It took me a little while to like both of the characters but once I got there this was such a fun cute read

- sports romance (pro hockey)
- friends to lovers
- roommates/forced proximity 
- they've liked each other for the past 8 years
- she asks him to help her become a 'player' after breaking up with her long term boyfriend 
- no 3rd act breakup

I've loved pervious books on this series and I also love these tropes so I knew that I'd really enjoy this book and it didn't disappoint 

I got a bit frustrated with the MMC at the start as it seems like he's kinda avoiding the FMC at times and it was adding this layer of conflict/ten ion which the story probably needs but I didn't want

I lovr friends to lovers and how there's an already established relationship and you just get to watch it grow and change in the best way and this book definitely had that, it was super cute 

I loved watching the FMCs confidence grow throughout the book and how she went from kinda being stuck in her life to living her best life

Maybe minor spoilers but I loved that they were both willing to give up their dreams for each other, just so the other person could continue living their dream. The whole scene was really cute and wholesome

The epilogue is super cute and the set up for the next book??!! omg I'm so intrigued by it

Thank you to Stephanie and her team for the ARC - all opinions are my own