I liked this more than I was expecting to! The beginning was cute and entertaining, a solid 4 stars to start but as it went on it just dragged a bit with the miscommunication. Personally, I'm not a fan of long chapters and they are harder for me to read which didn't help. 

I liked Zach even though I was really wary of him at first. I liked seeing how he changed from the mess at the beginning to the sweetheart role model at the end. Him trying to romance Nate was so endearing and made for some fun moments. 

Honestly Nate's pity parties got old after a while. I know toxic masculinity and mental health in sports is a struggle as a whole, but I needed him to do something else, talk about something else. He just keeps up the same internal monologue of "I'm a fuck up, why do I even try". Normally I wouldn't be so blasé about telling someone to get a therapist, but he literally makes another member of the team so it, so some self reflection may be needed. I have empathy but after 300 pages it only goes so far. But I liked how the other players viewed him as a strong solid support for the team, if only he saw himself the same way. 

Cute idiots and besties to lovers that could maybe talk about their feelings every once in a while. But with an ending like that, I'm always going to be happy. 
 
Read if you like: 
• hockey romance                               
• friends to lovers             
• idiots in love             
• teammates 

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