A review by ljamison01
War by Brittanée Nicole

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This is the third book in the Boston Bolts Hockey series. I absolutely loved this book. War (Tyler) meets Ava in their building gym. He is immediately smitten and he asks her out. She’s a tough one, but she new to town and knows no one, so she accepts but he never shows up. War is an incredibly nice guy, he has been hurt by his stepmother and his aloof dad. He feels like he’s never good enough. So he has made a family of these children who like him, need reassurance and love. He is trying desperately to adopt one of the girls who has been sickly but he’s having a hard time. Now since War stood up Ava she has become jaded about him, she thinks he’s arrogant and doesn’t follow rules and coincidentally she started dating his stepbrother who he hates. Yikes. Ava and War are two very damaged souls, however, War seemed to rise about his bad childhood and do good things for others. Whereas, Ava just kept finding fault with War and never giving him the benefit of the doubt. This book was fast paced, funny and definitely engaging. I have read all the books in this series and this one is by far my favorite. Those scenes with War and the kids made my heart go pitter patter. I love a single dad romance. It was so good.