rendezvouswithabook 's review for:

Call The Shots by Bree Hayden
5.0
emotional funny lighthearted tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Okay so... I am an absolute fan of hockey... and romance books. But let me tell you this book took first place in the read for this month and top 3 books for 2025. The story here is an absolute well-done enemies to lovers, close proximity, found family and parental issues. 

To describe this to you June is a social bee in campus forced by life and a crazy ex-boyfriend to leave so many things behind in just the summer classes... but that not all while losing everything she's moved to the dead weight of a failing hockey team and her mission becomes to turn it around. Enter the hockey boys and her unknown enemy BEAR!

Bear was forced to move from his university and try to turn his life around to make it in the NHL. Finding out that a "crazy ex" from his stepbrother story is the one who receives and ends up rooming up with him. Their hate, constant proximity and their mission to turn everything in the team around leads to amazing banter, spice, and above all a well written story. This book captivates you from the start till the end and I absolutely fell in love with the side characters, they added so much to their story as a couple that I can't wait to see their books as well.