Thank you to @netgalley & @berkleyromance for the free #gifted copy of this book! I have found a “new to me” author that I am loving!
𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: Spiral
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: Bal Khabra
𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬: 357
𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬: Off The Ice, Book 2
𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: Toronto, Canada
𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: Sage is a struggling ballerina who works multiple jobs to support her brother (who is diabetic & needs medication). Her uncle, Marcus is the GM of the NHL Toronto Thunder team where Elias (Eli) is a rookie player. They met at a fundraiser where some of the hockey players were auctioned off. Eli’s best friend asked Sage to bid on Eli (he paid the bid), so that a stalker fan did not win the bid. They come up with a plan for faking dating that will help both of them with their professional issues.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐬:
• Sports Romance
• Hockey Player & Ballerina
• Fake Dating
• Slow Burn
• Found Family
• Forced Proximity / Roommates
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝:
• The BEAUTIFUL cover!
• There is so much chemistry between Sage & Eli - lots of tension too!
• Loved how caring Eli was…especially when she was drunk and also when he made sugar free cupcakes especially for her diabetic brother!
• Loved the text messages
• Such a sweet relationship between Sage & her brother and his protectiveness of her with Eli
• I love what a strong FMC Sage is BUT I do wish she would have let her uncle help her out a little more so she wouldn’t have had to struggle so much.
𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬: This is the first book that I have read by Bal Khabra and I absolutely loved it! I will definitely be going back and reading Collide. While this is book 2 in the series, it can be read as a stand-alone. I wasn’t really a fan of Sage pressuring Eli with his celibacy even though I really wanted their relationship to progress faster. I felt that overall this was such a great read but at times there were some pacing issues. I cannot wait to read more of Bal’s books!
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