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Shutout

Avery Keelan

3.92 AVERAGE


This book had me screaming, I love the tension and banter so much. Tyler and Sera meet at a Halloween party, and assume they will never see each other again. They never exchange numbers or names, so when Sera has to move into her brothers apartment imagine her surprise when Hades from Halloween lives there too.

I absolutely devoured this book, and cannot wait for the next one.

3.75⭐️
medium-paced
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

tyler and seraphina(sera/ser). they first met on halloween and hooked up, but they didn't know who each other was. she is chase's, tyler's best friend and roommate, sister, who is coming to live with them after their mom got diagnosed with cancer. she recognized him from his tattoo and he could tell it was her. they plan on keeping halloween as a one time thing, and a secret, but they couldn't stay away from each other. they end up sneaking around because they both didn't want a relationship. chase finds out at the bar when tyler beats up rob, someone from sera's past. tyler pulled away because he thought he couldn't handle hockey and her, but it messed with his head through hockey anyways. sera finds out she has the cancer gene and breaks down. tyler found her and then told her he loved her. they started dating...

Brothers best friend, Tyler
Teammates little sister, Sera

Tattooed goalie ✔️
Girl with rose gold hair and ADHD ✔️

Cute, quick read


The cancer talk hit a little close to home with recent personal events and made this more emotional tho so don’t mind me crying with what should’ve been a fluffy hockey book
lighthearted 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

4.8!! I loved this book!! When I started reading this book I didn’t realize that it was the second book in the series. But I had already read a few chapters and didn’t want to stop. The book was so fun and sweet. I loved Tyler and Seraphina!! I knew this book was going to be good when I saw that they were going to be roommates. And the fact that they’d already met and slept together made it even better. I loved how there was no extra unnecessary breakup. The character development was really good too. Ty and Tink are my favorites!! SO DAMN GOOD AHHHH!!!!!! AHHHH TY AND TINK!!!!!!

I didn’t love offside but wanted to give this one a chance! It’s a brother’s teammate and friends with benefits romance set in college. I might be nudging out of the NA romances but I just didn’t feel like much happened. Seraphina (chase’s sister from book 1) moves in with the hockey guys while her mom battles breast cancer. She is also dealing with the potential of having th BRCA 1 gene.

Tyler is a goalie that is destined for the NHL and doesn’t have time for relationships. He recognizes Sera (Tink) from when they hooked up at a party where things were kept anonymous. They start to become friends, then friends with benefits to more.

I just didn’t feel like much happened. Sera had a bad friend and this friend’s brother kept hitting on her. She had to deal with school, her mom, and her own health.

I don’t know if my opinion will change with time, but the writing was good and the author made this one shorter than offside (thankfully).

This story was great. Tyler and Seraphina had a great connection from the start. Ty is totally swoon worthy.

I loved the mental health representation with Sera’s ADHD struggles. Watching her grow as a character was enjoyable.

Seeing them try to be ‘just friends’ while they totally fall for each other was wonderful.

Totally recommend this one to anyone looking for a great love story.

a brothers best friend trope & a hockey romance!! yes babe count me in. this book was so hot