Role Model

This was such a sweet, low angst, slow burn, grumpy/sunshine story. It was frankly a bit too sweet and low angst for my liking, but I gotta admit, I was giggling like an idiot in the midst of the last few chapters.I loved the plot in the background about sexual assault victims receiving little to no empathy in such male-dominated spaces such as hockey. I also loved Harris and Troy as characters, they were both very different but clicked well with one another.What I have mixed feelings on is Ilya's presence in this book. Ilya from [b:Heated Rivalry 41735449 Heated Rivalry (Game Changers, #2) Rachel Reid https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1539738291l/41735449.SY75.jpg 65120637] is one of my most favourite fictional characters ever; it's hard to come across a character like his. He's the most prominent side character in this story, which I loved because, well, I love Ilya. But at the same time, it was to the point where any passing Ilya scenes had me more excited than Harris and Troy scenes, which in hindsight is not what I would want to feel if I'm reading a book about a relationship between Harris and Troy. Ilya was almost... distracting? Again I loved it, but I do wonder if such a strong, unique character like him takes away the spotlight from Harris and Troy at times.In terms of enjoyment, this book would probably be more of a 3 stars because I thoroughly enjoyed it, but the romance wasn't something I'd write home about. But I really feel the need to add another star because purely personal preferences aside I genuinely can't find any faults with the way this story was told. It's purely a matter of enjoyment that I didn't care about the love interests as much as I'd hoped (and that I cared about Ilya's presence more).If the tropes I mentioned in the beginning of this review aligns at all with your reading tastes, then definitely give this book a shot.