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Stick By Me by Christie Gordon
5.0

First can I say I have not read the Rock U series and to be honest I did not need to, to understand the story. What it has done, is want me to read it to read Axel and Remy's story.
This story is about Leo, Axel's older brother and Remy's best friends who to the world is straight for reasons whilst it mentioned, I still cannot get my head round his reasoning.
Archer is a D Man at the local University, who is openly bisexual, It was refreshing to read about an openly queer hockey player and his teammates as most books have them still being in the closet.
This was a story that kept my interest from the first page and the incident how they met had me laughing. From the moment Archer sprayed Leo with the hose it was instant attraction, but they had work to do to have a relationship. Archer was one of the most patient and understanding characters I have read in a while and he was all into Leo. Leo was a caring soul and when Archer needed him stepped up to give him support. This scene was the scene that made me like Leo as prior I thought he was a bit wishy washy. Archer I like from page 1.
There were some mystery and family drama, which whilst I guessed I was still surprised with it. Although Leo is a nerd there was not much nerdy scenes and I would love have seen more of his nerdy side come out.
The epilogue rounded the story off without giving any of the other team members stories away.
Overall this was a good read and has me excited to read about the rest of the team and I cannot wait for Jonah, Archer's best friend.