Could this book whore be in any further heaven? Another hockey romance for me to review this
week! Winning It All can be read as a standalone so don’t worry if you
haven’t read the previous three books.
This review is actually going to be pretty short and sweet. If you are a fan of hockey romances, I think
you will really enjoy Winning It All. While at times Shayne will make you want to
bitch slap her, Sebastian, for me at least, made up for what she lacked. *Sigh* Sebastian, I would love to play with
his stick, I mean play hockey with him. Winning It All was a winner for this
blogger, I don’t want to give anything away that is why I am ending it with the
following. Winning It All is the perfect way to pass a soon to be fall day
while waiting for the hockey season to begin.
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Sebastian and Shayne have great chemistry and the time they
spend together is a lot of fun. You can
feel the attraction between them, the appeal and the interest. They were well developed, with passions and
interests outside of one another, which is always nice. They felt like complete people, with actual
personalities, which allows you to engage with them as couple.
The characters are consistent and well written, overall. But there were some issues that I had with
the character development and the story ARC.
These issues, I think, created difficulty for me with the pacing.
I had issue with the continual issues that she presents
throughout the book, her determination not to date a hockey player. I thought this got old, and it got to the
point where it started to mess up the pacing of the story. I was never able to fully invest in their relationship
as I was constantly waiting for her to bring up this issue. I could understand the reluctance, but at the
same time, I was never convinced he would be willing to trust in her getting
over the issue and actually being able to commit to Sebastian. In fact, her determination to not have
anything to do with hockey has led her to having distance with her family and
to make some fairly harsh life choices.
For me, as I was not able to really believe she was past the
issues, the story sort of stalled for me in the middle, and I was not as full
engaged at the end. I think, for me, I
needed a little more time with her being ok with him playing professional
hockey, or I needed her to be a little less vehement in her unwillingness to
have anything to do with a hockey player.
The 2 together lessened the believability for me.
Overall, I do recommend this, but with the caveat that the 2nd
act is little less compelling than the first.
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About the Author:
Victoria Denault loves long walks on the beach, cinnamon dolce lattes and writing angst-filled romance. Before focusing on writing novels, Victoria was a journalist and a stand-up comic. She's also an avid hockey fan who cheers more than one team and has a thing for play-off beards. Victoria grew up in Montreal, Canada but has lived in many major cities across North America. She spent her childhood summers in Maine and adult summers in Spain. She’s now happily settled in Los Angeles with her husband and their two chubby Chihuahuas.
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