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Gloves Off

Stephanie Archer

4.28 AVERAGE

emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No

vancouver storm remains the only hockey romance series i read & enjoy

Gloves off

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Georgia and Alexei!! I can smell it happening while I was reading The Wingman!
And its marriage for convenience? Count me in!
emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I wanted to love this... and don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed it! the 2nd half is better than the first and in true Stephanie fashion, the banter is great, I loved being back in Vancouver, and really enjoyed picking up on hints for Coach's book! I struggled to feel the chemistry between Georgia and Alexei though. They've both been fun characters through the books so I was excited to dig into this.. and it fell flat a bit for me. The first half, Alexei and Georgia hated each other and I struggled to understand where the switch was flipped and suddenly they loved each other. All together, i'm just not sure if this one did it for me.

I enjoyed getting to know these two. I loved being back in the Storm world. I missed reading a Stephanie book and the spice was great. but this I think was my least favorite of her books so far. All that being said, licking the rock made me laugh so hard I almost cried.