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Behind the Bench by Jillian Arly
4.25
emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

This was a great debut and a very good start to a hockey team with many books 🤞?!

Ellie and Lincoln are the best of enemies to lovers. They have been rivals since they were kids, playing hockey. Now Lincoln is the new head coach and Ellie is his assistant coach for Green Bay. They will have to learn to work together to get the team where they ought to be. 

Both have things in their past that they need to work out (trigger warnings are at the front of the book) because after they do, they might understand each other a little bit more. 

The side characters were great.... except for the one that I cheered for getting fired 🤣. Sadie is an amazing friend to Ellie, always there to remind her that she does have a place in sports and she has earned every bit of what she's worked for. Hunter is a great best friend to Lincoln, helps him see that he needs to clear some air with Ellie to move on from their past. Even the GM of the team is a wonderful guy.  So though I loved when Ellie and Lincoln hooked up, most of the others parts were what made the book for me.