4.5 stars! Ryan Wesley and Jamie Canning are best of friends especially during the summer months they spend on Lake Placid where the two of them are enrolled in a summer hockey program. Despite seeing each other for only two months out of the year, they've bonded and considered each other best of friends.On their last summer there before going off to college, something happened which caused Wes to end their friendship leaving Jamie confused as to why. Fast-forward to four years later and both...

4.5 "Purple Skittles" STARSWell this was my first full-on foray into M/M. I’d dabbled before with other stories where it was a side story and had liked it. Now I get the allure…there's something that's almost naughty or sinful about it in a delightfully delicious way! And it's scorching HOT!! I’m a big fan of Elle Kennedy, found and fell for her with her Off Campus series, and have never read a Sarina Bowen book before – I’ll be rectifying that STAT. This was a really great, fast, sexy read a...

Fine, I'll admit it: I was wary going in. Sometimes when a book is so hyped up, it falls short of expectations. Plus, the authors write mainly M/F, and I did not want a Chicks with Dicks repeat. Thankfully, what I got was Hockey Players with Dicks. I approve. Ryan Wesley and Jamie Canning are CRAZY HAWT together, and the sex scenes are through the roof scorching. Jamie figures out he's bi, not just gay for Ryan, which I appreciated (I'm not a fan of GFY, as it mostly strikes me as false).The alt...

4.5 stars! Him is one of those books I waited for FOREVER to read, and now that I have…. I’m over here kicking myself for waiting so long! This one was SO GOOD! I loved Wes and Jamie!!Wes and Jamie went to the same hockey camp every summer throughout their teenage years. They became best friends and had a great relationship. Something happened Wes’s last year of camp, and the two lost touch. That 'something' being that Wes started to develop feelings for Jamie and it terrified him so he quit

4-4.5 Hot Hockey StarsWell check you out Elle Kennedy, getting all M/M up in here. And I have never personally read anything by Sabrina Bowen, but perhaps I shall do so now. Quite honestly though, if you took Elle Kennedy's The Deal, mixed it up with Riley Hart's Collide, gave them some skates, and threw them on a hockey rink, you'd have this book. Oh get up Self, I'm not complaining. I. Totally. Dug It. I lurve sports romance. I lurve the friends to lovers shtick.And I LURVE M/M.So whe...

This was the first MM romance I have ever read and it blew me away. I have read it 7 times so far and I will definitely keep on rereading it. I absolutely love Wes and Jamie.*****Re-read 3/2018 Re-read 1/2020: No matter how many times I reread this, it always gives me the same feelings. One of my favourite books with one of my favourite couples ever.Re-read 1/2021: Listened to the audiobook. 5 starsRe-read 3/2022

4.5 stars! I really enjoyed it. No time to write a review.***Wes’ rating: 4.5 stars Jamie’s rating: 4 starsSexual tension rating: 5 starsSex scenes rating: 4.5 starsSex scenes frequency: 4 starsPlot rating: 4.5 starsDialogue rating: 4 starsStorytelling rating: 4.5 starsStory ending rating: N/A***********************************************Overall rating: 4.5 starsWould I recommend this series: Yes.Would I re-read this series: Maybe later.Would I read future books by this author: Yes.Thanks for f...

3.75 ~ 4 Stars ”They don’t play for the same team. Or do they?” I’m a huge fan of Elle Kennedy’s Off Campus series as well as Sarina Bowen’s The Ivy Years series and so a collaboration by these two authors made me actually squeal out loud. Now for the iffy area for me is that the genre for this book is mm. The truth is, I have actually only read two others books in this genre. One of them being Sarina Bowen’s The Understatement of the Year which I absolutely loved (felt it clicked all my boxe

Him is nominated for Best Romance in the 2015 GoodReads book awards! Vote here. The only other M/M book nominated is Roan Parrish as best debut author. You can vote of Roan's In the Middle of Somewhere here. M/M fans REPRESENT! It is ridiculous, absolutely fucking ridiculous, how much I loved this book. I am a tried and true hockey fan and root for my home team The Minnesota Wild and root for any and all M/M hockey romances. My favorites being Frozen Hearts by Teegan Loy, Home Ice by Kate She...

Him, HIM, HIIIIMMMMMMMM!!! Easily one of my favorite books from this year. Easily. And raise your hand if you are surprised?? *crickets*This book was aaaammmmmaaaazzziiiinnnggg!I started listening to this book on a road trip with one of my friends, and let me tell you, that car got STEAMY. This book is HOT, and when I got home from the trip, I spent the next five hours listening so I could hear how it ended!The audio for this book was really, really excellent, and a good audiobook always bumps u...

