Hated On The Ice: Un romance MM di hockey – seconda possibilità (Frozen Rivals)

by Ellis Rhodes

Lui è il Ragazzo d’oro da 64 milioni di dollari. Io sono il cattivo che tutti amano odiare. E qualcuno ci ha appena beccati.

GRAHAM
La mia vita è una recita.

In qualità di capitano della squadra professionistica più iconica di Toronto, ho perfezionato la maschera fatta di trofei e sorrisi studiati per i media. Sono un marchio, non una persona. E per un marchio non c'è spazio per un uomo come Ty Macek.

Dieci anni fa, fu il primo a vedere il caos sotto la mia corazza. Poi me ne andai, lasciandolo solo nel buio.

Ora siamo compagni di stanza nel Team Canada, e il rumore nella mia testa si placa solo quando lui è vicino. So che il mio piedistallo sta per crollare. Solo che non mi rendevo conto di quanto volessi cadere.

TY
Vivo per lo scontro. È più facile essere il picchiatore più odiato del campionato che farsi conoscere davvero.

Non mi sarei mai aspettato di indossare la foglia d’acero. E di certo non mi sarei aspettato di dividere la stanza d'albergo con l’uomo che finse di non vedermi la mattina dopo avermi spezzato il cuore.

Il mondo vuole che siamo rivali. Ma qualcuno ci osserva dall’ombra. Qualcuno ha delle foto di ciò che accade a porte chiuse.

Se non mi allontano subito da Graham Holt, le persone che governano questo gioco ridurranno in cenere la sua reputazione.

Sul ghiaccio, giochiamo per l’oro. Fuori dal ghiaccio, sono l’unica cosa che si frappone tra lui e la fine del suo mondo.

332 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 18, 2025

Reviews

[Jan Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 Stars are only because I enjoyed reading it and like the dynamic of ty and graham but this is by far not edited. There are more timeline and continuity errors in this book than water on the earth. I’m overdoing it but yeah if this book gets re edited and the mistakes fixed it can be a solid three star book maybe even four stars

[CamiBookworm · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ça aurait pu être bien. Mais :

- C'est sans doute écrit et traduit avec l'IA
- Il y a de grosses incohérences au fil de l'histoire
- C'est vraiment très rapide (3 jours)

La prochaine fois, j'irais me renseigner un peu avant de cliquer sur acheter.

Néanmoins, il a le mérite d'être divertissant et j'ai malheureusement lu pire.

[DJ · Rating 1 out of 5]

so many continuity errors and just all around crappy editing

Yet another book with potential let down by shoddy editing skills.

So many chapters where the POV switched so many spelling mistakes typos and so many continuity errors in the timeline of the story.

[Christie Shaw · Rating 2 out of 5]

Don't expect edits ...

A mere 41 pages in, and the inconsistencies are seriously frustrating already.

Graham is stunned by the coaches speech after dinner, when he finds out (for the first time supposedly) that some guys will be doubled up. He's shocked to be paired with Ty. But why??! He'd already barged into Ty's room and told him they were sharing- this was BEFORE the dinner btw. And after they both checked into their own separate rooms across the hall from each other, (NOT adjoining like the coach states later). The author even mentioned the king beds in both. Yet another discrepancy; later the coach says they're twins. Best of all, far before either got to Montreal, Ty gets a text from Graham saying they'll be roommates. WTF?! All of these inconsistencies should have been caught during writing and proofing. No clue how the author confused so much, so often. I'm already dreading how many more times these characters will completely contradict themselves and each other. Roughly 300 pages to go. To be continued...

[echoes in my mind · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really liked them. Golden boy and the bad boy are ALWAYS a good match. Their relationship goes from 0 to 100 in a day, but who cares? 😂

BUT I don’t think the book was properly edited. Why does Ty get a message from his dad on his burner phone and says Mom probably helped because his dad isn’t good with technology… when a few chapters later the dad has already been dead for a long time and the mom has had Alzheimer’s for years?

And even if that did make sense, how would she even get the number of a burner phone when the only person who knows about it is a teammate?

And in an earlier chapter, a reporter asks, “You and Tyler Macek are roommates for this tournament. What’s it like sharing space with the league’s most notorious enforcer?” But a few chapters later there’s this huge storyline about someone leaking the room assignments and exposing that they’re roommates. That’s basically where everything starts to spiral.

