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fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character

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funny hopeful lighthearted fast-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
adventurous emotional funny lighthearted tense slow-paced

3.5
I feel like this was a completely gratuitous read. I got the friends to lovers trope with a whole lot of banter + smut. Basic premise is two boys best friends in high school but after an โ€œincidentโ€ one of them completely cuts the other off. They meet four years later as hockey rivals. Very cute and also mostly very light. I wish the two of them had more distinct personalities, otherwise, good romance. Oh and I was completely wrecked by how completely in love with Jamie Wes was from the start. I think Iโ€™m a little obsessed with pining.
emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

loved this. listened to the audio. Teddy and Jacob killed it.
lighthearted
funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

๐—›๐—ถ๐—บ | ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ป, ๐—˜๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜†
๐™ƒ๐™ž๐™ข, ๐˜ฝ๐™ค๐™ค๐™  ๐™Š๐™ฃ๐™š

Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
Spice: ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ

๐™‰๐™–๐™ง๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ฎ: 
๐ŸŽง Jacob Morgan
๐ŸŽง Teddy Hamilton

๐™‹๐™Š๐™‘: First Person, Dual

๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™จ/๐™๐™๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™จ:
๐™๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™‡๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ
๐˜ฝ๐™ž-๐˜ผ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ
๐™๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฃ
๐™Ž๐™š๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ
๐™๐™ž๐™ซ๐™–๐™ก ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™œ๐™š ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™˜๐™ ๐™š๐™ฎ 
๐™Ž๐™š๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ค

๐Ÿ’ ๐— ๐—ฌ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ช ๐Ÿ’ 

๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎโ€ฆ

Friends to lovers, you say? Pining, you say?! 

I definitely went into this not knowing what to expect other than a little hockey and a lot of abs (cover, ya know). I really enjoyed the dynamic between Jamie and Ryan and it was so enjoyable getting the backstory and how much history there was between the two of them. 

๐˜พ๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™จโ€ฆ 

๐—๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด
I love that there was hardly even a moment of hesitation for him each time things went further or he was faced with a social situation regarding his newfound sexuality. We love a secure man! 

โ€œ๐™ˆ๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™ž๐™˜๐™  ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™„ ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ.โ€ 
โ€œ๐™”๐™š๐™–๐™? ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™–๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ?โ€ ๐™„ ๐™–๐™จ๐™  ๐™˜๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ๐™ก๐™ฎ. 
๐™ƒ๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™ง๐™ช๐™œ๐™จ. โ€œ๐™’๐™š ๐™—๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช.โ€ 
๐™๐™ช๐™˜๐™  ๐™ฎ๐™š๐™–๐™.

The fact that he wasnโ€™t the one in love for years and still came out (no pun intended) with his feelings first put little hearts in my eyes. He cares deeply and wants to make sure his person feels loved.

๐—ฅ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜†
This solidified itโ€ฆ Iโ€™ll always swoon for a man who falls first and secretly pines for years. 

โ€œ๐™…๐™–๐™ข๐™ž๐™š ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™ž๐™ง๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™ง๐™ช๐™จ๐™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™ž๐™ง๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š. ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š.โ€

I felt as though he never pressured or pushed Jamie into anything he wasnโ€™t fully comfortable with but let him safely make the decision to experiment once that door opened. Their exploration together was so refreshing and the spicy parts of this book hit all the right spots. 

โ€œ๐™Š๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™๐™จ ๐™›๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ค ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™›๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™ฎ. ๐™€๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™ ๐™ž๐™จ๐™จ, ๐™„ ๐™›๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™๐™ž๐™ข, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™™๐™ค ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™จ๐™š๐™ญ ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ก๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ. ๐™„๐™ฉ'๐™จ ๐™๐™ž๐™ข. ๐™ƒ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ค๐™จ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™จ๐™˜๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™จ ๐™ข๐™š.โ€

Alsoโ€ฆ the tattoo mightโ€™ve only been secret for a short time but that is one of my all time favorite micro tropes for good reason. Wes is definitely a romantic at heart!

๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ๐™จโ€ฆ

Iโ€™ve never loved a sports romance as much as I love this one. These characters, their backstory and their personalities were esp enjoyable. This book was exactly what I needed. 

โ€œ๐™„โ€™๐™ซ๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ก๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™– ๐™๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™จ๐™ข ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ช๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š. ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™œ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™ค๐™ก๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™›๐™ช๐™ก๐™ก ๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ. ๐™ˆ๐™ฎ ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™—๐™–๐™˜๐™ , ๐™—๐™š๐™˜๐™–๐™ช๐™จ๐™š ๐™…๐™–๐™ข๐™ž๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š. ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™ช๐™˜๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ข๐™š.โ€

I cannot wait to continue this series and see where the story goes with these two.

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