4 Stars!!This was such an adorable feel good story! “Him” was a friends to lovers, GFY story that made me smile or grin more times that I can count. It was sweet, it was sexy, it was simply a fantastic read! Honestly I’m not really a sports romance fan, but I didn’t care about this aspect in this case since this book it’s written by two authors I really enjoy.Jamie Canning and Ryan Wesley used to be best friends. They used to spend together six weeks every summer at a hockey camp on Lake Placid....

RE-READ 11/10/2016 ! Audio version. ➦I always suggest this book to those who haven't read any M/M before but I've never even bothered to write a review for this awesome read. ➦I'll be honest, a year ago I was very apprehensive to try M/M myself. But Only 10% into this story I knew I could never go back. When it's done well, like in this book here, it can be oh so thoroughly enjoyable.➦So I thought a re-read was in order and I'm very pleased to report that the book was just as great for me the se...

4 StarsWhen I found out Elle Kennedy was writing an MM... She's about the only MF I read these days! And while I was not as familiar with Sarina Bowen (I did read book 1 of the Ivy League series) I knew her stuff wasn't quite as steamy as Elle's. SO...of course I said a little prayer. Please don't be too YA! And I was worried for nothing! This one had some really nice steam! I read a lot of MM, so I can't say this one wowed me as far as MMs go. To me it read a lot like Elle Kennedy's Off-Campus

“Jamie Canning was my first crush and my first love. But he was never mine to have.” Be still, my beating heart… It doesn’t happen every day that two authors you love decide to write a book together, so this collaboration had me bouncing off the walls from the moment I got word of it, but this story, this sexy, fun, enchanting story was all I hoped it would be, and so much more. A wonderful testament of both these authors’ extraordinary talents, this is a story that pulled me in from

*** LOVED IT !! ***WESJAMIEJamie and Wes formed a strong friendship from a young age when they started going to Hockey Camp every summer.One night when they were 18 they had a bet....The outcome of the bet was an estranged friendship for 4 years.They meet again when their teams are playing at a National Hockey Championship...Wes is gay and while he is not ashamed of his sexuality he doesn't flaunt it.As for Jamie,he is convinced he is straight.Their reunion is a little strained at first but they...

Yes, I did just read this book for the third time; no, you can't judge me.Original review:Here are two things you should know about me: I love hockey and I love a good romance. This book had both of those things. I also love a book that involves romance that is slightly forbidden which this one was. I mean two guys who are both hockey players is controversial for some people and they keep their relationship hidden from people so I would say it's pretty forbidden. This is also my first time readi...

⭐ 3 2 “highly unpopular opinion” stars ⭐Edit: rating adjusted because I keep disliking this more as time passes.This is one of those classics (of the MM genre, at least) that everyone and their aunties have read by now. So saying it’s beloved by many would be quite an understatement. With that being said...This is gonna be me after dropping this 3 2 star review.*******************Before everyone goes secure their pitchforks, I must clarify this was shaping up to earn 4 stars for the first two hu...

5 Stars Jamie Canning was my first crush and my first love. But he was never mine to have. So let's see here; we have friends-to-lovers, second chance romance and GFY all mixed in with sizzling chemistry and humor. If that's not enough to justify my 5 star rating, I dunno what is. Maybe I haven't read an MM in a while, maybe I was exactly in the mood for a feel good and sexy MM romance? Whatever the reason may be, I loved this book to pieces. There was not one part of it I read where I...

I first read this book in 2015...and I was blown away. It was definitely one of the best mm books I read that year, and considering how many times I have re-read this one... it still is.When I finished it the first time, I wrote a small review for it, but since I have re-read this book multiple times since, ... I figured it deserved more from me. So here goes....Wes Ryan and Jamie Canning have been best camp buddies for 6 years. Each year, since the age of 12/13 they spend 6 weeks together at "L...

"We're all just bags of charged atoms walking around bumping into each other. My electrons went seriously haywire for his tonight, though. Particles collided." That was just excellent combination of humour, fun, steam, friendship, bromance and love. Did I mention it was hot? "Hot? Try scorching. Blistering. A goddamn inferno." Damn right it was! Light, sweet, a bit emotional and drama free reading. Perfect book for summer if you enjoy MM romance. Highly recommend!For real