May wrap up post - good reading month, some great reads. The Shots You Take might be my fave for the month. The Way Home and Our Green Heart were also very good. I have Time Loops & Meet Cutes on my June #bookspin cause I didn't think I'd finish in May but then I was really enjoying it and finished last night.
pickThe Shots You Take, by Rachel Reid (2025 🇨🇦)
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Premise: After not speaking for twelve years, a retired hockey player returns to his former roommate (and occasion lover)‘s home town to try to make amends for the disastrous end of their relationship.
Review: This is a hockey romance, but it‘s not really a hockey romance. Cont
pickThis was exactly the romance I wanted to read. I loved Riley and Lucky. I loved Adam. And I loved them all together. Hockey romance at its finest.
Too soon! ❤️🩹
pickWith her 8th book, Rachel Reid turns to second chance romance for two early-40s hockey retirees. There‘s a ton of baggage here, packed tight with decades-old fears and mental health challenges, but the drama never feels excessive because the characters have the maturity and the perspective to really SEE each other, understand the realities they both lived with in their 20s, and consider where they might go from here. Definitely recommended.
And now, some hockey romance! This one‘s a bit of a departure for Reid; a second chance romance with a LOT of baggage, complicated by very recent grief. Also, both characters are in their 40s and retired from hockey. Gonna devour the back half tonight.
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