Winging It

ReRead March 2023
3.5 Stars rounded up.

I like the book. I still do, for all the reasons I liked it the first time around. It will never be able to be a five star read for me for one reason though: Gabe is the sole narrator. I much prefer my romances to be have a dual (or trio, if I'm reading a poly triad) narration. This book would have especially benefited from it for me, because Gabe already knows he's gay, already has a crush on Dante at the beginning of the story. Dante, from appearances on the other hand, has his bisexual awakening thanks to Gabe and comes to terms with it during the course of the story. (Specifically the first half.) There's no question in my mind which narration I'd rather have.

(Still good hockey. Still amazingness of Kitty and Coach. ReRead mainly in prep to continue the series now that there is a series to continue. Don't regret it. ... Want to read more hockey.)


Original Review

There's a lot I could say about hockey (that I love as a sport and hate for the misogynistic, homophobic and transphobic language that permeates it) but this book is a fiction. It's a fiction about the first openly gay player in the NHL (which we still don't have) who happens to be on the first team coached by a woman (which we finally got two years ago). (And, all in all, it wouldn't surprise me if his coming out was easier because his coach was a woman.) Gabe and Dante were both likable, but there were several secondary characters that stole the show. (Coach, Kitty, Fifi...) And, really, I was here more for the hockey than the romance. (Side note: I did, however, like the dynamics of their relationship. It was interesting and different.)