Juicy Rebound

                

Title: Juicy Rebound

Series: IceCats #1

Author: Toni Aleo

Published: Tantor Audio, January 28, 2020

Pages: 290

Genre: Hockey Romance

Chandler Moon’s career as a defensemen for the IceCats is on fire. However, his marriage has gone up in flames…literally. He’s resigned himself to the single life and being the best dog dad he can be, but he still holds out hope that one day he’ll find “The One.” So, imagine his surprise when he runs into “The One Who Got Away.”

Amelia Justice.

His best friend’s baby sister.

AKA: “The One Who Is Totally Off-Limits”

Amelia is broken. The punches that life, and her ex-husband, have thrown at her have her down for the count. She’s cut herself off from her family and friends as she works to rebuild her self-esteem and her spirit. Hidden away in a small town, she never expects to reconnect with “The One She Should Have Chosen.”

Chandler is so much more than he was in college: more handsome, more muscular, more tattooed… It was supposed to be a casual fling while Amelia and Chandler worked to put the pieces of their lives back together.

But as every good hockey player knows, a rebound can turn into one hell of a goal.

**SPOILER ALERT**

I should not have finished this book. I did because it was just something to listen to in the background at work, but I really should have stopped. 

There was a lot going on. It started out ok. Your standard second chance cis-het hockey romance. Amelia is about a year out of a physically and emotionally abusive relationship. Chandler is also on the other side of a bad marriage. Their reunion had all of the makings of a beautiful second chance together. He's her older brother's best friend. They had one night where they kissed but they were "scared" of how intense their connection was. Or so they said? IDK every single person kept saying how they should have gotten together and not gotten with their respective spouses, but all over one night that they kept secret from everyone. I didn't buy it.

Then Chandler was just an absolute simp for Amelia. Which was pretty cute, but IDK. I'm just still so mad that I actually finished it. Chandler's parents didn't like his first marriage because they got together so quickly. But this man has an engagement ring before the four month anniversary? Amelia finds out about it and freaks out saying she's not ready. They have a blow out fight at her parents' house when they get there for her brother's wedding. I don't think they even have 48 hours between the fight and the wedding, he proposes AT THE WEDDING, and she says yes?! WHAT? I fkn HATE a wedding proposal. How dare you steal their thunder like that?!? But also, what, Amelia? You're just all of a sudden ready after less than 48 hours? Absolutely not. I could not!

Ratings

Stars: 2/5

Spice: 2/5