★★★☆☆

Parental Guidance by Avery Flynn was exactly the kind of fun and flirty read I've been in need of. This was a quick read, and was full of fun. The premise is that hockey star Caleb has been caught up in a scandal about his team-mates misbehaving and he needs to give the media a new, better storyline. His mum's solution is to take over his dating life with a new dating app, Bramble. The Bramble app allows parents to pick their children's date and then they do a talk-show catch-up following the series of dates with parents and the couple to see how it's going. Caleb gets matched with Zara whose father and best friend, Gemma think is in desperate need of some time away from work. The two aren't looking for love, but as you may expect, things take an unexpected turn for them.

I really liked Zara, she was fun, straight-talking and she was an interesting character. She's a miniaturist artist, an unusual occupation to say the least, with a larger than life part great-Dane dog Anchovy. I also really liked Caleb who was kind, caring and a dashingly handsome love-interest. They're not the most memorable of main characters, but they're the fun kind that you can enjoy reading about when you pick up the book.

This book didn't have a lot of drama, and focused on the humour, Caleb and Zara's relationship and the development of their friendship. I really enjoyed that it was not an angsty romance as sometimes it just feels like writers add that in for the sake of a plot twist. I would say that I wish there'd been a little more focus on the hockey and the sports, as I always like to get a bit more of team-ethos, sports-vibes from my sports romances. However, I did really enjoy this book and at just under 300 pages, it's a very quick and easy read!