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emotional
funny
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:
Complicated
Theo is the hockey team’s super star. Completely driven to win and play in the NHL for his favorite team owner Tom. Claire is a dancer from the wrong side of the tracks. She is killing herself to get a dancing scholarship while waitressing angus juggling her boyfriend. A housing mixup means that Claire and Theo are roommates. After Claire discovers her boyfriend Chad cheating, Claire and Theo start fake dating to keep Chad and the team’s puck bunnies away. Soon they begin crossing the line to love.
I really liked that the relationship started as annoyed enemies and grew to friendship before love. I liked that they supported each other 100 percent. The team was hilarious for liking Claire more than Theo. It was sweet when they help take care of her multiple times. The twist with Tom was telegraphed pretty early on. I wish Chad would have had more consequences for being a bad human being.
Overall it was well written and a fast read. It wasn’t instalove. There was just enough spice, but it wasn’t too much or a main plot. It worked well in the story. The hockey descriptions were believable coming from a hockey school. Will definitely read the feast of the series.
I really liked that the relationship started as annoyed enemies and grew to friendship before love. I liked that they supported each other 100 percent. The team was hilarious for liking Claire more than Theo. It was sweet when they help take care of her multiple times. The twist with Tom was telegraphed pretty early on. I wish Chad would have had more consequences for being a bad human being.
Overall it was well written and a fast read. It wasn’t instalove. There was just enough spice, but it wasn’t too much or a main plot. It worked well in the story. The hockey descriptions were believable coming from a hockey school. Will definitely read the feast of the series.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment
funny
hopeful
slow-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
I really enjoyed the characters in this book, particularly the main male character. He fell first, was really good to the main female character and I liked their relationship. The spice was a little weird. The book would go from 0 to 100 before you had a chance to catch up. There also wasn’t talk of protection or birth control that usually comes along with the sex scenes, you just turned the page and it was happening. That kept my rating relatively low.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Abandonment
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
I saw this book on BookTok (the hetero one, unfortunately) and wanted to check it out to see what the hype was about. Dialogue felt incomplete. At times the characters would seemingly be having two different conversations that didn't make sense, so readers are perhaps supposed to fill in the blanks? Like a character would ask a question requiring a long response and the response would just be a "yeah" and moving on, but not in a miscommunication trope way. It felt like sections of this book were edited at different points without thought to how the edits impact the overall story. The plot felt both rushed and slow. I couldn't really track what the point of the "conflict" was, because it was so superficial / unimportant to the overarching narrative. This book is also incredibly ableist and misogynistic. Women aren't morally wrong for having sex!! Also, there's a random date-rape comment that comes off as siding with rapists??? Like the whole point of the date-rape comment is to talk about how it was good that the hockey house doesn't exist anymore so that Theo can live on campus? And like... there's so much to be said about that.
ANYWAY! gay people, don't read this book lol
ANYWAY! gay people, don't read this book lol
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Classism
Minor: Rape
funny
lighthearted
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
I liked how the mMC and fMC became friends first before acting on their attraction which made their connection more genuine.
The story was also funny and I liked the sidecharacters they were friends with. And I saw the potetial in the story with the mMC falling first and hard.
What I did not enjoy that much was how in the last three chapters somehow all the issues fade away/problems are solved leading to a partly realistic romance story falling flat at some point. And while a lot of things are happening all the one on one scenes were skipped making me miss simple scenes of MCs just communicating which could have given their relationship more depth.
Spice ((quantity + quality)÷2)
1,75/5
There was some good stuff in between(her legs...haHA...) but they mostly felt kind of disconnected from their story or impersonal, like it could have been every couple hooking up. I also dislike when book couples do not have a talk about contraceptives before doing anything but at one part he uses the "unfailing method of pulling out" and I was afraid there was going to be a pregnancy plotline but nope it just never gets adressed.
The story was also funny and I liked the sidecharacters they were friends with. And I saw the potetial in the story with the mMC falling first and hard.
What I did not enjoy that much was how in the last three chapters somehow all the issues fade away/problems are solved leading to a partly realistic romance story falling flat at some point. And while a lot of things are happening all the one on one scenes were skipped making me miss simple scenes of MCs just communicating which could have given their relationship more depth.
Spice ((quantity + quality)÷2)
1,75/5
There was some good stuff in between(her legs...haHA...) but they mostly felt kind of disconnected from their story or impersonal, like it could have been every couple hooking up. I also dislike when book couples do not have a talk about contraceptives before doing anything but at one part he uses the "unfailing method of pulling out" and I was afraid there was going to be a pregnancy plotline but nope it just never gets adressed.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity, Abandonment
Moderate: Ableism
Minor: Sexism, Car accident
adventurous
challenging
emotional
inspiring
sad
tense
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
emotional
lighthearted
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:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship
Moderate: Medical content, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Death of parent
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Abandonment