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Parental Guidance
by Avery Flynn
Caleb Stuckey is a professional hockey player that is well aware that he is far better at skating and boarding people than he is at just about ANYTHING else. And after a video shows him in a cringe-worthy light he has to let his Mom help him out and set him up on a series of dates.
Zara Ambrose has a huge dog - Anchovy - and a job working on tiny items. She doesn’t care about ice hockey and definitely doesn’t care about dating. But when her dad needs her help she ends up on a series of dates with an enormous dude who might just make her care about him.
This could be a trope-tastic mess - I mean they are fake dating for an app - and just scrapes past it. Caleb is a character with some real depth and emotions and you feel for him and his Dyslexia and his embarrassment. (As a special educator - I actually liked the way Flynn told his story.) Zara has a whole storyline of her own that I also quite enjoyed. (Including believing in herself and learning to take chances after watching her dad take a few too many.)
In typical Avery Flynn fashion - this is a very sex-positive novel. With open discussions of masturbation, failure to orgasm, sexual embarrassment and being open with a new partner. I thought this storyline was told honestly and without making it an Issue.
I found that this was being released just as soon as I had finished up Tomboy and heard that there were no more Hartigans (sob) but there were Ice Knights - who we had already met! And I do so love ice hockey. You definitely don’t need to read Tomboy to read this (but you should ‘cause it is a fun time) and no previous hockey knowledge is necessary. I am not sure if I am excited for the next book in this series - accidental pregnancy… blah - but we will see how desperate I get for more Ice Knights by October.
Zara Ambrose has a huge dog - Anchovy - and a job working on tiny items. She doesn’t care about ice hockey and definitely doesn’t care about dating. But when her dad needs her help she ends up on a series of dates with an enormous dude who might just make her care about him.
This could be a trope-tastic mess - I mean they are fake dating for an app - and just scrapes past it. Caleb is a character with some real depth and emotions and you feel for him and his Dyslexia and his embarrassment. (As a special educator - I actually liked the way Flynn told his story.) Zara has a whole storyline of her own that I also quite enjoyed. (Including believing in herself and learning to take chances after watching her dad take a few too many.)
In typical Avery Flynn fashion - this is a very sex-positive novel. With open discussions of masturbation, failure to orgasm, sexual embarrassment and being open with a new partner. I thought this storyline was told honestly and without making it an Issue.
I found that this was being released just as soon as I had finished up Tomboy and heard that there were no more Hartigans (sob) but there were Ice Knights - who we had already met! And I do so love ice hockey. You definitely don’t need to read Tomboy to read this (but you should ‘cause it is a fun time) and no previous hockey knowledge is necessary. I am not sure if I am excited for the next book in this series - accidental pregnancy… blah - but we will see how desperate I get for more Ice Knights by October.