Role Model
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Average rating3.8
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Ratings9
Average rating3.8
"Rachel Reid crafted a story of true heart, beauty, heat, and glorious, hard-won redemption! I loved both heroes and their journey to love was a gorgeous one to watch!" —Lauren Blakely, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Scoring With Him The highly anticipated fifth novel in USA TODAY bestselling author Rachel Reid’s Game Changers series sees a grumpy professional hockey player meet his match in an out-and-proud social media manager… The hits just keep coming for Troy Barrett. Traded to the worst team in the league would be bad enough, but coming on the heels of a messy breakup and a recent scandal… Troy just wants to play hockey and be left alone. He doesn’t want to be in the news anymore, and he definitely doesn’t want to “work on his online presence” with the team’s peppy social media manager. Harris Drover can tell standoffish Troy isn’t happy about the trade—anyone could tell, frankly, as he doesn’t exactly hide it well—but Harris doesn’t give up on people easily. Even when he’s developing a crush he’s sure is one-sided. And when he sees Troy’s smile finally crack through his grumpy exterior, well… That’s a man Harris couldn’t turn his back on if he wanted to. Suddenly, Troy’s move to the new team feels like an opportunity—for Troy to embrace his true self, and for both men to surrender to their growing attraction. But indulging in each other behind closed doors is one thing, and for Troy, being in a public relationship with Harris will mean facing off with his fears, once and for all. Game Changers Book 1: Game Changer Book 2: Heated Rivalry Book 3: Tough Guy Book 4: Common Goal Book 5: Role Model Book 6: The Long Game
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This was such a sweet, low angst, slow burn, grumpy/sunshine story. It was frankly a bit too sweet and low angst for my liking, but I gotta admit, I was giggling like an idiot in the midst of the last few chapters.I loved the plot in the background about sexual assault victims receiving little to no empathy in such male-dominated spaces such as hockey. I also loved Harris and Troy as characters, they were both very different but clicked well with one another.What I have mixed feelings on is Ilya's presence in this book. Ilya from [b:Heated Rivalry 41735449 Heated Rivalry (Game Changers, #2) Rachel Reid https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1539738291l/41735449.SY75.jpg 65120637] is one of my most favourite fictional characters ever; it's hard to come across a character like his. He's the most prominent side character in this story, which I loved because, well, I love Ilya. But at the same time, it was to the point where any passing Ilya scenes had me more excited than Harris and Troy scenes, which in hindsight is not what I would want to feel if I'm reading a book about a relationship between Harris and Troy. Ilya was almost... distracting? Again I loved it, but I do wonder if such a strong, unique character like him takes away the spotlight from Harris and Troy at times.In terms of enjoyment, this book would probably be more of a 3 stars because I thoroughly enjoyed it, but the romance wasn't something I'd write home about. But I really feel the need to add another star because purely personal preferences aside I genuinely can't find any faults with the way this story was told. It's purely a matter of enjoyment that I didn't care about the love interests as much as I'd hoped (and that I cared about Ilya's presence more).If the tropes I mentioned in the beginning of this review aligns at all with your reading tastes, then definitely give this book a shot.
