It's not even what I would consider the Misunderstanding trope there's kind of a misunderstanding but it's more like an outside event causes the misunderstanding, and it's resolved super fast. It also is one of those books that the couple gets together rather early on and we see their relationship grow, which I've seen some requests lately for books where we get more page time of couples being couples rather than the back and forth of will they-won't they.Īlso in regards to the Third Act Breakup, spoiler but: I didn't even view this as a breakup because it's so short lived, which I know some people on the sub prefer. I saw some requests on the sub that this book fits including: The MMC falls first and falls hard this MMC is perhaps the biggest lovesick fool in the history of romance novels, and I love that for him. I know this drives some people up the wall, but it made sense in the context of the story with a famous hockey player who is known for sleeping with lots of beautiful women. I also think I'd mention that Olivia is rather insecure at times, although I think it's understandable. We have a lot of page time with them being a couple rather than a lot of back and forth I think a lot of people will like that about this book, but it did slow the pace at times for me personally. If there's a book that shows a healthy relationship between a couple, I think it'd be this one. It's not that there's NO conflict but the leads communicate a lot and resolve this like a functional pair of adults. However, it felt long to me because this is a book without a lot of conflict. The second thing being it's SO long and it felt long to me. I'd rate it somewhere between 4 and 4.5 stars - I'd knock off points for 2 things: the villain is rather one-dimensional. Oh, also steam spoiler, but he's absolutely obsessed with eating her out. This man is just gone for her to the point that even though he's never been a relationship guy, he wants to try for her.

The book features leads who actually communicate, a group of male friends who aren't toxic (they are adorable, and the next book in this series is about one of them), a LOT of on page steam, and Carter, who is kind of a lovesick puppy for Olivia and is proud of it. Because of this, in typical romance novel fashion, Carter is intrigued by her and ends up falling for her almost immediately.

Carter is a known womanizer with no interest in commitment until he meets Olivia, who has no interest in his playboy ways. This is a dual POV sports romance (hockey) about Olivia, a high school gym teacher, and Carter, a professional hockey player. Posting to rec it to you guys, too, because I've seen a lot of requests on the sub lately that this book would be great for. Okay, just finished reading after seeing a comment on here rec it.

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