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Penalty Box, Book #1
Heat Factor: So, um, these guys have some stuff to work out, and pain is part of that whole situation
Character Chemistry: For two guys who are absolutely mean to each other, they are shockingly tender
Plot: Two defensemen, one at the beginning of his career and the other at the end, fight their way into a very intense relationship
Overall: If you like unlikeable heroes and super-dee-duper messy characters, do I have a book for you!
Unwritten Rules, Book #3
Reviews of Unwritten Rules Book #1 and Book #2
Heat Factor: If you’re looking for characters with ED due to medication with partners who are with them 100%, I have a book for you
Character Chemistry: Every time they were gutted, I was also completely gutted
Plot: Jake and Alex had a whirlwind rookie season, glued to each other, until it all crashed and burned. Ten years later, they’re forced back together on their old team for a last chance to win a championship ring.
Overall: I felt like Eeyore until the end, when I had all the warm fuzzies.
Next week is the Frozen Four college hockey tournament, which I only know about because of romance novels. So, to celebrate the educational nature of sports romance, we present these college hockey romances. They bring the drama of our early 20s and the drama of college sports championships. What could be better?
Continue reading “Saturday Smutty Six: College Hockey”
Heat Factor: These teenage college first years get up to stuff, but the door is firmly closed.
Character Chemistry: Layered and complex, with a mutual forbidden desire and a rivalry for the top spot in the NHL draft
Plot: Mickey’s difficulty acknowledging his mental health struggles makes all of the burdens of his own and others’ expectations for him much, much heavier.
Overall: This book made me cry.
Heat Factor: The whiskers get a bit frisky, but it fades to purple
Character Chemistry: Eh
Plot: Elaine is living her routine hockey life until Roland gets sent down from Edmonton and shakes things up
Overall: This was significantly less infuriating than I expected.
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