3.5 stars
Second book in the Portland Evergrren series, this is the story between Malcolm and Elliott, teammates in the hockey team.
Elliott has always been interested in Mal, but Mal rejected him because he was still scarred by a previous bad experience. During the second year they play together, they have the chance to get close and too see each other with different eyes. They also find out they have a strong chemistry and, once they let go of their animosity (but not of their banter), they're also great on the ice.

What prevented me from giving a higher rate:
it seemed that Elliott has always been in lust with Mal, that he wanted just hookup (which is totally fine seeing his age), I couldn't really picture him in love.
Also, Ramsey and other teammates pushing him to "melt" Mal wasn't much better. I don't know, but I had the vibes Mal was just a conquest.

The last chapters are good and I liked the epilogue very much.

I received an ARC of this book from Neon Rainbow and this is my honest review.