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I’m so glad this book started off with a little recap of our previous adventures bc I had mostly forgotten the plot of the previous book (bc it was insane)

“How do you solve a problem like Maria” but it’s everyone singing about Ed

I usually don’t care about blurbs but I feel like I can trust Storm Constantine’s endorsement of a high fantasy novel

I’m simply never going to finish a book again, just start them and now it’s all of your problems

Katee did not come to play with the “enemies to lovers” in this one. This is not “people who dislike each other to lovers” they’re fucking ENEMIES. also the ku version has the same title as one of the hockey romances I read

Katee always manages to sneak a little something serious in her books, in this case it’s a fun little meditation on the importance of being a selfish bitch sometimes

Pleasantly surprised by how much plot is going on in this one

Just a fun little pallet cleanser before it’s back to the fake sportsball books

people get fixated on all sorts of weird things in a crisis but that doesn’t mean Neil being so focused on whether or not he’ll get his racket back (that was just used in a homicide) because it was new and expensive isn’t funny

It took my heart four hours to read a single chapter both bc I was at work and also because there is simply so! Many! Things! Happening!

Also the fact that until now Kevin had no idea who Neil is or that he’s involved with the Ravens at all; like that’s fate that’s destiny Siri play invisible string

If these were set in 2022 Neil just. Unloading on Riko at the banquet would be a mildly viral tiktok sound

I have a lot of thoughts and feelings about everything with the phone and Neil accepting it coming from Andrew specifically and also how it ties back to what Dan says about needing/getting help earlier in this book. I am a simple English degree holder and I love A Theme!!!

The power of these books is that every once in a while I respond “I’m fine” in response to a question and I do for a split second think of Neil Josten

Also Matt being like “oh these lineups are insane and everyone’s in a weird mood this game is going to be awesome!” Is the energy I bring to orientation every morning

I keep finding myself transfixed and obsessed with the dynamic between Kevin and Andrew this read through

Another Nora, queen of realism moment is Matt and Dan teaching Neil about the add/drop period in college

I’m thinking about how much more chaotic hockey would be if you could bounce the puck off the ceiling.

Nora. I did not need to be called out by your description of the first year comp TA

“I’m so glad all my players are bilingual and I am not: I don’t want to know what they’re saying” title of Wymacks memoir