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A review by trashconnoisseur
Off the Ice by Avon Gale, Piper Vaughn
4.0
"I doodled your name in the cover," Tristan had joked, grinning.
"With little hearts around it?"
"Nah." Tristan had winked. "Dicks. Not little, though."
★★★★☆ 3,5 stars for this funny and hot story about an ice hockey player and a sociology professor with an angsty bit of real life problems that sadly exist when you don't fit the norm
I got a free ebook version of this via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
You can also find this review on my blog bookboners.
The story is told in two different POV's. Tristan's, an ice hockey player who goes back to university in his spare time because he wants to have something for when his sports career will end someday. And Sebastian, the hot sociology professor Tristan gets to drool over each class. They'd both like nothing more to get the other nacked and spend some sweaty quality time together. Sebastian's got a policy though. Do not sleep with the students, it's called and Sebastian wants to abide by this rule. Good thing the semester is ending soon.
Overall the book was great, it has quality and charm but I just could't bring myself to care for Sebastian. I don't know why, I just couldn't really give a shit about the guy. Tristan was a cute little muffin though! So that kind of saved the book for me. They were both very well done characters though, complex with backstory and even the side characters didn't feel flat. The story was very focused on their developing relationship and told in a very realistic manner. Also A+ for conversation, something quite a few books fuck up. As well as the writing in general, some scenes were just gold!
Tristan was a professional athlete, and he had no problem sucking Sebastian's cock and jerking himself off at the same time.
Another thing that just wasn't for me was the slight dom/sub, spanking and slight humiliation kink. I just didn't like those scenes. So, usually I would give the book less stars, but those scenes were well done by Gale and Vaughn as well, so I just feel like I have to give stars due to the quality. There are enough people out there who appreciate the kinks in this story and I can definietly rec this story if you like them.
All in all a very well done story and I'll definietly remember the authors and check goodreads for someof their other works because I loved the writing and witty sentences that caugth me off guard quite a few times and had me laugh out loud.
"With little hearts around it?"
"Nah." Tristan had winked. "Dicks. Not little, though."
★★★★☆ 3,5 stars for this funny and hot story about an ice hockey player and a sociology professor with an angsty bit of real life problems that sadly exist when you don't fit the norm
I got a free ebook version of this via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
You can also find this review on my blog bookboners.
The story is told in two different POV's. Tristan's, an ice hockey player who goes back to university in his spare time because he wants to have something for when his sports career will end someday. And Sebastian, the hot sociology professor Tristan gets to drool over each class. They'd both like nothing more to get the other nacked and spend some sweaty quality time together. Sebastian's got a policy though. Do not sleep with the students, it's called and Sebastian wants to abide by this rule. Good thing the semester is ending soon.
Overall the book was great, it has quality and charm but I just could't bring myself to care for Sebastian. I don't know why, I just couldn't really give a shit about the guy. Tristan was a cute little muffin though! So that kind of saved the book for me. They were both very well done characters though, complex with backstory and even the side characters didn't feel flat. The story was very focused on their developing relationship and told in a very realistic manner. Also A+ for conversation, something quite a few books fuck up. As well as the writing in general, some scenes were just gold!
Tristan was a professional athlete, and he had no problem sucking Sebastian's cock and jerking himself off at the same time.
Another thing that just wasn't for me was the slight dom/sub, spanking and slight humiliation kink. I just didn't like those scenes. So, usually I would give the book less stars, but those scenes were well done by Gale and Vaughn as well, so I just feel like I have to give stars due to the quality. There are enough people out there who appreciate the kinks in this story and I can definietly rec this story if you like them.
All in all a very well done story and I'll definietly remember the authors and check goodreads for someof their other works because I loved the writing and witty sentences that caugth me off guard quite a few times and had me laugh out loud.