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A review by barbrokatrin
Hot Ice by Erin Zak, Aurora Rey, Elle Spencer
3.0
Received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for a honest review. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own
In “Ice on Wheels” by Aurora Rey I found Brooke to be annoying. It was such a small little thing to get angry over, and it happened 4 months before. It’s sports, sometimes you lose and sometimes you win. Holding a grudge against someone who beat you fair and square in a competition is childish. Get over it!
I would not describe Brooke as an Ice Queen, more as a childish, jealous and bitchy woman not being able to let go and move on. Her friends saw it as a crush, I saw it as being childish cause Riley bested her and took the “spotlight” when she showed up at practice and work.
And I don’t get the 180 in Brooke’s attitude. One minute she’s bitching to her friend about Riley, the next she wants to know Riley’s life story and plays games with her. I do not see the attraction, from either side. It just happened without any real build up in my opinion. There was no chemistry between the MCs.
I don’t feel connected to this story and I barely managed to finish it. I would have given this 2 stars if I read it on its own.
“Closed Door Policy” by Erin Zak. I’ve read 2 Erin Zak books before, one I really loved and one I felt was just okay.
Already from the first page I can tell that I’ll love this book. I really loved MC Caroline and her family. I caught myself smiling like an idiot several times. I really loved 55 yo Caroline’s friendship with the 20-something Kate,Kelli and Michael. I liked the difference in ages of all the characters. I really loved Caroline, she’s light and fun. Really loved the build up between the two MCs Atlanta and Caroline. I also loved that not everyone in the story was lesbian/gay. It annoys me when the MCs (obviously) and every single of their friends is gay, so this was refreshing to read. I love that there isn’t really any panic and thoughts like “omg I have feelings for a woman, I’ve always been with men, does this mean that I’m gay now?!”.
Only thing I found annoying is that they could have waited. It’s always nerve wrecking when people do stuff they can get fired for.
But I really loved this short story and would have loved this as a whole book with more build up and more romance. But all in all I would have given this a solid 4 stars on its own.
“Private Equity” by Elle Spencer. I’ve read 2 Elle Spencer books and I loved them both, especially “Casting Lacy”. I usually love the way she writes, and they way she builds up the chemistry and the characters. The emotion and angst that she puts into her stories.
It took me a little while to get used to the writing style in this book, but once I did I really liked the story. I liked the relationship between MC Julia and Cassidy, and the relationship between Cassidy and Julia’s daughter Lily. Sadly there wasn’t much time to get a real build up and depth to the characters. But it was a cute story, I just wish it was a lot longer :) I would give this a 3 on account of the length and not much of a build up :)
All in all I would rated this as a solid 3 :)
In “Ice on Wheels” by Aurora Rey I found Brooke to be annoying. It was such a small little thing to get angry over, and it happened 4 months before. It’s sports, sometimes you lose and sometimes you win. Holding a grudge against someone who beat you fair and square in a competition is childish. Get over it!
I would not describe Brooke as an Ice Queen, more as a childish, jealous and bitchy woman not being able to let go and move on. Her friends saw it as a crush, I saw it as being childish cause Riley bested her and took the “spotlight” when she showed up at practice and work.
And I don’t get the 180 in Brooke’s attitude. One minute she’s bitching to her friend about Riley, the next she wants to know Riley’s life story and plays games with her. I do not see the attraction, from either side. It just happened without any real build up in my opinion. There was no chemistry between the MCs.
I don’t feel connected to this story and I barely managed to finish it. I would have given this 2 stars if I read it on its own.
“Closed Door Policy” by Erin Zak. I’ve read 2 Erin Zak books before, one I really loved and one I felt was just okay.
Already from the first page I can tell that I’ll love this book. I really loved MC Caroline and her family. I caught myself smiling like an idiot several times. I really loved 55 yo Caroline’s friendship with the 20-something Kate,Kelli and Michael. I liked the difference in ages of all the characters. I really loved Caroline, she’s light and fun. Really loved the build up between the two MCs Atlanta and Caroline. I also loved that not everyone in the story was lesbian/gay. It annoys me when the MCs (obviously) and every single of their friends is gay, so this was refreshing to read. I love that there isn’t really any panic and thoughts like “omg I have feelings for a woman, I’ve always been with men, does this mean that I’m gay now?!”.
Only thing I found annoying is that they could have waited. It’s always nerve wrecking when people do stuff they can get fired for.
But I really loved this short story and would have loved this as a whole book with more build up and more romance. But all in all I would have given this a solid 4 stars on its own.
“Private Equity” by Elle Spencer. I’ve read 2 Elle Spencer books and I loved them both, especially “Casting Lacy”. I usually love the way she writes, and they way she builds up the chemistry and the characters. The emotion and angst that she puts into her stories.
It took me a little while to get used to the writing style in this book, but once I did I really liked the story. I liked the relationship between MC Julia and Cassidy, and the relationship between Cassidy and Julia’s daughter Lily. Sadly there wasn’t much time to get a real build up and depth to the characters. But it was a cute story, I just wish it was a lot longer :) I would give this a 3 on account of the length and not much of a build up :)
All in all I would rated this as a solid 3 :)