Sparks Will Fly ARC
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Sparks Will Fly Blurb
Sparks fly and robots clash in this sports romance for nerds
With life stuck on hard mode, nothing is going according to plan for Mari Williams. Not her career, not her family commitments, and definitely not her lifelong dream of building combat robots for competition. When she’s offered entry into the most famous combat robotics event in the world, it’s the chance of a lifetime and an opportunity to change everything.
Battling against difficult team members, increasing chronic pain, and a terrible robot, Mari must use all her skills to find a path to victory. However, there’s one problem even her brilliant mind can’t solve: Jacob Moore, her biggest rival, childhood crush, and the man who ruined her dreams.
When Jacob tries to make amends by offering assistance, Mari must decide if giving him access to her robot means a chance to win it all, or a chance to get hurt all over again.
Sparks Will Fly is a sports romance for nerds. This rivals to lovers slow burn features a disabled plus-size heroine, a missed-connections romance, robot fights, and an underdog story full of heart. Perfect for people who wish BattleBots had kissing and fans of Ali Hazelwood or Olivia Dade.
Battling against difficult team members, increasing chronic pain, and a terrible robot, Mari must use all her skills to find a path to victory. However, there’s one problem even her brilliant mind can’t solve: Jacob Moore, her biggest rival, childhood crush, and the man who ruined her dreams.
When Jacob tries to make amends by offering assistance, Mari must decide if giving him access to her robot means a chance to win it all, or a chance to get hurt all over again.
Sparks Will Fly is a sports romance for nerds. This rivals to lovers slow burn features a disabled plus-size heroine, a missed-connections romance, robot fights, and an underdog story full of heart. Perfect for people who wish BattleBots had kissing and fans of Ali Hazelwood or Olivia Dade.
Tropes
- Competition (combat robotics)
- Plus size FMC
- Women in STEM
- Slow burn
- Forced proximity
- Childhood friends to rivals
- Rivals to lovers
- It’s always been you
- Robot fights
- It’s always been you
- Open door
Trigger Warnings (click to expand)
- Internalized and externalized ableism
- Brief mention of transphobia
- Medical gaslighting
- Mention of car accident
- Brief moment of fatphobia
- Explicit sexual content
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