Name: Vital Blindside
Rating: 3.9 (10 reviews)

Hannah Cowan

Vital Blindside

I’ve never had a favourite colour, but if I had to choose one, it would be whichever ones combine to create the vibrant red of Scarlett’s hair.

In case you were wondering, my soul feels a lot better after seeing you.

My heart thumps against my rib cage. “Are you calling me the sun, Scarlett?” She rolls her eyes, but the action does little to hide the warmth in them. “Yeah, Adam. You’re the damn sun.”

Adam White has been called many things but single dad was not one he expected. At twenty-three Adam’s life changed forever – suddenly he was the father to a son he never knew existed – but he’s spent the past ten years managing to raise his son and juggle his business. White Ice Training is now one of the best hockey training facilities in Vancouver. But when he recruits a new hockey trainer, she lights a flame inside of him that he thought had long since burnt out. One terrible game was all it took for Scarlett Carter to lose everything. After a career-ending injury destroys her chances of ever playing professional hockey again, she finds herself lost in a mess of broken dreams. Moving back home to Vancouver was never in the playbook. Scarlett wants to forget about the world that broke her, but a new job at White Ice won’t let that happen. The more time she spends with Adam, the harder she’s finding it to resist him. She can’t help but wonder why he cares so much about her. And more importantly, why can't she bring herself to skate away?

I liked Adam a lot. But the plot was weird, I feel like there were times the story went way to slow and other moments it went way to fast. Like the chapter in which Adam is sick and the next we are a couple of days ahead and everything is good again. That moment could have been longer to make room for character and relationship development. Also… Scarlett at some point says she loves Adam’s son Cooper but they had not even met more than a couple short times at that point. I think the idea was there but it wasn’t Well throughout. 

Emma Kamer

Miriam

Adam White is many things, but a single dad was one that he never planned on becoming. He was twenty-three when the plan he had for his life crumbled at his feet. In the blink of an eye, he went from a flirtatious playboy just getting his new business up and off the ground, to a struggling father of a two-year-old boy that he never knew existed. Still, he did it. Adam accomplished what he thought was impossible. And now, at the prime age of thirty-three, he doesn't think that his life can get any better. His twelve-year-old son, Cooper, is his world, and his business, White Ice Training, is one of the most known hockey training facilities in Vancouver. But when he posts a job listing for a new hockey trainer, he gets a response that lights a flame inside of him that he never realized was burnt out. One that he refuses to go without again. One terrible game was all it took for Scarlett Carter to lose everything. After a career-ending injury destroys her chances of ever playing professional hockey again, she finds herself lost in a mess of guilt-stricken "what-ifs" and broken dreams. Moving back home to Vancouver was never in the playbook, but neither was letting herself get tricked into taking a job working for a man who seems to want to stop at nothing to see her play the sport she loves again. Scarlett wants to forget about the world that broke her, but the single dad refuses to let her move on. The more time she spends with Adam, the harder she's finding it to resist him and the sly grins he seems to only give her. She can't help but wonder why he cares so much about her. And more importantly, why can't she bring herself to make him leave her alone.

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