Review

Ick, no! The writing is so cringey. Just no! 🥴 couldn’t pass chapter 2!

😳 “Just sitting there talking to this girl. Looking at her. There was something big and scary happening inside of his chest that he couldn’t name or explain. Only that he wanted, needed, to let it happen. Somehow, he knew that she wasn’t a choice.”

— It wasn’t that bad, but putting everything I’ve read together it sounded bad.

😳 “Bemused and horny and frankly, in awe, he watched her butt twitch the whole damn way to the bar, his cock turning stiff as a mallet in his jeans.”

— This wasn’t hot at all, jut’s crass! Specially when written without any emotional development between the main characters.

😳 “Who was this man? He’d made it known that he was interested in her, like really interested—and he did it without making her uncomfortable, which was not easy. At all. Especially considering his size. And his presence. His rough-edged charisma took up the entire room, let alone the couch. When she’d watched him stride confidently toward the valet earlier and stop to acknowledge his fan, he’d literally frozen Chloe in her tracks. Sig had accepted those compliments from the valet without any false humility, just an air of security. In himself, his abilities, who he was.”

— So tall. So strong. So sure of himself. So manly 🙄

😳 “This moment, this night, officially felt like a dream. There was nothing but his eyes. The warmth of his presence. The quiet lull of their voices. The unique . . . knowingness between them.”

— This right off chapter 1??? Sounds so bad. Insta-love trope is simply the worst.

😳 “He crushed the strands of her hair in his hands and loomed above her, which should have led to an aggressive kiss, but it didn’t. It led to a slow rocking together of lips, a teasing lick of his tongue, an appreciative sound . . . and oh, she opened, she let him press his tongue inside her mouth and lick it left to right, the growling upward movement of his kiss dragging Chloe up onto her toes. And she lost it. She simply lost it. Burrowed her fingers into his thick, wild hair and moaned her enjoyment at him, arching her back—and only then did he get aggressive—and that consideration made her feel safe, made her feel heard and seen and appreciated. Hot and dainty, too. Like a sexy lion tamer.”

— SO damn cheesy!

😳 “God, God, she just wanted to climb him for it. For being hungry, but respectful. Proactive, a man who takes initiative, confident enough to know she wanted to be kissed, but not overly so. Not so much that he’d press that advantage.”

— kill me now! 🙄

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is book 3 in the Big Shots Series. Each one can be read as a complete standalone.

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Blurb

A steamy chance encounter between a professional hockey player and the manic pixie dream girl he just can’t seem to forget takes a turn when the pair realize that their parents are engaged—in an all-new rom-com by #1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey.

When professional hockey player Sig Gauthier’s car breaks down and his phone dies, he treks into a posh private country club to call a tow truck, where he encounters the alluring Chloe Clifford, the manic pixie dream girl who captivates him immediately with her sense of adventure and penchant for stealing champagne.

Sparks fly during a moonlight kiss and the enamored pair can’t wait to see each other again, but when Sig finally arrives to meet his dad’s new girlfriend over dinner, Chloe is confusingly also there. Turns out the girlfriend is Chloe’s mother. Oh, and they’re engaged.

Sig’s dream girl is his future stepsister.

Though the pair is now wary of being involved romantically, Chloe, a sheltered harp prodigy, yearns to escape her controlling mother. Sig promises to teach her the ins and outs of independence in Boston—but notinside his bedroom. They both know there can never be more than friendship between a famous hockey player and his high-society, soon-to-be stepsister. But keeping their relationship platonic grows harder amid the developing family drama, especially knowing they were meant for so much more…