Power Plays & Straight A's
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FOSTER: "Look out for Zach and don't hit on him."My brother's request sounds easy enough. Keep an eye out for his best friend on campus and keep my hands to myself.Easy.Even if Zach is a quintessential nerd, who I've always thought was cute, I don't have the time to think with my ... stick.There's only one stick I should be focused on this year, and that's my hockey stick. My goal once I graduate is to get an NHL contract.The last thing I need is a distraction. On or off the ice.Only, keeping to the rules is harder than I thought it would be. ZACH: People confuse me.And no one more than Foster Grant.I've barely spoken two words to him in the whole time I've known him, but the second I step foot on campus, he's impossible to shake.I can never anticipate his next move. And whenever we're together, my next move is a total mystery as well.I want to give in to him, but that might mean coming clean about something I've never been bothered about before.I'm still carrying my V-card.And I think it's time to turn it in.
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CU Hockey is a 5-book series with 5 primary works first released in 2020 with contributions by Eden Finley and Saxon James.
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Definitely more of a 3.5 but I'm rounding up.
It's actually been a while since my favorite series by Eden Finley ended, so I was so excited to get into this one. And despite not knowing anything about the coauthor Saxon James and also the fact that I very rarely read NA genre these days, I just couldn't give a hockey romance a miss.
It took me a while to like the awkward and nerdy Zach because I just couldn't follow his thought process. But once the friendship between Zach and Foster developed, I started falling in love with their interactions. And I really loved the fact that it's the nerdy character who is more unsure about the whole long term relationship thing, but the actual jock Foster is cocky but also really sweet, considerate and very sure about what he wants from his career and love life.
It's fun when authors subvert the typical college romance tropes a bit because it definitely makes the proceedings more interesting. The banter is also quite well done (which I kinda was expecting because it's Eden) but on the whole, the book was much more on the sweeter side. And there's a very exciting little cameo from the Fake Boyfriend series which just made me miss the whole gang all over again.
To conclude, this is a sweet and fun slightly tropey, slightly not, college hockey romance, and I think it's a good choice for when you just want to be entertained and read about a nice couple. It's still not up there with Eden's previous series but I still think her fans will enjoy this a lot.
So sweet and precious for an MM college hockey romance.
Brothers best friend, opposites, virgin, “nerd” vs “jock.
I love this authors universes and how we catch mini glimpses of other characters. Peep Damon King!
Both Foster and Zach were sooooo cute. It's possible Zach was on the spectrum, or at least presented with some tendencies. But Foster ran with it in stride and embraced his quirks. Zach got over his “I don't fit with a hockey player” mentality eventually and pushed himself out of his comfort zone.
Watching them grow was so sweet
