Their banter was one of the only things I liked from this, yet a large portion of the credit should be suitably given to Ilya. I constantly go back to the books I’ve read and change the ratings, which are usually rated more low. I also seldom want to start a book over immediately upon finishing it and I'm still tempted to jump back in this bublé. I liked how well thought out this was and that it took them a long time to go from enemies to lovers. chefs kiss* There was so much character development here, Shane and Ilya felt like different people by the end.

I read Special Forces - Soldiers and said, This is the Best Enemies to Lovers story ever, nothing can ever come close. But here I question: Was I supposed to feel something for the first time Ilya said Shane’s name even though they hooked up so many times before that? Of course Ilya and Shane are not always in the same city and at times author shows them separately and maybe I am misreading the narrative, but I felt like most of the time she did it to make a point – to show that their connection was strengthening that they were thinking about each other. Honestly, I don’t think so because I’ve always been about that emotional and romantic connection anyway, so everything that bothered me now would have most likely bothered me before. This title is part of the Carina Press Romance Promise: all the romance you’re looking for with an HEA/HFN.It was how we’re set to believe they’ve known each other for six years, yet all they did for the majority of the book was hook up. booktrovert on “What the stories never said: at the end of the day, if a man wants to kill you, he kills you. It starts with a simple rivals to lovers story but it quickly gives each character so much depth and background as they struggle to come to terms with who they are from age 18 on. I absolutely loathe in sports books where one MC forces the other to come out to prove their love (which was one of my complaints about the first book in this series). Yes, they were rivals, talked shit to each other and wanted to destroy each other on the ice, but they never tried to drag each other down as actual humans.

Their story starts when they are both rookies who fight something fierce on ice, but it does not take them long to start exploring their sexual attraction of the ice.Tor Thom is a , new to me, narrator and the reviews of Game Changer, book 1 were polarizing; some loved it passionately , others didn't.