Consider Me Special Edition

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I’m not a mission, nor am I looking to be the next girl pictured in the news getting down and dirty with Captain Syphilis over there. Becka loves writing swoon-worthy romance with relatable and lovable characters, loads of humor, and a healthy dose of drama while on the way to a happily ever after. Women throw themselves at him and he doesn’t mind saying yes but he makes it clear he doesn’t do sleepovers and he never gives out his number. I know Rachel Reid and Taylor Fitzpatrick (who wrote one of my all-time favorite hockey love stories—although I don’t think it qualifies as a true “romance”—THROWN OFF THE ICE) are Canadian.

If you're a Librarian and want to process requests, please refer to our Librarian Manual to ensure edits are performed in line with Goodreads policies. The article in the Atlantic listed it as having the second whitest fan base of the other popular team sports I listed (I don’t count NASCAR as a team sport, but it was the only whiter one than hockey; I was shocked that even the fandom of golf is more diverse). Therefore my focus was on ratings and game attendance in the US, which is where these leagues make the lion’s share of their profits (these profits being a big factor in what kind of salaries athletes can demand).The characters in this novel bring life and heart to this story, each with a distinct voice and personality. He's so unrealistic it's almost laughable, and yet, I still loved every single second of this book and will highly recommend it to anyone who will listen. Re MLB, my guess is that if you look at the fanbase globally instead of just the US, it’ll be much more diverse. Either way, I’m thankful for his warning, because the second we sit, a girl throws herself in my lap. Olivia’s friendship with Cara is solid, ride-or-die and also funny, and I loved Olivia’s interactions with her brother and his wife and children too.

I do want to note that while MLB doesn’t have many Black players, around 30% are from Latin America, which is a far greater proportion than what you’ll find in the NFL/NBA/NHL and possibly more than MLS has, too. My world only spins so beautifully because of the way you’ve opened my heart and made me feel like myself again.The desirability of a central male character doesn’t always have to be stressed to the same degree in a YA (it’s not always a big part of what the reader will zero in on), and even when it does, it’s usually not framed in a “marriage material” / “eligible bachelor” way, so how popular a sport played by a main character who is also an athlete is, or how much money that character earns from their sporting career is isn’t as crucial either, unless that’s a primary focus of the plot. So when I leave Chicago for some peace and quiet, the last thing I expect is for a gorgeous woman to literally fall into my lap on the flight. She’s rolling over in the middle of the night, pulling that warm body into yours and curling around it, and everything’s just right.

He doesn’t plan on giving it up, however if he wants to keep playing hockey, he’ll need all of his limbs. The first part of the book is him chasing her, her rebuffing him, them being thrown together by friends who, for reasons, suddenly think it’s a great idea they get together and him realising just who she is to him. It wasn't until the unexpected loss of her brother that Becka finally decided to put pen to paper and pursue her dream, because she knew life was too short to live it any other way. I know it’s soon, but I don’t need time to tell me what I already know, that a forever with you can’t come soon enough. But that’s still less diverse than the NBA, the WNBA, the NFL, and yes, the MLS, which apparently has 60% athletes of color (surprising, given the number of white parents enrolling their kids in soccer).I gather that you got your start in fan fiction and/or on Wattpad and there’s a sense here of that feels-based episodic story common to those platforms. Favourite authors include Mary Balogh, Susanna Kearsley, Joanna Bourne, Tammara Webber, Kristen Ashley, Shannon Stacey, Sarah Mayberry, JD Robb/Nora Roberts, KA Mitchell, Marie Sexton, Patricia Briggs, Ilona Andrews, just to name a few. However she is his best friend’s little sister, and no one’s been quite as off limits as Jennie Beckett is to him. I generally scroll past them so that I can get to the Author’s Afterword or Acknowledgments because I like to read those too and they seem to be placed after all the extra stuff. Olivia Parker isn’t new to professional hockey players, thanks to her best friend’s boyfriend, but she has no interest in dating one herself – no matter how hot he is.

I have enjoyed some a lot (I’m counting the days until our review of The Long Game runs), even though I have no interest whatsoever in hockey outside of my romance reading. He’s a smooth talker but what in his past would cause her to believe he’s after more than just one thing from her? By almost all metrics, hockey, though not a piddly sport, also isn’t the powerhouse sport that the romance industry would have you believe it is. I for one would love a niche sports anthology and I can’t believe nobody has done one as an Olympic tie-in). But I can’t think of any book about skiing and considering that among winter sports it is pretty popular, that’s really surprising.

Becka delivers a novel that starts as just a fun and spicy friends with benefits situation that soon becomes a tear jerking and heartwarming romance between two soulmates. I’d also add that being a high profile sport but not as popular as other major sports may make it easier to fictionalize – readers might not be as familiar with it, so there’s more room for creative license without choosing a more niche sport that doesn’t appeal to as many readers. This is a hilarious and laugh out loud read, sure to have you grinning like an idiot the entire time.