Let me just start off to say that this was a let down. Absolutely disappointing. How was the author able to write Heartless then turn to this?

Just breaking it down: still the same setting, small town romance, ML and FL are all interconnected with the other characters in the series, it also has the theme of hockey x ballerina sort of thing. But the thing here is, I honestly did not feel the hockey theme to be that deep. Yeah, that’s basically what the ML does for a living, but it barely was given a focus (given the circumstances). I didn’t even realize that he was an Olympic medalist. Like whattt? Where did that come from?

Now the main characters, they all fell flat. I don’t get the hype over this man, always whining how he doesn’t deserve Sloane and whatnot. Man why can’t you be the man that she deserves then if you feel like lacking? I know the way he is right now is something because of what he’s gone through when he was younger, but you are an adult now dude. Honestly all of his problems had this vibe of “this could’ve been an email!” And the way he is in bed? Total ick. He reminded me of the infamous 50-shades fucked up Christian Grey. If this book honestly focused more on the erotica side, he would have ended up like him. And honestly if he stuck the way he is, Sloane definitely deserves better. Kinda icky too that he started acting territorial when Sloane was taken. Absolutely tasteless.

Now with Sloane. Honestly she felt too basic. I don’t know if that’s the right word but she’s very basic. Very nice with the way her perspective goes especially if it’s related to her family (specifically her bitchass father and spineless ex-fiance lmao), but honestly that’s it. She’s like a side person that got a chance to have their main character moment. Love the way she stood up for herself though at the latter part of the book. Like you go girl, even though it was a tad bit too late. But better late than never I guess. Also the way she’s so patient and understanding. Like I could never to be honest.

The only redeeming factor from this were the side characters, like Willa, Summer, Cade, and even Harvey. It even made me excited for the next series because it gave us a brief interaction between Winter and Theo. Also was it just me that it was a bit distasteful given that Jasper was basically adopted by the Eaton family, and Sloane is cousins with them? Like what Harvey said, it’s giving distant cousins romance. Like even he knows. Honestly I would’ve let it be, but they reiterated this by almost the end of the book. Kinda ew honestly for me.

Overall, it was really disappointing. Still excited for the next part though but I’ll probably take a rest first from this series to really prepare myself for the next one.

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