I'm Your Guy: Hockey Guys, Book 2

This book is, so far, my favorite in the series. I just loved Tommaso so much. His character is really strong, and even though he has his flaws and struggles, he is still incredibly caring toward his family and friends. He just wants to be the best at playing hockey and make his mom proud.🥹🤍 Carter is full of energy and spark. I really liked that he didn’t change who he was throughout the story and stayed true to himself. He also found the courage to move forward after his ex and a client ruined his life.😒 These two really needed to find each other when they did. Their chemistry was clear from the beginning, but it was so lovely to watch them grow more confident and comfortable with each other because they both needed someone rooting for them❤️. I felt like Tommaso was very lonely and needed Carter’s spark to realize that he could aspire for more and overcome the people from his past. I really loved how Carter encouraged him to take control of his life and choose what he truly wanted for himself. The story was really well written, and of course the heated moments were great, but for me the best part was watching them fall in love and find themselves again while facing the storm together🥹🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

I liked this a lot more than the first book in this series. The relationship between Tommaso and Carter started out as a business one which quickly turns to friendship. They find each other attractive but Tom is still not able to fully embrace his queerness and Carter has been out and proud his whole life. I liked how Tom didn’t struggle long once he decided Carter was worth it. He owned his feelings and wanted to be all in. Carter had more hesitation, which made sense since he’d been burned before. I do have to say that for as much as I am enjoying this series there isn’t that much representation of Black characters or characters from other countries, which hockey has many. I hope we see more because this just doesn’t feel authentic and I don’t feel comfortable reading about white, American men all the time. That’s not what the hockey world is about. Granted there aren’t as many Black players but there are many from other countries such as Russia or even Canada. I do have to point out, as a Jersey Girl, that Toms River doesn’t have an apostrophe. I grew up there and that was a huge no!!!! Also I think disco fries are a north Jersey thing, they aren’t a Jersey Shore thing. They could be different now because I haven’t lived there for a bit but it didn’t feel authentic to me. That’s from my personal experience. I do wish the sex scenes weren’t almost fade to black. I thought the first time they had penetrative sex there would be a scene that described emotions and how much…