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A review by beckymmoe
Head Coach by Lia Riley
4.0
I. Loved. This. Book!
It feels like a betrayal to say this, but Neve and Tor's story might even top Breezy and Jed's. The enemies-to-lovers element (with a hint of You've Got Mail/The Shop Around the Corner vibes make this one so much fun to read--I can't tell you how many bits I read out loud to Mini Moe #2 (I had a captive audience while reading much of it--she was driving me around for half of the day). And the way Tor interacted with his ten-year-old daughter, Olive? Heart. Melting.
The conflict here was a believable one--a sports reporter and the coach of her favorite hockey team, the guy her editor loves for her to skewer in articles such as "The Five Worst Coaches in the NHL," complicated by the fact that his best friend and the former captain is living with Neve's sister--and for the most part, they handled things like grown-ups, which was nice. There were a few things that I would have liked expanded on (the way their main conflict is resolved literally comes out of the blue--was she working on that prior? Or did it seriously fall into her lap the way it seems in the book?) but overall this was just a really fun read, even if it was sadly lacking in hockey (I don't even want to say why, for fear of a real-life repeat of that nightmare scenario).
Head Coach works just fine as a standalone--even though the hero and heroine of book one ([b:Mister Hockey|32711194|Mister Hockey (Hellions Angels, #1)|Lia Riley|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1492618887s/32711194.jpg|53290937]) are in this book a few times, they're usually kissing. (You'll probably be tempted to find out how they got together, though, so I highly recommend reading their book to find out.) The next in the series, [b:Virgin Territory|35665820|Virgin Territory (Hellions Angels, #3)|Lia Riley|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1503086494s/35665820.jpg|57126167]. doesn't come out until March, so you've got plenty of time! ;)
Rating: 4 stars / A-
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
It feels like a betrayal to say this, but Neve and Tor's story might even top Breezy and Jed's. The enemies-to-lovers element (with a hint of You've Got Mail/The Shop Around the Corner vibes make this one so much fun to read--I can't tell you how many bits I read out loud to Mini Moe #2 (I had a captive audience while reading much of it--she was driving me around for half of the day). And the way Tor interacted with his ten-year-old daughter, Olive? Heart. Melting.
The conflict here was a believable one--a sports reporter and the coach of her favorite hockey team, the guy her editor loves for her to skewer in articles such as "The Five Worst Coaches in the NHL," complicated by the fact that his best friend and the former captain is living with Neve's sister--and for the most part, they handled things like grown-ups, which was nice. There were a few things that I would have liked expanded on (the way their main conflict is resolved literally comes out of the blue--was she working on that prior? Or did it seriously fall into her lap the way it seems in the book?) but overall this was just a really fun read, even if it was sadly lacking in hockey (I don't even want to say why, for fear of a real-life repeat of that nightmare scenario).
Head Coach works just fine as a standalone--even though the hero and heroine of book one ([b:Mister Hockey|32711194|Mister Hockey (Hellions Angels, #1)|Lia Riley|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1492618887s/32711194.jpg|53290937]) are in this book a few times, they're usually kissing. (You'll probably be tempted to find out how they got together, though, so I highly recommend reading their book to find out.) The next in the series, [b:Virgin Territory|35665820|Virgin Territory (Hellions Angels, #3)|Lia Riley|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1503086494s/35665820.jpg|57126167]. doesn't come out until March, so you've got plenty of time! ;)
Rating: 4 stars / A-
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.