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Tempest by Alison Rhymes
4.0
4⭐️
I am just really loving the way that Alison writes. It pulls you in & you can’t help but fall in love with her characters.
This one follows Gavin, a single dad hockey star & Odette, a fashion designer turned student mentor. These two meet when they’re freshly graduated high school students & have a summer fling. When some *circumstances* happen, their fling ends & we get a time jump 20 years later where these two get their second chance together.
Now, this one might ruffle some feathers ppl. While it has all of the workings to be amazing, the characters might make you kind of mad. Gavin ghosts Odette without explanation, married someone else, had a child then divorces & this is where the story picks up. In the last 20 years both characters have been with other people, made names for themselves, AND also secretly harbored these feelings & never let them go. PLUS, Odette is still sleeping with other people after the 2 become reacquainted. But honestly I loved it all 🤷🏼♀️ it worked for the story when in other instances it wouldn’t have.
I personally wanted a bit more angst with this book, I don’t know that anything will beat Rainfall for me. But I did love that we got cameos from both Rainfall & Flurry. Those were so fun, as well as the bonus Rainfall chapter!!!!
I loved that the characters were older & more established. It added an element to the story I don’t always get to enjoy. The hockey was so fun & I loved the moments the team was giving him advice on his relationship. I loved the single dad moments & how Tori and Odette got to form a relationship beyond what you’d normally see in a single parent romance. GIVE ME A TORI & ANOTHER SEATTLE BLADE PLAYER ROMANCE—plz Alison. I’m begging you 🤣
🎧 the audiobook was fantastic! Narrated in duel narration by Maxine Mitchell & Teddy Hamilton you can’t really go wrong. These two together are straight magic. 👏🏼👏🏼 5/5🎙️ no notes.
👠read if you love 🏒
•single dad
•hockey
•second chance romance
•found family
•spice! 3.5/5🔥
I am just really loving the way that Alison writes. It pulls you in & you can’t help but fall in love with her characters.
This one follows Gavin, a single dad hockey star & Odette, a fashion designer turned student mentor. These two meet when they’re freshly graduated high school students & have a summer fling. When some *circumstances* happen, their fling ends & we get a time jump 20 years later where these two get their second chance together.
Now, this one might ruffle some feathers ppl. While it has all of the workings to be amazing, the characters might make you kind of mad. Gavin ghosts Odette without explanation, married someone else, had a child then divorces & this is where the story picks up. In the last 20 years both characters have been with other people, made names for themselves, AND also secretly harbored these feelings & never let them go. PLUS, Odette is still sleeping with other people after the 2 become reacquainted. But honestly I loved it all 🤷🏼♀️ it worked for the story when in other instances it wouldn’t have.
I personally wanted a bit more angst with this book, I don’t know that anything will beat Rainfall for me. But I did love that we got cameos from both Rainfall & Flurry. Those were so fun, as well as the bonus Rainfall chapter!!!!
I loved that the characters were older & more established. It added an element to the story I don’t always get to enjoy. The hockey was so fun & I loved the moments the team was giving him advice on his relationship. I loved the single dad moments & how Tori and Odette got to form a relationship beyond what you’d normally see in a single parent romance. GIVE ME A TORI & ANOTHER SEATTLE BLADE PLAYER ROMANCE—plz Alison. I’m begging you 🤣
🎧 the audiobook was fantastic! Narrated in duel narration by Maxine Mitchell & Teddy Hamilton you can’t really go wrong. These two together are straight magic. 👏🏼👏🏼 5/5🎙️ no notes.
👠read if you love 🏒
•single dad
•hockey
•second chance romance
•found family
•spice! 3.5/5🔥