that lives in Rosario, Argentina. As the only daughter of a misogynistic father, Camila is forced to hide her dreams of playing soccer from her parents, who hope she will become a doctor or marry rich to help them escape poverty.
Mรฉndezโs #OwnVoices book is everything I could ever want in a YA Novel. This author tackles feminism, the fragile male ego, domestic and mental abuse, and what life can be like for women and abandoned children in a violent and impoverished country in the Global South. And, not to mention, Mรฉndezโs book has a “friends to lovers” romance, a sports plotline, and involves social commentary on what it means to be a woman in a culture that runs on machismo.

Earning the nickname, โLa Furia,โ from admirers for her prowess on the soccer field, Camila is sure that she can help save her family if given a chance. When her childhood friend, Diego, comes home from playing pro-soccer overseas, she is forced to choose between her desire to be independent and play the sport she loves or yield to her family and Diegoโs wishes for her.
Mรฉndez navigates multiple plot lines and character development with finesse and manages to ask the bigger question of what happens in society if women are not protected and allowed to live full lives? This book has a little something for all readers.
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐, ๐ฉ๐ซ๐-๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฒ! ๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐!
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