Welcome to my stop on the TBR and Beyond Tours Book Tour for Sidelined by Kara Bietz. This looks like such a cute, fun queer romance that’s I’m here for. To find out what others thought about it, be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom to see the tour schedule for other content creators.
Meet Author

Kara Bietz was born in New England but currently resides just outside of Atlanta, Georgia with her family. Her first novel, Until I Break, was a Texas Library Association Spirit of Texas Reading Program selection. Her newest release, Sidelined, is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection.
When she’s not writing, you can find Kara hanging out with her family, singing show tunes to her dogs, and adding to her impressive pen collection.
About The Book

Title: Sidelined
Author: Kara Bietz
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publishing Date: September 21st, 2021
Page Length: 304
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Age Range: YA
Synopsis:
An emotional YA romance about small town secrets, high school football, and broken hearts.
Julian Jackson has a short to-do list for his senior year at Crenshaw County High School in Meridian, Texas: football, football, and more football. He knows he’s only got one chance to earn a college scholarship and make it out of his small town, and keeping his head down, his grades up, and his cleats on the field is that one chance. And then Elijah Vance walks back into his life, throwing all of his carefully-laid plans into a tailspin.
Elijah and Julian used to be best friends, maybe even on their way to something more than just friends. But three years ago, Elijah broke into the school to steal money from the coach’s office, and Julian was the one who turned him in. After that, Elijah and his family disappeared without a trace. And now he’s back, sitting at Julian’s grandmother’s kitchen table.
But time and distance haven’t erased all of their feelings, and Elijah knows that he finally has a chance to prove to Julian that he’s not the same person he was three years ago. But with secrets still growing between them and an uncertain future barreling towards them, it may be harder to lean on each other than they thought.
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Rep: LGBTQIA+ (Gay)
Tour Schedule
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September 20th
The Book Dutchesses – Review
Forthenovellovers – Review
Books Are Magic Too – Review
September 21st
Stuck in Fiction – Interview
Monogamist Reader – Promo Post
DJREADSBOOKS – Review & Playlist
September 22nd
Wandering Through Lit – Review & Favourite Quotes
Jen Jen Reviews – Review
September 23rd
Lu is Lost in books – Interview
Pages & Plots – Promo Post
September 24th
Perusewithcoffee – Review & Favourite Quotes
PopTheButterfly Reads – Review
September 25th
Chai N Books – Interview
Levicorpvs Blog – Review
September 26th
Nine Bookish Lives – Promo Post
The Bookish Context – Top 5 Reasons to Read Sidelined
Rajiv’s Reviews – Review
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September 20th
thebookdutchesses – Blogger’s Choice
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September 21st
feliciareads11 – Blogger’s Choice
kathreadsya – Review
DJREADSBOOKS – Blogger’s Choice
September 22nd
wanderingthroughlit – Blogger’s Choice
luna_reads_ – Review & Favourite Quotes
September 23rd
luislostinbooks – Blogger’s Choice
September 24th
metalheadreader – Review
popthebutterfly – Blogger’s Choice
September 25th
tbrandbeyond – Promo Post
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September 26th
ninebookishlives – Blogger’s Choice
rajivsreviews – Blogger’s Choice

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