Carrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular.

By the time Carrie retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Slam titles. And if you ask her, she is entitled to every one. She sacrificed nearly everything to become the best, with her father as her coach.

But six years after her retirement, Carrie finds herself sitting in the stands of the 1994 US Open, watching her record be taken from her by a brutal, stunning, British player named Nicki Chan.

At thirty-seven years old, Carrie makes the monumental decision to come out of retirement and be coached by her father for one last year in an attempt to reclaim her record. Even if the sports media says that they never liked the 'Battle-Axe' anyway. Even if her body doesn't move as fast as it did. And even if it means swallowing her pride to train with a man she once almost opened her heart to: Bowe Huntley. Like her, he has something to prove before he gives up the game forever.

In spite of it all: Carrie Soto is back, for one epic final season. In this riveting and unforgettable novel, Taylor Jenkins Reid tells a story about the cost of greatness and a legendary athlete attempting a comeback.

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danerys ✦

(0/5)

Nov 21, 2024

OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGalso this better be gay

ananya ♡

13 AprilWe have a cover y'all and even though I don't like people on book covers, this one definitely gives sports vibes I'm so excited____________WE HAVE A TITLE AND A SYNOPSIS BITCHES AAAAAHHHHH2022 IS OUR FUCKING YEAR!!!!____________OMFG THIS IS ALL I NEED IN LIFETaylor Jenkins Reid can run me over with a truck and I'll be like give this woman the Booker.

julia

the 4th instalment in the Mick Riva universe 😌 hopefully it doesn’t have him

Jonathan

finally, a book about the only good sport: tennis

Joel Rochester

275

I NEED THIS NOVEL NOWlike after seeing carrie soto in malibu rising i’m so ready for this skdkskkd

zeo

update 3 changing the book edition cause the gold cover is... 😕😕😟 update 2 WE HAVE A COVER OMFGGGG update 1this woman OWNS meuntitled121954CS(such a beautiful title, reminds me so much of the starbucks wifi password btw) in september?!? AHHHHHHHH I WILL READ WHATEVER YOU WRITE MY QUEEN IS THAT YOURE TERMS AND CONDITIONS? THATS FINE I WILL READ IT IF YOU WRITE IT

zyth ༄ ‧₊˚

394

If Mick Riva makes an appearance in this book istg it’ll be my 13th reason. this man is EVERYWHERE😭

persephone ☾

239

update 2 : we have a cover people !! i'm getting emotional rn 😭update : WE HAVE A TITLE HELP 🚨 TJR i'm warning you, i expect nothing but greatness (& for this book not to send me to therapy pretty please ) 2022 is our year y'all 😭 WE'RE ALSO GETTING A TAYLOR JENKINS REID BOOK

talia ♡

160

UPDATE: this cover is so ugly 😭😭😭 i’m still gonna read it tho —————UPDATE: 🆘🆘🆘I REMEMBER WHO TF CARRIE SOTO IS AND SHE IS BACK BABY AND I AM STILL READY!🆘🆘🆘----------UPDATE: 🆘🆘🆘I DON'T KNOW WHO TF CARRIE SOTO IS BUT SHE IS BACK BABY AND I AM READY!🆘🆘🆘----------if i don't get Untitled121954CS in my hands RIGHT NOW! 😂🤣🆘🔪🔪🔪

Layla

133

Edit 4/20/22- everyone that is hyping up the cover is lying through their teeth, and I refuse to believe otherwise. ____Edit 2/15/22- omg the title and synopsis, I already love this book. ____Praying to God that Mick Riva isn't in this book, I'm so sick and tired of that man. 🙄

ale ♡ (nikolai's version)

104

update: 4/13/22: 3312, wE HAVE A COVER, OMG, I'M SCREAMING, CRYING, PERFECT STORM. IF MICK RIVA APPEARS, IT'LL BE MY 13TH REASON, I SWEAR, Y'ALL. I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL AUGUST 30TH. I NEED IT NOW.-tAYLOR JENKINS READ, YOU CAN HAVE MY HEART AND TEAR IT APART OVER AND OVER AND I'LL THANK YOU FOR IT.AUGUST 30TH, YOU BITCH, I'M WAITING FOR YOU

Ishika

If Mick Riva does not die/get murdered in this one then I'm not reading this 😤Edit: ok Carrie Soto, the woman from Malibu Rising? Hmm.... Whatever, Mick Riva should die in this one.

Alina Vale

(08/01/2022) Hi Taylor… what is it I’m seeing here huh :)SEPT 2022??!!!! WHY IS THERE NO TITLEEdit (12/02/2022): Waterstones has this book ready for preorder and the title is Untitled121954CS?? TAYLOR PLEASE WHERE IS THE TITLEEdit (16/02/2022): THERE IS THE TITLE! NOW WHERE IS THE COVER?Edit (03/05/2022): kind of a late update but. I like the cover. Also: commented on Taylor’s post of this book’s announcement months ago and requested a Tarine book..SHE LIKED IT PLS ITS COMING I KNOW IT

lavi ツ

so is no one gonna talk about how cover no. 1 looks like it's fresh out of 2016 instagram and cover no. 2 looks like a ripoff version of hamiltonok just meupdate: we have a title!! now time to wait and see if i was right and if this story really is sad which it probably will be because this is tjr we're talking about😌untitled121954cs sounds like such a heart-wrenching story to me 😞

Rashi Malik (yashaswini)

Why is everyone so vehemently against Mick Riva making an appearance? ik he's been there in most books but I don't think that makes him public enemy no. 1Btw who is Carrie Sotto?(Edit: now ik who she is)------------Untitled 121954CS is the perfect name for a book. I couldn't have thought of anything better.

Taylor Noel

(5/5)

I barely have the words to tell you how much I loved CARRIE SOTO IS BACK. This is plotting as it’s finest! I was glued to the page, my heart racing each time Carrie picked up her racket. There’s a lot of tennis in this book, yes, but there’s even more heart. I loved Carrie so much. I probably loved her the way her father did: watching her from the sidelines, praying that things would go her way, not sure how to bear it if they didn’t. I was DESPERATE for her to win, to make her big comeback. She...

Isabelle Reads

EDIT: WE HAVE A COVER WE HAVE A COVER OH IT'S GORGEOUS Y'ALLPEOPLE#1: TJR IS WRITING A NEW BOOK#2: IT'S TENNIS Y'ALL MY SPORT NO ONE EVER WRITES ABOUT IT AND I GET A TJR NOVEL ABOUT IT 😭😭

Sahil Javed

carrie soto has also saved 2022. amen.

Sylvie

Before either the title and the synopsis of this book were revealed I guessed two things and both of them turned out correct.I love that Taylor Jenkins Reid is making her books, especially the ones that includes famous people - aka her recent books, interconnected.*****************************************I feel like this book is also going to be about famous people, because let's face it Taylor Jenkins Reid EXCELS at it and this one is going to take place in the 1990's.

marwah

I JUST GOT THE ARC FOR THIS OHMYGODJSNNSNSMI feel so special rn😭Update 26/4/2022Carrie Soto is THE MOMENT OKAY. I hated her in Malibu rising but this book changed my entire perspective on her. we finally get her backstory why she’s the person she is why she took certain decisions AND HER DEDICATION TO TENNIS DAMN SUCH A QUEENAND THE COMPETITION AND TENSION DURING THE GAMES I WAS SO INTO IT LOVED IT AND BOWE😭🫶🫶🫶( even though romance was a little part of the book I loved their relationship second

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