Jordan Elliot is a fat, nerdy lesbian, and the first junior to be named editor-in-chief of the school newspaper. Okay, that last part hasn’t happened yet, but it will. It’s positive thinking that has gotten Jordan this far. Ever since Mackenzie West, her friend-turned-enemy, humiliated her at the start of freshman year, Jordan has thrown herself into journalism and kept her eyes trained on the future.
So it’s a total blow when Jordan discovers that she not only didn’t get the editor-in-chief spot, but she’s been assigned the volleyball beat instead. And who is the star and new captain of the volleyball team? Mackenzie West. But words are Jordan’s weapon, and she has some ideas about how to exact a long-awaited revenge on her nemesis.
Then things get murky when forced time together has Mack and Jordan falling back into their friendship, and into something more. And when Mack confesses the real reason she turned on Jordan freshman year, it has Jordan questioning everything—past, present, and future. If Jordan lets her guard down and Mack in, will she get everything she wants, or will she be humiliated all over again?
Soooo....enemies who never enem? If I'd been Jordan, and Mack started being friendly and bubbly as soon as I was assigned to her beat, I think I'd have been a bit more suspicious than Jordan seems to be. There's no concern or worry about how truthful any of this is, they just go back to being friends with barely an apology from Mack.
It's the outside the story problem again, isn't it. From out here it's easy to see what's going on with an uninvolved eye. It would be harder inside the situation, I can understand that.
I loved Jordan's friend crew - it's something Jenna does really well - and I enjoyed the unusual setting; we don't get much volleyball in contemporary novels, so that was interesting. I just wish the characters had seemed to react more honestly. But I can set that aside for a fun read like this one.
We Got the Beat publishes on the 20th of February, 2024. I received a free copy and am giving an honest opinion.
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