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A review by bee_thebibliophile
The Last Guy On Earth by Sarina Bowen
5.0
There’s just something special about a Sarina Bowen hockey romance - it sucks you in and you forget about everything else going on around you, something I really needed lately! Clay and Jethro’s second chance romance was slow to start but incredibly sweet and hard won.
Clay Powers and Jethro Hale were roommates when they were starting their professional hockey journey. What started as two guys learning how to share space turned into more, but Jethro pulled the brakes hard and left them both reeling from the loss as Clay moved on to the AHL and Jethro kept working his way to the big show. 15 years later, Jethro is an experienced goalie whose career team gave him up for a trade, landing him in Colorado to be coached by none other than Clay, the youngest NHL coach in the league.
Things between these two are awkward for a while - there’s a lot of hurt, confusing feelings, frustration and heartbreak between them, so it’s inevitable. Their new and unexpected professional relationship makes things complicated but their chemistry is undeniable. But once they start actually talking to each other again and being thrown together in unexpected situations, they start to work through how to be good together again. Things are still just as complicated, but grumpy, caring Jethro and put-together but also a mess Clay are so good together that they can’t keep their distance, no matter how hard they try.
I loved that the majority of the story took place in the present with a few chapters of the past sprinkled in to show what they went through and what got them to where they are now. The timing and pacing was perfect and I love when there’s no unnecessary 3rd act breakup - Clay and Jethro took us through a lot of ups and downs during the story, but the cupcake baking, hotel room sneaking and stolen, secret moments between them were adorable. Things ended exactly how I hoped they would for the two of them and seeing them with the other Hockey Guys characters really wrapped things up so well. Highly recommend this one and the other two books in this series if you’re looking for hockey romances that make you fall in love with the characters too!
Clay Powers and Jethro Hale were roommates when they were starting their professional hockey journey. What started as two guys learning how to share space turned into more, but Jethro pulled the brakes hard and left them both reeling from the loss as Clay moved on to the AHL and Jethro kept working his way to the big show. 15 years later, Jethro is an experienced goalie whose career team gave him up for a trade, landing him in Colorado to be coached by none other than Clay, the youngest NHL coach in the league.
Things between these two are awkward for a while - there’s a lot of hurt, confusing feelings, frustration and heartbreak between them, so it’s inevitable. Their new and unexpected professional relationship makes things complicated but their chemistry is undeniable. But once they start actually talking to each other again and being thrown together in unexpected situations, they start to work through how to be good together again. Things are still just as complicated, but grumpy, caring Jethro and put-together but also a mess Clay are so good together that they can’t keep their distance, no matter how hard they try.
I loved that the majority of the story took place in the present with a few chapters of the past sprinkled in to show what they went through and what got them to where they are now. The timing and pacing was perfect and I love when there’s no unnecessary 3rd act breakup - Clay and Jethro took us through a lot of ups and downs during the story, but the cupcake baking, hotel room sneaking and stolen, secret moments between them were adorable. Things ended exactly how I hoped they would for the two of them and seeing them with the other Hockey Guys characters really wrapped things up so well. Highly recommend this one and the other two books in this series if you’re looking for hockey romances that make you fall in love with the characters too!