Futbolista
$34.18
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
19 June 2025
Summary
A classmates-to-friends-to-lovers romance that’s equal parts raunchy, heartfelt, queer, and Mexican-American, centered on college football (the REAL football)!
Gabriel Piña knows who he is: a college goalkeeper, a future Liga MX or MLS star, and definitely straight. He’s starting his freshman year with a lot of eyes on him and even more potential, but he’s got this. Nothing will have him straying off the path to greatness.
That is, until his philosophy classma…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781646145096 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1646145097 |
| Author: | Jonny Garza Villa |
| Publisher: | Levine Querido |
| Imprint: | Levine Querido |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 19 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 482g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 141mm x 210mm |
Critics Review
★ “Irresistible… Garza Villa makes Gabi’s coming-out/coming-of-age both moving and inspiring as he finds the courage to buck expectations and live life on his own terms. There’s plenty of heartfelt wisdom–and thrilling soccer matches–along the way, but it’s the sweetly sexy romance between Gabi and Vale that really makes this shine. It’s a winner.” -Publisher’s Weekly
Jonny Garza Villa
Jonny Garza Villa is a product of the Great State of Texas, born and raised near and along the Gulf Coast, and currently living in San Antonio. They are a Sagittarius sun, Capricorn everything else, a former very bad baseball player, and a former pretty good drag queen. Jonny is an author of contemporary young adult novels inspired by their own Tejane & Chicane and queer identities including their debut novel and Pura Belpré Honor Book Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun, the Stonewall Honor Book Ander & Santi Were Here, and Canto Contigo, publishing in 2024. Futbolista is their first New Adult contemporary romance.
Author residence: San Antonio, TX
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