Book: Between the Pages and the Rink by Meadow Thompson
Reviewed by Amanda
Rating: 3.5/5
A romance author writing a hockey romance inside a hockey romance? Okay, you have my attention. I saw a surprising amount of myself in Fawn, right down to wishing summer would last forever and loving sunsets. I also appreciated seeing PCOS rep on the page.
My favorite part of the relationship was actually Dylan and Torin’s friendship. Give me grown men who can talk about what they’re feeling and take each other seriously. That did more for me than some of the big romantic moments, which felt a little rushed. I kept thinking, girl, we just got here. 😂
The writing was hit or miss for me. Some sentences pulled me out of the scene, and the romance got so sweet it started to feel a little gummy. I wanted more tension earlier so those big feelings had time to land. There was a quiet moment about grief late in the book that got me, though. It touched on something I believe about the people and pets we’ve lost, and it ended up being my favorite scene.