Shots on Net (SCU Hockey Book 1)

Carter Morgan III hates everything about South Carolina University except for one thing: hockey. Unfortunately, his time at school and on the team is slowly coming to an end. He’d love nothing more than to play in the NHL, but he knows better than to get his hopes up. Zeke Cassidy needs a place to live. When he answers an advertisement for a roommate, he’s not sure what he is expecting except that it isn’t Carter Morgan III. Carter is unfriendly, aloof, and they have nothing in common; even so, the pair hit it off immediately and become friends Mulder knocked it out of the park with this one, let me tell you!! You see Carter in the third Offsides book, and he seems like he really needs a friend. He’s stand off-ish, a loner, and he just seems miserable- except when he’s playing hockey. I always knew there was more to him, and I loved that this book shows us that! Zeke is a good one. What I love the most about him right from the get go, is that even though Carter looks mean and unfriendly, Zeke gives him the benefit of the doubt and treats him with respect. I wish more people would be like that. I really loved watching their friendship blossom, how Carter slowly but surely opened up and allowed Zeke in. It was almost the classic “I hate everyone … but you,” except Carter doesn’t really hate everyone, he just is not super trusting when it comes to making new friends. When Carter is playing hockey, even just talking about it, he comes alive. He knows how lucky he is with…

Absolutely loved this book, its very low angst and has great Demi rep. I love that its not love at first sight like so many 1st books in a romance series seem to be lately and that they develop an actual relationship before jumping straight into bed together.

There's is good character development and I like the jock nerd dynamic. While low angst and heat stories are okay, that fact this one is pretty miniscule on both is a bit disappointing. I'm not saying it need to be pants off in chapter one, but when the heat does come I wish there was more passionate descriptions of emotions and body sensation. So I would say if you are someone who likes romance with little to no spicy scenes then you'll probably enjoy this book more than I did. I'm someone who is automatically sad when I get to the 60% mark of the book no one has even kissed yet :(