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n0tg4b's review
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Infidelity
savvyrosereads's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
This is a cute hockey romance, but I think it could have benefitted from the character development of being a full length book. Still, a fun quick read!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abandonment and Infidelity
kb33's review against another edition
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.75
Here’s a novella that was short but didn’t feel short. While there are probably inaccuracies in the immigration process, it was a good romance book. Sumner fell first and fell hard, and was so determined.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Alcohol, Infidelity, and Abandonment
underscoresyd's review
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
i cringed every time sumner called britta ‘my wife’
also wtf kinda names are britta and sumner
also wtf kinda names are britta and sumner
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Abandonment
Minor: Infidelity and Mental illness
antidietleah's review
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Infidelity
angie11290's review
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-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? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Infidelity, Abandonment, and Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Panic attacks/disorders
lmayfieldx's review against another edition
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Infidelity
catsandmetaphors's review
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? No
1.0
I don't even know why I bother with anything Tessa Bailey writes when her books are clearly not to my taste. The premise of this one seemed cute, so I only have myself to blame for picking it up.
Look, I love explicit sex scenes as much as any other romance enthusiast, but something about Tessa Bailey's imagery and use of language gives me the heebie-jeebies.
The relationship development in this novella is nonexistent, which can't be explained away with the length of the story. The characters are (as usual) almost caricature-like and extremely one-dimensional.
The relationship development in this novella is nonexistent, which can't be explained away with the length of the story. The characters are (as usual) almost caricature-like and extremely one-dimensional.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Abandonment, Infidelity, and Pregnancy
bookshelvesandbookcorners07's review
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
- loved the fact that the main male character would do anything for the female
- definitely a must read for people who like steamy romance
- since it was less than 200 pages, there wasn’t too much of a connection to the characters
- definitely a must read for people who like steamy romance
- since it was less than 200 pages, there wasn’t too much of a connection to the characters
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Abandonment
Minor: Infidelity
- book contains a couple of sexual scenes and they are very descriptive - main character comes from a broken family whose father abandoned them - same father had a whole separate family meaning he cheated on main character’s mothertoofondofbooks_'s review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-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
4.0
I was utterly charmed by this. I'm glad I didn't know it was a hockey romance because otherwise I don't know if I would have cared to pick it up. Nothing against the genre but there just seems to be so many of them??? Anyway though, this ticked a bunch of my boxes. He falls first, fake marriage, friends to lovers, and even though she only had 120-ish pages to make me believe in this couple - damn it, Tessa did it. AND I only cringed two times! Unfortunately those two times made me go down to 4 stars, but since I hated the other Tessa Bailey book I read back in 2022, me loving this is a big big deal.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Infidelity, Abandonment, and Alcohol