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A review by lindseymiddlemiss
Holiday Crush by Lane Hayes
4.0
An utterly adorable holiday romance
An utterly adorable holiday romance with the emo geek kid all grown up to be the coffee shop owner, Ivan, finding his childhood crush, Court, is back in town and now just as in to him.
I really enjoyed this. It was definitely better having read The Elmwood Stories 1 & 2 first, so I wouldn't suggest reading it as a standalone. But they are easy to read, lovely, hockey in a small town MM romances, not difficult to read at all!
Trying not to give spoilers, but the only bit of the story I didn't enjoy was the ending, where I would have preferred more weight being given to the importance of LGBTQ+ rep in sports.
In this you'll find:
✨MM contemporary romance
✨Washed-up Bisexual Hockey player
✨Gay coffee shop owner
✨Small town holidays
✨Childhood crush
✨Latte art
✨Coffee scalding
✨Losing job/career
✨Coaching kids
✨Community bingo at a church hall
✨Workplace hookup
✨Pregnancy complications
✨A HEA
An utterly adorable holiday romance with the emo geek kid all grown up to be the coffee shop owner, Ivan, finding his childhood crush, Court, is back in town and now just as in to him.
I really enjoyed this. It was definitely better having read The Elmwood Stories 1 & 2 first, so I wouldn't suggest reading it as a standalone. But they are easy to read, lovely, hockey in a small town MM romances, not difficult to read at all!
Trying not to give spoilers, but the only bit of the story I didn't enjoy was the ending, where I would have preferred more weight being given to the importance of LGBTQ+ rep in sports.
In this you'll find:
✨MM contemporary romance
✨Washed-up Bisexual Hockey player
✨Gay coffee shop owner
✨Small town holidays
✨Childhood crush
✨Latte art
✨Coffee scalding
✨Losing job/career
✨Coaching kids
✨Community bingo at a church hall
✨Workplace hookup
✨Pregnancy complications
✨A HEA