You say hockey romance, I say gimme. You say ex best friends to lovers? I’m screaming louder. You say both combined? I come running!!! These two gave mYou say hockey romance, I say gimme. You say ex best friends to lovers? I’m screaming louder. You say both combined? I come running!!! These two gave me grey hairs though I swear. I love the plot where two ex best friends or lovers have a falling out and get a second chance at a happy ending together. But Kit Oliver is famous for miscommunication (or rather non communication) trope!
Broken up after Gil being drafted in the NHL in college he and Seb ended up ignoring each other for years. When landing on the same hockey team again after ten years of being apart, but this time in very different positions, Gil sees his chance of winning Seb back. Only he doesn’t even know why their relationship sank in the first place. And he also doesn’t want to stay on his terrible team in the first place. Or does he?
I wanted to shake Seb so much. Later, when I understood what happened a bit better I understood where he was coming from. I also understood that Gil is a complete dumbass, controlled by his asshole father who’s only interest in life is hockey. What I didn’t understand was why men in their 30s still act like 16 year olds with a pissed off attitude and hurt feelings. The story was gripping and I couldn’t stop reading, but at the same time it frustrated me to no end.
I hated how Gil and his brothers were treated by the father, but I also hated how the mother just fell happily into her new life without taking more care of her sons. Real life is a complicated mess and I think Kit Oliver always manages nicely to show that in a very realistic way. There are never nice and easy answers and there’s also never a black and white or a simple right way. That’s what I love most about their books. People can’t be put into nice little packages and so can’t life.
I enjoyed this, while it also frustrates me a lot. So it’s not a 5 star for me, but it might be for you?...more
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