Ice Kings, Book #2
Heat Factor: These are some horny 20-somethings
Character Chemistry: Sure! It’s fun! But also they’re in their early 20s…
Plot: Young hockey player loses virginity to puck bunny, and his cute neighbor finds a baby left at his door 11 months later.
Overall: I think my favorite thing about this book is that the hero is Danish.
Northern Lights, Book #1
Heat Factor: There is a good deal of self-love happening before the loving each other happens
Character Chemistry: Overall good, but she played some games with him that I didn’t like
Plot: Woman decides she wants to figure out how to push past her PTSD agoraphobia anxiety for the life she wants. Man decides to focus on family after his hockey career is ended.
Overall: Everything is just fine.
Continue reading “Review: A Change in Tide by Freya Barker (2020)”
Heat Factor: slooooooooooooow burn
Character Chemistry: sparking constantly
Plot: Pairs figure skating team antagonizes each other into a HEA
Overall: low drama, satisfying slow burn
Suncoast University, Book 4
Reviews of previous books in the Suncoast University series: Book 1, Book 2, Book 3
Heat Factor: So, so steamy it’ll be a hazard for the glasses-wearing folks
Character Chemistry: They didn’t stand a chance…just the way we like it!
Plot: Jake needs a tutor after his athletic career goes down the toilet after an injury and Eden needs to learn how to be a young adult, basically. A sexy, coming-of-age, teach-me-how-to-do-sexy-things type book that unfolds deliciously slow.
Overall: This whole series is just itching to be read in one long weekend.
The Rajes, Book 2
Review of The Rajes, Book 1
Heat Factor: Fade to black
Character Chemistry: Swoon-worthy
Plot: Ashna enters a cooking competition in a bid to save her floundering restaurant, only to discover that her competition partner is her high school boyfriend slash love of her life.
Overall: If you can power through the angst, the payoff is so worth it
