Review: Olympic Village - Book #4 Denver Athletic Academy Series - Devyn Forrest - 2020 Rooney has finally achieved her dreams of going to the Olympics in Paris, France and she has even won a gold medal among others including silver, bronze, etc. This is her once in a lifetime chance and is amazing how a girl from foster care came to the Olympics. I have to admit this book was a little bit less exciting than the others as by Book #4 we see Poppy has changed stripes and turned away from the bully we came to see in the previous three books and she's almost like Rooneys Frenemy and then we see more of Rooney's relationship growing with the three boys in this book Theo, Clinton and Zed.  We also know how tough and brutal those Russians can be as we all know the famous story of Tonya Harding who hired a hitman to attack Nancy Kerrigan - her opponent. This was highlighted in this book as Zed was attacked by Mishca - a Russian and whacked in the leg which halted his career as an Olymp...

Review: The Trials - Book #3 Denver Athletic Academy Series - Devyn Forrest - 2020 Moving along to Book #3 and Rooney has learned who her biological parents are and she is in for a shock as the identity of her father is revealed and he's not just an average joe either, he is a gold medallist Olympian and runs the Seattle Athletic Acadehttps://amzn.to/2GcdJmGmy and is the Denver's Rival Gymnastic school. All along he has boasted about family values and he abandoned Rooney and created a new family. She has had to live in foster care and poverty, while he lives it up in a mansion and wealth. Now that her father has learned her identity and that she has inherited his gymnastics skill, he has offered to train her but will it work out or will Rooney find him rude and choose to go back to Denver with the Everton’s? What will happen though when Rooney's rival Poppy discovers the truth of who Rooney's father is and uses it against her? Also, will Rooney achieve her dream of bein...

Review: The Accident - Book #2 Denver Athletic Academy Series - Devyn Forrest - April 2020 Is Rooney's gymnastics career over before it even began? Will, she let the bullies have the last laugh? or will Rooney prove to them that she is strong-willed and nothing will stand in the way of her dreams of becoming an Olympic gymnast? Just as Rooney was about to compete in the midterm gymnastic finals, the beam snapped and broke under her. The school is calling it gym equipment malfunction and claiming the items were old but Rooney knows the truth- this is another one of Poppy's stunts to get rid of her once and for all. Now with Rooney being named "Bad Luck" and rumors spread around the school by Poppy, everyone is avoiding her including the three boys Theo, Zed, and Clinton. The ones whom she had just started to fall for. I like the character of Rooney as she knows what she wants and isn't one to cower and give up. Also at the end of this book, Rooney receives some new...

Review: Out for Blood - Book #1 Denver Athletic Academy Series - Devyn Forrest - April 2020 Ever since she was young, one of the things that Rooney always excelled at was gymnastics and from a young age, her dream was to go to the Olympics and train at the Denver Athletic Academy where her childhood idol Poppy and Mr. Everton - a former Olympic star all attended. The thing though for Rooney, growing up in the foster care system, this   is a pipe dream as she can't even afford to pay her current trainer let alone afford a place at the Denver Athletic Academy. That is until an opportunity arises as Rooney's coach has sent an audition tape of Rooney to the school and they have invited her to audition for a spot starting next Semester. Rooney goes along and blows them all out of the water, but her idol isn't impressed as she is intimidated as Rooney has the skills to knock her off her pedestal and claim her title as the "number one gymnast". Also, there are a few peop...