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2000s: To the world, they were a scandal. To each other, an obsession.
The Favourites
What you need to know before your trail
Katarina Shaw has always known she’s destined to become an Olympic skater. When she meets Heath Rocha, a lonely kid stuck in the foster care system, their instant connection makes them a formidable duo on the ice. Clinging to skating – and each other – to escape their turbulent lives, Kat and Heath go from childhood sweethearts to champion ice dancers, captivating fans with their scorching chemistry, rebellious style and rollercoaster relationship.
Until, at the Olympic Games, as the world holds its breath, a shocking incident instantly destroys their partnership.
Ten years later, an unauthorised tell-all documentary reignites the public obsession with Shaw and Rocha. If Kat wants to own her story, she must break her silence. As Kat’s account of her dramatic rise and fall alternates with scandalous interviews from the film, The Favourites spins into a dance between passion, ambition and what it truly means to win.
Locations
Reset- Russia - Sochi
- A: Olympic stadium
- Canada - Alberta - Calgary
- B: Olympic Skating Rink
- America/USA - The Great Lakes
- C: Colorado - Lake Michigan
- D: Ilinois - Rosemont - Allstate Arena
- E: Colorado - Colorado Springs - The Broadmoor World Arena
Travel Guide
Travel the world through the Olympic ice skating events
This book moves from one ice rink to another and a different country each time. Oh the glitz and glamour of the ice skating arenas. This isn’t just any old ice skating but the Olympics no less. Two skaters, a boy and a girl, travel the world and skate at the highest level.
But this is a story inspired by Wuthering Heights with Daisy and the Six vibes so anything goes and who knows where these two will end up!
Trail Gallery
Booktrailer Review
There was so much power and energy in this book I could feel it in every swipe of the skates in the story. A reminder of the Nancy Kerrigan scandal with the training and determination of what goes on behind the scenes. Written as a Taylor Jenkins Read kinda book with pizazz and a similar tone and diary excerpts.
This has ‘ movie’ written all over it. The skating, the competitions, the training, the wanting to be no. 1, the way it changes a person. Well this is powerful stuff. I imagine people who train for anything = sport or otherwise will recognise the sacrifices and sheer bl**dy mindedness of what it takes to get to the top. I felt tired just reading about the skating!
A powerful read that honestly you just can’t take your eyes off. Whats going to happen, what did happen? Will the skating couple get back together? what was the tragedy that broke them apart?
Very compelling stuffIt made me want to watch Torvill and Dean on repeat.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Favourites
Destination/Location: Worldwide Author/Guide: Layne Fargo Departure: 2000s
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