A review by gillyreads
Romancing the Grump by Jenny Proctor

fast-paced

I loved this. It was all the good parts of a hockey romance without the tropes I hate (like playboy asshole pro athletes). The motivations behind each character were well thought out and built up through the story and I loved the whole concept of the team and their popularity (I was quite disappointed to find out that the first book in the series is only on amazon). I liked how some of the tropes were a little subverted, like he's grumpy without being an actual horrible person, and she's sunny without being portrayed as an idiot. I particularly liked was that the fake dating trope was subverted a little by

Summer actually mostly being honest about her feeling throughout

. 
Honestly the only thing I didn't like that much was I felt it was unnecessary for it to turn out that

Nathan's dad had been a good dad while a pro-hockey player even though he didn't remember that. Like, he could have realised he doesn't have to be his father without that part

. But that didn't ruin the book or anything.