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A review by jg1987
Power Plays & Straight A's by Eden Finley, Saxon James
4.0
4 Stars
[b:Power Plays & Straight A's|56319057|Power Plays & Straight A's (CU Hockey #1)|Eden Finley|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1608210347l/56319057._SX50_.jpg|81898788]is the first book in the CU Hockey series by [a:Eden Finley|15036279|Eden Finley|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1520859183p2/15036279.jpg] and [a:Saxon James|19404191|Saxon James|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1576580234p2/19404191.jpg]. Both authors are new to me, which always makes me a bit nervous so this sat on my To Be Read shelf for a little while. I also was hesitant because although the book checked off a lot of my favorite themes: hockey, college, virgins, etc., for some reason the summary also had my cheesiness meter on high alert. I decided to take a chance and am so pleased I did, because this book was exactly what I was hoping for. Foster was confident and levelheaded, but never rude or reckless. And Zach was nerdy and awkward, but in an endearing way, not a naïve and gullible. I liked how the relationship developed over the school year and banter between the two MCs was cute and fun, much how you would expect a relationship between college sweethearts to be. There wasn’t any excessive drauma and the conflicts were realistic and manageable. I also quite enjoyed how patient Foster was with Zach having so much less sexual experience. Seeing Zach being shy and awkward added to the realism and ended up just making it hotter. Overall, my worries were for naught, since this book not even close to being cheesy and the authors did an excellent job. I’m totally sold on this series and I am looking forward to the next.
[b:Power Plays & Straight A's|56319057|Power Plays & Straight A's (CU Hockey #1)|Eden Finley|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1608210347l/56319057._SX50_.jpg|81898788]is the first book in the CU Hockey series by [a:Eden Finley|15036279|Eden Finley|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1520859183p2/15036279.jpg] and [a:Saxon James|19404191|Saxon James|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1576580234p2/19404191.jpg]. Both authors are new to me, which always makes me a bit nervous so this sat on my To Be Read shelf for a little while. I also was hesitant because although the book checked off a lot of my favorite themes: hockey, college, virgins, etc., for some reason the summary also had my cheesiness meter on high alert. I decided to take a chance and am so pleased I did, because this book was exactly what I was hoping for. Foster was confident and levelheaded, but never rude or reckless. And Zach was nerdy and awkward, but in an endearing way, not a naïve and gullible. I liked how the relationship developed over the school year and banter between the two MCs was cute and fun, much how you would expect a relationship between college sweethearts to be. There wasn’t any excessive drauma and the conflicts were realistic and manageable. I also quite enjoyed how patient Foster was with Zach having so much less sexual experience. Seeing Zach being shy and awkward added to the realism and ended up just making it hotter. Overall, my worries were for naught, since this book not even close to being cheesy and the authors did an excellent job. I’m totally sold on this series and I am looking forward to the next.