My rating: 3.5/5
This series is all over Booktok and Bookstagram and I was very curious to read it. Although for my preference, the number of pages is huge, I gave it a try. In the meantime, I also bought the remaining 2 books from the series, to have it complete.
Something didn’t click from the beginning, because I found the story a little boring and moving in a very painfully slow way. But as the plot progressed, I connected with the author’s message more than focusing on the plot and action.
Evan Zanders is a famous hockey player, with a bad-boy reputation. These are not his true colors, because deep inside, Evan is still hurt from his mother leaving him as a child and from the neglect of his father. All this combined, Evan is not willing to love, doesn’t trust anybody with his heart and he will not even try to find somebody.
Stevie will enter his team, by being the flight attendant of the team Evan is playing at. This will require them to work together a lot, see each other, and spend time together. Stevie is not like any other girl, she does not fit the pattern of a supermodel and because of that, she is incredibly insecure and doubtful. Her past experience with men hasn’t been good, so she doesn’t trust Evan with her heart. Besides that, she can get fired for getting involved with somebody from the team. They began a secret relationship in which everything will change for both of them. Evan will understand to open his heart and Stevie will understand to love herself and to be more confident.
What can I say about the book? I don’t think the number of pages was necessary for this plot, but in a way, I tried to find the good parts in this. I liked the way Liz portrayed both of the characters and the way each of them was conflicted and needed a life lesson to be stronger. I admire the pattern she chose for Stevie and the way Evan embraced it and made her more confident about her personality and looks. It’s very comforting to see a hero act like that and support his partner in that journey. Besides the message, I think the book should have been shorter because the number of pages was not always relevant to what happened in the plot.
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