The Captain: Enemies to Lovers College Romance

by J.S. Wood

Rose Hill Campus Book 2

Genres: Sports

341 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 29, 2024

About the author

J.S. Wood is the author of the Average Gents series. After coining the phrase "Nice Guy Romance", she has used this to make a brand for herself to represent the underrated nice guy. Originally from Colorado, she now resides with her husband and children in Wyoming, writing anything that inspiration strikes. Her next series, The Three Rivers Trevors Ranch, is inspired by her horse training upbringing and will bring a slew of 'touch her and ---" cowboys. You can connect with her on Instagram @authorjswood, TikTok, @authorjswood, or her website www.jswoodauthor.com

Reviews

[Kelchickbooklover · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Captain is book two in Ms. Wood's hockey series which is an enemies-to-lovers romance full of angst. We meet Lincoln and Cassie in book one, The Coach. Lincoln is a hotshot college hockey player and Cassie is best friends with Lincoln's sister Micayla. The two of them have a secret history that causes their love to have another but they also have a relationship history that saw hearts broken and now sees Lincoln trying everything he can to get her back.
Lincoln was a college hockey player in need of getting his grades up to stay on the team and the only person the coach thinks of is the one person who happens to be his enemy, Cassie. She is an English major and wants to be a writer. Time together sees things changing until a kept secret is found out and words are said that can never be taken back. In the present we see Lincoln trying everything he can to win back the woman that he cannot forget. She invades his thoughts, dreams and heart. We see Lincoln's character mature and make better decisions based on his past mistakes. He is hopeful these changes show Cassie that he is not the boy he was. Parts of him were swoon-worthy, like when he supported Cassie and her writing right from the start.
What I enjoyed about this book is getting the back history of the two of them. Ms. Wood takes us on a journey from their first meeting, the time spent together, and how everything fell apart. Their story goes back and forth from past to present giving us a picture of how the two of them met and how they got to where they are in the present.

[Christina Colville · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this Enemies to Lovers story! The story takes us back and forth from the present timeline to 6 months prior and 2 years prior.  I sometimes had to flip back to the beginning of the chapter to remind myself which timeline we were in, but I always enjoy when books use flashbacks to tell the history, rather than just dialogue, if that makes sense. These flashbacks did a great job of establishing why Cassie and Linc aren't friends anymore, despite Cassie being roommates with Linc's sister Micayla.
I loved that Linc acknowledged his mistake and made a positive change from it. I also loved his support of Cassie's writing. Overall, I thought this was a really enjoyable read, and I will definitely be reading more of JS Wood's books!

[Charity · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Angelica · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5⭐️ but rounding up

It was eh ok. I enjoyed reading the coach more. Honestly wasn’t a big fan of Cassie in the first place and hers and Lincoln’s story wasn’t a fave.