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Novel: 214pgs
3.5 Pants Off
Blurb: After an explosive locker room confrontation with his Russian rival ends in the most intense sex of his life, American pairs skater Dev Avira is distracted to say the least. He’s worked for years to have a chance at Olympic gold, and he can’t let himself—or his partner—down. Playing cat and mouse with the steely and smoldering Mikhail Reznikov is the last thing he needs as he prepares for the biggest competition of his life, but they can’t keep their hands off each other as the Games approach.
Dev soon learns that beneath Mikhail’s arrogant and aloof exterior is Misha, a passionate man who warms Dev’s heart and scorches his bed. They’re both determined to win, but for Misha his freedom could be at stake if he and his partner take anything less than gold. Who will stand atop the podium? And can secret lovers from different worlds make a life together once the competition ends?
This gay sports romance from Keira Andrews features enemies to lovers, two alpha men, sequins, and of course a happy ending. Content previously published as novellas Cold War and Holding the Edge.
Review
Causing An Ice Melting
I’ve
only read one Keira Andrew’s book previously and really liked it, so
when I saw there was a figure skating romance being offered up by the
author I had to jump on (Yuri on Ice feels anyone). This is also a
enemies (rivals) to lovers story. Let’s just say, I don’t understand how
they even had ice to skate on because things were hot, hot, hawt!
Dev wants to be a champion on the ice, he wants the gold for him and his partner but theres a team stopping him from achieving his dream and it’s the Russians. The team also has Mikhail Reznikov, colder than the ice he skates on and crazy beautiful. Dev is feeling things he shouldn’t and his eyes should be on the prize and not gloriousity that is Mikhail’s ass. When an angry encounter leads to some mutual getting off, Dev has more to worry about than winning a competition he now has to protect his heart from the cold.
Mikhail is seen as cold and aloof
and he’s accepted that. He’s got a job to do and that’s winning gold at
the olympics. Its not that he wants to win its that he needs to win at
all cost. He has no love for skating anymore, its become a way to keep
his family safe to keep himself safe but Dev Avira has come and put a chink in his plan. Their chemistry is molten and Mikhail is putting all that he is in jeopardy but staying away from Dev is impossibly hard. He makes him need!
The
book is broken down in two parts and honestly I liked the first part a
lot more. It had intensity, excitement, and a taste of the forbidden. Dev
and Misha are fighting an attraction that neither of them needs, but
the chemistry is so delicious and risks behind it is all so
electrifying. I loved their coming together and the apprehension that
Dev faces knowing that his ass and mind should be on the ice and not on
Misha (easier said than done).
The second part, while alright is not without it's faults. This is where the story hit a plateau for me. There was all this excitement in the first part and the second became a repetitive storyline about why they shouldn’t be together. The
sex, sizzling but that dirty talk got me feeling some sort of way. Like
some badly produced porn with dialogue, I could not deal. I was all “no
more talkie, please no more talkie”. I
was all on board for them having their happy ending, but the balance
was off and by the end their I was just waiting for it to be over.
Overall,
I liked the story. In the beginning I was loving the story, loving the
figure skating just loving it all but by the end there it was falling
apart for me. The conflict was dragged out and then came together with an anti-climatic reveal. So this one was just an alright read for me, sucks cus I really dig the figure skating.
SideNote- Big applause for representation. It is great o see a person of colour on the cover and also represented in the book.
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