Playing for Keeps
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My teammate's incredibly sweet and gorgeous younger sister should have been off-limits, but my hockey stick didn't get that memo. After our team won the championship, and plenty of alcohol, our flirting turned physical and I took her to bed. Shame sent her running the next morning from our catastrophic mistake. She thinks I don't remember that night—but every detail is burned into my brain so deeply, I’ll never forget. The feel of her in my arms, the soft whimpers of pleasure I coaxed from her perfect lips… And now I’ve spent three months trying to get her out of my head. Which has been futile, because I’m starting to understand she’s the only girl I’ll ever want. I have one shot to show her I can be exactly what she needs, but Elise won’t be easily convinced. That’s okay, because I’m good under pressure, and this time, I’m playing for keeps. Get ready to meet your new favorite hot jocks in this series of stand-alone novels. If you like sexy, confident men who know how to handle a stick (on and off the ice), and smart women who are strong enough to keep all those big egos in check, this series of athlete romances is perfect for you!
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Hot Jocks is a 8-book series with 7 released primary works first released in 2019 with contributions by Kendall Ryan.
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Synopsis
Elise is the sister of an NHL player. She's also a virgin. At a party he hosts, she falls into bed with his teammate, Justin. The next morning they both think the other has too drunk to remember.
Tropes & Themes
- Sports romance (ice hockey)
- Sibling's friend
- Secret relationship
My Thoughts
- Not much depth to the characters
- A big deal is made of Elise's virginity. Personally, I'm on the virginity-is-a-social-construct bandwagon, but seeing as Justin knew it was a big deal to Elise, it feels really sketchy that when he thinks she doesn't remember the sex he (as far as he knows) keeps it from her.
- I don't like the way the puck bunnies are referred to or thought of by the characters - very I'm-not-like-other girls and shaming vibes.
- Elise and Justin have supposedly known each other since childhood, but I didn't get a friends-t0-lovers vibe from them. In fact, I didn't sense much chemistry at all.
- Very heavy-handed hinting at which characters will be paired up in future stories, felt like there was nearly as much development of that relationship as the one the book is ostensibly about.
I listened to the audiobook and I thought it was absolutely adorable. I really enjoyed it, would definitely recommend checking it out!!
