I’m not always a huge fan of age gap romances, but to me the age gap in this isn’t a huge one that bothers me. And of course if anyone can write it in a way I’ll love, it is going to be Helena Hunting. I started out listening to the audiobook, and I will definitely say that both narrators did a great job! I ended up switching the e-galley at about 60% because with not driving to work every day, and riding a lot of places with family members, I wasn’t listening as much or as quickly as I needed to. However, once I started the e-galley, I finished in basically one day. 

I love all the characters in this series of course. Getting time with the Rix and Tristan from the first book, If You Hate Me, since Rix was sort of Hammer, or Aurora’s roommate, was a lot of fun. In fact, we had another secret dating type of story with this one, so that couple had definitely some great insight into what Aurora and Hollis were going to deal with if they kept it a secret. All the little inside jokes the “Bad A– Babe Brigade” had from what we knew from the first story also made for some hilarious spit-take moments for several of the characters. We also get little insights into some of the other possible future couples, or at least the hockey team player that we’ll hopefully get to see HEAs for sometime in a future book.

Aurora and Hollis were definitely both lusting after the other, and both knowing it was wrong, not because it really was, but because of issues with Aurora’s father. First with him being Hollis’s best friend, and second because his one rule for Aurora’s dating was not to date a hockey player. It was easy to understand why Aurora worried about his rules, but then when we learned a bit more of what really happened when her parents had switched custody of her, things made more sense for her. I liked also that Hollis knew sooner that he needed to come clean with her father about their relationship, even if he let her talk him into waiting. Her reasons definitely made sense, even if they shouldn’t have made up their mind. 

I didn’t agree with the time Aurora got upset with Hollis after finding out he’d met with his ex. First of all, the timing should have made it not a big deal. What with everything that had been going on at the time with her other date, and him pushing her away. So that bugged me a bit. Also, this is a me problem, the picture of her on the cover of the book doesn’t look like she has long enough hair that she would be wearing the type of scrunchies that she was wearing, or that she would need one very often. But that’s just me, and not at all a real issue with the story, lol. Because I love the cover, so I can’t believe I’m even saying that!

Another great addition to the new hockey world, with ties to the original hockey world from Hunting. I am ready to maybe have a little bit different trope in the next book, not a secret dating type. I can see at least one enemies to lovers story in the works, which I can’t wait for that. And I hope we also get a chance to see Aurora’s dad get a story too! I mean, he’s not that old since he was such a young father!