A review by bookishlyhaley
Best Laid Plans by Emily Silver

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing 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

4.0

Cash is a hockey player with a bad attitude, which is a PR nightmare. This causes him to need a fake girlfriend to clean up his image. Which he is strongly against in the beginning. 

Piper is a PT intern for the team. One day, she walks in on her boyfriend cheating on her with her roommate (RUDEEE). Soon after, she was presented with an opportunity to help Cash clean up his image. At first, she was reluctant to help Cash because of his attitude, but after Cash helped her out, she ended up saying yes to being his fake girlfriend. 

The more they got to know each other, the more they realized just how different their images are to the people they really are. They ended up falling in love and having their happily ever after.  

My thoughts: 

I really enjoyed this book. I will admit I did judge these characters at first, but I honestly fell more in love with Cash & Piper the more I got into the book. The bad boy of hockey turning out to be a freaking teddy bear made me so happy. Also, having a dog named Puck is so freaking adorable!! I really liked how easily Cash and Piper opened up to each other. You could really tell their connection was instant and genuine. They are couple goals for sure!!


You will love this book if you love hockey romance, fake dating, brother’s teammate, grumpy/sunshine, bad boy, and the hero falls first.


You will not regret picking up this book! Best Laid Plans can be read as a standalone or as part of the series.


I am excited to see what is in store for us next with Best of the Best!!