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Stealing Parker Hundred Oaks Miranda Kenneally Books

After Catching Jordan, I was super excited to jump right into Stealing Parker. Stealing Parker focuses on another group of characters but with cameos from Catching Jordan characters. (Not going to lie, I need to remember names better, ha. It took me a second to remember who was who.) Similar to book one, Kenneally blends sports, relationships, and heavier topics into a fast paced compelling read. This book focuses on Parker's relationship with baseball and softball. Parker walked away from softball after her mother left her father. The event rocked her world in a rough way. Parker is faced with gossip, a lack of support from friends, and an overall sense of less.

Stealing Parker felt heavier to me than Catching Jordan. The reaction Parker's church and friends had to Parker's mother's sexuality was not an easy read. Parker need support and instead she had most everyone turn their backs on her or give her the cold shoulder. The struggle Parker faces when questioning her church and her personal relationship with God was brutally honest and emotional. Kenneally did her justice in her portrayal of the difficult situation Parker was facing.

Aside from the religious aspects , Parker also fell into a complicated romance. While Parker stumbles and makes some mistakes, she stays strong; she learns and grows throughout the course of the book. My primary reasoning behind the three star rating has to do with the romance. Parks of the romance I just did not really like.

Stealing Parker was a heavier yet still enjoyable addition to the Hundred Oaks series. I will caveat this book though: If religion and religious struggles are not for you, then this might not be the book for you. Now to start Things I Can't Forget ;)


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Stealing Parker Hundred Oaks Miranda Kenneally Books Reviews

Don't you love it when a book surprises you? Stealing Parker was an unexpected hit with me! There were three reasons it was a strong read a strong & real main character, a wonderful & quirky love interest and a compelling story.

Parker Shelton has been dealing with a lot of things since her mother announced she was a lesbian and left their family. Her (former) church friends abandoned her. She’s taken over her mother’s household duties. And, even with all this, she’s dealing with the ups and downs of being a teen. The way she chooses to cope isn’t necessarily the most ideal, as she loses herself in boys (even the ones who aren’t right for her) and tucks her feelings away never to be discussed. She even lets go of softball, because it’s too hard for her to bear without her mom. While it certainly appears like Parker is a hot mess, her actions actually seem likely in her case.

There is one helpful activity she engages in – writing letters to God. There’s a question attached to almost every letter, making it clear to readers that Parker is questioning everything she thought she knew about faith and God. Watching Parker go through this process of trying to understand God’s will really struck home with me. The book doesn’t make the solution preachy or take the easy way out. It instead reads as the story of one girl’s attempt to make sense of her own situation, all while factoring her faith in the process.

This novel felt so realistic, which is what I loved most. Questioning the things you believe is something that almost all of us do, and Kenneally manages to convey it well. Plus, it becomes even more challenging when we encounter traumatic, highly emotional situations! Parker’s journey managed to mirror this experience we all have in a truthful, believable way, which is all thanks to Kenneally’s writing style.

Of course, this book would not be complete with just a hint of romance – and it comes in the form of Corndog, a.k.a. Will Whitfield. He’s my favorite Kenneally hero, mostly because he’s adorable. He has a wicked sense of humor, athletic ability AND manages to be smart too! What really won me over were his kindness and his strong relationship with his family and his friends. The way his relationship with Parker develops certainly feels organic. They begin as rivals, and then become friends and eventually, they develop into something a little bit more.

Stealing Parker is definitely my favorite of the Hundred Oaks books! The elements that make this story strong - questions of faith, romance and familial issues - were really written well. It's a book that will do well with most readers, particularly if they find themselves able to relate to Parker as much as I did.
WOW! Stealing Parker was really, really great! I don’t even know where to begin.

I guess lets start with Parker. Parker is a girl whose world was completely turned upside down when her mother decided to reveal that she’s gay. Parker is so lost that I just wanted to jump into the pages, take her hand, sit her down and tell her all the things she’s learned by the end of this book. It really broke my heart to see how lost she was, guys. I FELT for her, I really did. And all those bad decisions! It was like watching a train wreck about to happen. What also really got to me was all the people in her life that turned on her after her mom came out…especially her church. It’s one of my biggest problems with some churches and with people who claim to be Christian, how utterly ugly they are to other human beings. It gets my blood boiling, so lets move on before I start throwing f-bombs on this review. I was also really disappointed with the adults in Parker’s life. Way to be there, guys! I can’t believe nobody thought it strange or thought to talk with Parker about what she’s been going through, or why she quit playing softball so suddenly. Her feelings of abandonment came through so clearly and loudly. I had a lot of feelings with this book, ok! SO MANY FEELINGS!

So I had to be realistic going into this book and knowing that OBVIOUSLY the coach thing was not going to work out. Because while all those fun, flirty moments that developed into forbidden, steamy make-out sessions left me ALL KINDS of hot and bothered, I knew they were wrong. And like Parker questions, why do all those wrong things feel so good?! GAH! All I could do was wait for sh*t to hit the fan. And it was awful ya’ll and I felt so awful for her. Not him. He should’ve known better.

Who Parker does actually end up with is actually a little bit harder to pinpoint at the very beginning. You meet the boys in the book, and while you think it might be the best friend, if you’ve read Catching Jordan you know it won’t be him, so it leaves us wondering if the coach thing is really what we’re going with. I liked the slow development of this aspect of the story a lot because, for me, it gave some unpredictability, which is always nice.

Overall I completely loved this story because of how real it felt. I really love the authenticity and the honesty in Miranda’s writing. I seriously cannot wait to read more from her.
After Catching Jordan, I was super excited to jump right into Stealing Parker. Stealing Parker focuses on another group of characters but with cameos from Catching Jordan characters. (Not going to lie, I need to remember names better, ha. It took me a second to remember who was who.) Similar to book one, Kenneally blends sports, relationships, and heavier topics into a fast paced compelling read. This book focuses on Parker's relationship with baseball and softball. Parker walked away from softball after her mother left her father. The event rocked her world in a rough way. Parker is faced with gossip, a lack of support from friends, and an overall sense of less.

Stealing Parker felt heavier to me than Catching Jordan. The reaction Parker's church and friends had to Parker's mother's sexuality was not an easy read. Parker need support and instead she had most everyone turn their backs on her or give her the cold shoulder. The struggle Parker faces when questioning her church and her personal relationship with God was brutally honest and emotional. Kenneally did her justice in her portrayal of the difficult situation Parker was facing.

Aside from the religious aspects , Parker also fell into a complicated romance. While Parker stumbles and makes some mistakes, she stays strong; she learns and grows throughout the course of the book. My primary reasoning behind the three star rating has to do with the romance. Parks of the romance I just did not really like.

Stealing Parker was a heavier yet still enjoyable addition to the Hundred Oaks series. I will caveat this book though If religion and religious struggles are not for you, then this might not be the book for you. Now to start Things I Can't Forget ;)