I'm still in my hockey romance era and wanted to read some more queer book so I decided to give this series a try!

Foster, a hockey player at CU is told to look out for but don't touch his brother Seth his friend Zach who is transferring to the university. He wants Foster to help Zach make friends which Zach isn't exactly happy about. As the two get closer, Zach's position as Foster's TA and Foster's goal of getting into the NHL start getting in the way of their budding romance.

The Good
I got through 50% of the audiobook in one sitting and I loved it. Foster and Zach are good characters that you really feel the connection between them and their chemistry. My biggest complaint in a lot of books is not understanding why two characters like each other and that is not the case here. Both Zach and Foster admire parts of each other and are motivated by the other person.

Sometimes "best friends brother" books make the best friend overly possessive and irrational but Seth is very grounded in this book. He is protective over Zach and had legitimate reasons to be concerned about them getting into a relationship but he also grew and let them be adults and deal with the whatever consequences that may come.

I liked that the conflict was realistic relationship problems that were solved easily by the end of the book. Both of them had internal struggles holding them back but they were able to overcome it and communicate with each other.

Tropes:
— Best Friends Brother
— Nerd x Jock
— Hockey Romance

Horn Level: 3/5