When the two are forced to teach a skating class to save the rink, Lia’s not sure she’ll survive the pressure of Nationals and Pierce’s ego. Not only can’t he remember her name, he signed her bottle of water like she was one of his groupies. Ugh.
But if there’s one thing Lia knows better than figure skating, it’s hockey. Hoping to take his ego down a notch—or seven—she logs into his team website under an anonymous name to give him pointers on his less-than-stellar playing.
Turns out, Pierce isn’t arrogant at all. And they have a lot in common. Too bad he’s falling for the anonymous girl online. No matter how much fun they’re starting to have in real life, she’s afraid he’s going to choose fake-Lia over the real one…(Pub Date: Oct 10, 2016)
Review based on an ARC provided by Netgalley. I want to also thank the publisher for giving me this opportunity.
A cute romance with complicating factors such as a secret online identity.
Actual rating is 3.5.
Lia is so angry at Pierce for not helping at the class they were supposed to teach together, that when she learns about his loss at the hockey, she can't help but use her secret knowledge to anonymously point out his mistakes online. However, the online Pierce has the opposite effect on her feelings, and it's hard being face-to-face with his real life persona.
This is just the type of YA romance I love. Lia feels like a real character and Pierce is a great candidate for book boyfriend, so charming and charismatic. Although there were some partsin the beginning that had made me think I was going to get the good old main-character-hates-the-guy-and-gets-into-silly-arguments-for-every-little-thing, they moved on quickly.
Another plus is the family love here. So many details that kept charming me! Pierce cares a lot for his brother, who suffers from sensory processing disorder. I just melted during those scenes. And Lia is a pretty badass older sister, made me rethink the ways I have been a crappy one while growing up. I wish I had found her and learned from it back then. Also her relationship with her mother was pure win, I found the rule of having to show the cell phone when prompted very interesting—although I was thankful it wasn't really enforced during the story because that would be a teenager nightmare! And I digress.
If you like swooning over YA contemporary romances, this is the book for you. It really excels itself in what it does.There is some discussion on self-esteem that could be recommendable for teens as well but it's overall a romance. A sweet one.
I'll be looking forward to this author's next release, she has a good style.
Rating: 3 out of 5.
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