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phoenixinthecity's review
2.0
I read 3 of the 4 books in this collection.
Time Out by Jill Shalvis - my first book by Shalvis and it was good. This was a pseudo-second chance romance where the heroine had a crush on our hero when she was a teenager and after a failed seduction attempt when she was 16 and he was 20(?) they didn't have contact for 14 years and now he's back in his old home town which had been ravaged by wildfire. I had to suspend my disbelief because I know hockey is an expensive sport so I find it rather inconceivable that our hero, at 34 is the youngest head coach of an NHL team, and it sounds like he didn't play hockey growing up in California - at least not from what we've been told as their story unfolds.
Her Man Advantage by Joanne Rock - this was a DNF for me. I started it and a few pages into it we learn that the hero is a pro hockey players hiding from some kind of biker gang in Finland and I checked out.
Face-Off by Nancy Warren - this might have been my favorite in the collection because it's 3 novellas in one, following 3 siblings as the fall in love, beginning with the eldest Jarrad, who falls for his grade 1 teacher love, Sienna; then we get his sister Sam's second chance romance with her first love Greg who is Jarrad's best friend, and finally Taylor, the youngest, falls for Canada's figure skating sweetheart Becky when they participate in a hockey player/figure skater ice dance for charity gig - and it's all set in Vancouver!
Body Check by Elle Kennedy - this was the first one I read because I like Elle Kennedy's hockey romances. This is early in her career, written in 2009, and it shows. Hayden's a "junior professor" in art history - what's that? - and Brody is a forward on her father's pro hockey team. They meet for a one-night stand that turns into a flint that's conflicted by a possible gambling/bribery scandal on her dad's team. I was annoyed with Hayden and how shortsighted she was that she'd throw away a relationship with Brody because he's a pro hockey player and wouldn't be around 100% of the time because he'd be travelling for games.
Time Out by Jill Shalvis - my first book by Shalvis and it was good. This was a pseudo-second chance romance where the heroine had a crush on our hero when she was a teenager and after a failed seduction attempt when she was 16 and he was 20(?) they didn't have contact for 14 years and now he's back in his old home town which had been ravaged by wildfire. I had to suspend my disbelief because I know hockey is an expensive sport so I find it rather inconceivable that our hero, at 34 is the youngest head coach of an NHL team, and it sounds like he didn't play hockey growing up in California - at least not from what we've been told as their story unfolds.
Her Man Advantage by Joanne Rock - this was a DNF for me. I started it and a few pages into it we learn that the hero is a pro hockey players hiding from some kind of biker gang in Finland and I checked out.
Face-Off by Nancy Warren - this might have been my favorite in the collection because it's 3 novellas in one, following 3 siblings as the fall in love, beginning with the eldest Jarrad, who falls for his grade 1 teacher love, Sienna; then we get his sister Sam's second chance romance with her first love Greg who is Jarrad's best friend, and finally Taylor, the youngest, falls for Canada's figure skating sweetheart Becky when they participate in a hockey player/figure skater ice dance for charity gig - and it's all set in Vancouver!
Body Check by Elle Kennedy - this was the first one I read because I like Elle Kennedy's hockey romances. This is early in her career, written in 2009, and it shows. Hayden's a "junior professor" in art history - what's that? - and Brody is a forward on her father's pro hockey team. They meet for a one-night stand that turns into a flint that's conflicted by a possible gambling/bribery scandal on her dad's team. I was annoyed with Hayden and how shortsighted she was that she'd throw away a relationship with Brody because he's a pro hockey player and wouldn't be around 100% of the time because he'd be travelling for games.
bexjaunes's review
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Okay romances, okay reads.
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