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#Review: *Fake Shot* - Julia Connors - ALC [18+]
4.3/5✨
3/5🌶️
[Pretty funny]

This is my first book by Julia Connors and I'm super grateful to her and Wordsmith Pr for accepting me to receive this ALC.

Jules was having a huge crush for his brother's best friend, Colt, since her teenage years. Even after years have passed, that crush is still there and impossible to dismiss. But Colt had never given her any signs that he feels the same. In fact, that was something he hidded way too well, because he definitely felt attracted to her but he knew better than that and he didn't want to break the promise he gave to her brother: to never touch her because he knew he was a player and didn't deserve her.
Keeping his promise will become even harder when he is forced to move in with her, after his place is ruined and where he definitely couldn't stay anymore.

Both Jules and Colt have some past issues which influenced their actual mental state. Jules did a pretty foolish mistake in Las Vegas, when she was younger. Since then, it's hard to trust herself anymore and she is working on fixing this with therapy. Colt had some things that happened in his past which made him fall in a spiral of one night stands. It was hard for him to trust someone else and let them in his heart. That's until the walls are crumbled down by Jules and either of them could resist the obvious attraction.

I liked that it wasn't focused only on the romance side, but also on them as individuals. The way they wanted to be better and help the people around them. The mental health was a also a sensitive part. Taking care of yourself is the main step before anything else.

It was a nice read, loving this forbidden love story. The hockey side was so much fun to follow, Colt being the goal keeper of the team. I'm looking forward to read other books by the author.

✨Tropes:
#ForbiddenLove
#BrothersBestFriend
#RoommatesToLovers
#ForcedProximity
#AgeGap
#FirstLove
#BoyObsessed
#SportsRomance
#Hockey