Iced Out (Leighton U Book 1)

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a quinn whose parents had never shown him a connection beyond wanting him to be the picture-perfect son. I must add too, that I finished the book because I obviously liked too, in no way is this book horrible or 🚮. Now one thing to know about hockey players especially, if not all athletes, is that they can get extremely superstitious. Attraction, lust, and other feelings are developed between these hockey players, and the supposed "beef" is put to a halt.

Yet, days later Oakley is still thinking about the bad boy with a temper and his crazy idea is starting to hold merit. The story in general was not bad, but there simply were a few things that ticked me wrong, like a lot of veery unrealistic situations and ML reactions, that were just too much. It’s nice to have other plot points other than having people who are there just to make the characters jealous.We know hockey players can be very superstitious, so they come to an agreement to continue these steamy encounters to see if they win again….

There is also not much of a difference between them - I would literally forget who’s chapter it was while reading. While Oakley is a self-assured gay man, this new relationship for Quinton is life-changing and his first relationship with a man. Golden boy x bad boy hits so hard when done right🤩 I would also say this is a grumpy x grumpy romance but said grumps turn into sunshines around each other. All those feelings of hate and aggression both Quinton and Oakley have had for years are finally starting to wain and what is left behind are feelings neither one of them ever expected to feel.so naturally, that friend steals oak’s leftover pain medication from a previous and serious injury (which is the only reason oak isn’t captain) and rigs quinn’s drug test! I like reading about hockey so I liked seeing two main characters on the ice, loving and hating each other almost at the same time.

But he doesn’t want the attention because of them he wants it because of his own actions and his own skills. The only bone I have to pick is how Quinton’s stubbornness has him placing blame on Oakley for essentially not being a mind reader. I've read a lot of MM hockey romances in the past year, and this one (my first CE Ricci read) ranks among the best of them. I also loved how thoughtful Oak was with Quin; he made sure to include him in his family and listened to him when Quin didn't have a shoulder to lean on. I’m so sorry, I tried but I can’t follow their train of thoughts Who the hell uses those facts to reach that conclusion?When I say I love a good hockey romance I mean it but then you add in a dash of hate and a bit of the C. They're truly adamant in this rule, all throughout the book, only one person is able to know about them and only because he catches them kissing quite intensely (I must add).

I just can actually appreciate when the plot/conflict of a sports romance actually includes sports related issues.Add in all the little chuckles, grunts, sighs and all that emotion in their voices…they brought them to life! So what I’ve been looking forward to was an easy, hot (despite the ice 😬) enemies/rivals to lovers book I could listen to while driving, or while sweating on my sunbed, listening with my eyes closed.