But… the author already let the media know earlier. So yes, you definitely have to overlook a few plot inconsistencies 😂

[Emmaali · Rating 2 out of 5]

Errori e refusi a più non posso, oltre al fatto che è il secondo, e ultimo, libro che leggo di questo autore e che è una copia del primo per diverse dinamiche, soprattutto quelle famigliari dove il padre cerca di sottomettere il figlio e quando non ci riesce cerca di boicottarlo in tutti i modi, poi anche la cosa che prima padre e figlio si danno del tu, come è normale che sia, e poi dopo poco passano al lei. Anche il cognato coreano che poi ad un certo punto si scopre donna?? Insomma traduzione pessima ma anche scrittura pessima e con poca fantasia.
Dimenticavo che prima il padre di Ty é morto, poi ad un certo punto il ragazzo dice di aver ricevuto un suo messaggio e poi dopo un po salta di nuovo fuori che é morto!

[Rebecca Impey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Needs some attention to detail

The story was sound, but it felt like the author had written various bits individually and then cobbled them together. Plot points didn't always line up, details go confused. Hell, Tys dad msgd him one page, then a few pages later he was dead.

These inconsistencies are a shame because it could have been a decent read otherwise.

[Charis Railey · Rating 1 out of 5]

I couldn't finish due to continuity mixups. It's pretty bad.

It seems written by AI, a human editor would have caught this. The roommates situation is revealed three different ways??

First theres an anonymous text Ty seems to know is from Graham.
Then Graham goes to 1215 then moves to 1214, walking into the room, pushing past Ty.

THEN there's a physical list of room assignments after the team dinner where they both find out for the first time???


It's like the book was written with the same overall ai prompt but fed in different times then the individual chapters got picked at random... I can't find the author on social media either and aaalll the mm hockey romance authors are online.

[Landy · Rating 2 out of 5]

It started ok, promising even, but the continuity issues were too much.
Just a few chapters in and my head kepy spinning with but didnt theg said this or that, and now this doesnt make sense.
Example: Ty gets random text with "roommates" then you read Graham POV and he is not one to send that type of text.
Each one has a room neighbors not roommates.
Suddenly Graham knocks on Ty's door and says they are roommates now.
Dinner they announced some will be roommates, wait didnt tgey already know
They list the rooms like connecting, but before they said were across the hallway.
Then in the room, is totally a different room.
Yeah my head was spinning and this was just starting.
This story needs an editor.

[Patrick · Rating 1 out of 5]

Obviously AI-generated.

Clear editing mistakes, short/choppy paragraphs, blatant copying of this work in other books by the same "author". Also clear looking at the authors page, publishing multiple books a month and lack of any details.

If you're ok with AI slop, go for it, but definitely don't pay money for this book.

[Bookbeard · Rating 2 out of 5]

story line: ***
main characters: ***
side characters: ***
world building: **
editing: *
The story had potential, but I didn't feel a connection between the mc's and some serious editing needs to be done.

[Rebecca · Rating 2 out of 5]

All over the place

I thought I was going crazy reading this book. Pretty sure they said "I love you" for the first time in two different chapters. I kept having to reread parts as it repeated then plit of the story but in a different way.

[Kristopher Van · Rating 5 out of 5]

An enjoyable and easy read about parental control and not being able to be yourself. I liked the way Ty and Graham really saw each other. And their honesty with each other. I certainly didn't like Graham's dad!

[Denise Good · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked the story but there are so many continuity errors, like it was written by ai without human Editing

[Monique · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5⭐️ It was an easy read, but don’t expect anything spectacular

[Cassie Richards · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'd bet good money this is AI generated. The inconsistencies are terrible and pull you right out the story

[AuntieChrist · Rating 2 out of 5]

Needs editing for continuity.

[Ada · Rating 2 out of 5]

If this was a multiple choice question, I would be f*cked.

[Adam · Rating 3 out of 5]

too many inconsistencies

Not bad but not great. Needs some editing due to some inconsistencies from chapter to chapter. Try’s too hard in places to be like heated rivalry series

[Nic · Rating 1 out of 5]

ai slop

They don’t even try to hide it, I wouldn’t trust anything by this account. I’m not going to investigate any of the other entries but I’m sure they’re the same

[Jasmine Schwarz]

so they found out at dinner they’d be sharing a room but the chapter before, one came into the other’s room (before dinner) to tell him they’re sharing, so when did they actually find out?

[Beth Pritchard · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ironically the author forgot they'd given an MC's mum dementia part with through the book.

The dad also came back to life temporarily and the best friend's name changed in the final few chapters.

[Silvia Splendori · Rating 4 out of 5]

La storia è molto bella (anche se con qualche pezzo di trama che stona), peccato per la traduzione e gli errori di editing (si passa da tu al lei e non si capisce niente e ci sono anche parole in altre lingue, sempre diverse)