Metalkarin’s Reviews > Season Opener: A Hockey Romance Collection > Status Update

Crushed by Raine Miller and her husband is a fun fast paced read. The story and characters are cute and I love the hockey details (especially from a players POV). Minor criticism: character development. Holly and Evan are a bit too perfect, so aside from some outside drama (jealous ex) and pressure (demanding boss) there’s little conflict. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Melting the Ice by Jami Davenport didn’t live up to its potential IMO and I ended up skimming rather than reading.
I found the writing repetitive and wordy. Nope, ⭐️⭐️ rating for me.

Dirty secret by Mira Lyn Kelly is a well written story with all the feels. You can’t help but liking ‘Allie’ and Vaughn and root for them. I even liked Greg... eventually 😂

Oh 🤩 and the tension between Quinn and George... they are up next in DIRTY HOOKUP and that book is so going to be on my TBR list!

Anton by Brenda Rothert is a slow burn romance with a lot of feelings and likable characters (wel except for antagonist Adam, who is an absolute 🤬). It’s not really my kind of book, but I liked it.
Story: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Characters: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Writing and editing:🖋🖋🖋🖋🖋
Flow: 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Heat: -

Coasting by Elise Faber

Well written and fast paced. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- story, story development too flat for me to love it, though

BREAKAWAY BY KEllY JAMIESON

Mwah, what do I say🤔
While the writing isn’t great, I do love the characters in this book. Story is okay and ends on a HFN. I settle on a ⭐️⭐️⭐️ rating

“CHANGING LINES BY RJ SCOTT & VL LOCEY”

Season Opener: A Hockey Romance Collection

I fell in love with Ten and Mads but also with (most of the) people surrounding them. The interactions between each of them add to the story. Wonderfully done!

“BYLINES & BLUE LINES BY STEPHANIE JULIAN”
Season Opener: A Hockey Romance Collection

DNF at about 30%. I couldn’t connect with the characters and the story doesn’t interest me. It’s not bad, perse, just not right for me somehow.