The Graham Effect

Zwei Hockeytalente und ein Deal, der alles verändert ... Gigi Graham hat drei Ziele: sich für die Eishockeynationalmannschaft der Frauen qualifizieren, olympisches Gold gewinnen und aus dem Schatten ihres berühmten Vaters treten. Dafür braucht Gigi Hilfe von Luke Ryder. Der neue Co-Kapitän des Hockeyteams musste mit seiner Mannschaft an die rivalisierende Briar University wechseln. Zu allem Übel hinterlässt Luke auch noch einen schlechten Eindruck bei Hockeylegende Garrett Graham, Gigis Vater. Also erklärt Luke sich bereit, Gigi zu helfen, in die Nationalmannschaft zu kommen, wenn sie ein gutes Wort für ihn bei ihrem Vater einlegt. Und obwohl die beiden ihre Beziehung professionell halten wollen, wird die Spannung zwischen ihnen immer stärker ...

This one caught me by surprise. I was not expecting them to actually do it. They had joked about it but to think they actually did it.I know I'm getting repetitive at this point but I liked this book. I'm really enjoying this universe of books. Getting to see the next generation is also really fun. I was lowkey expecting more of the next generation but so far, we don't have much. The other two books in this series are unrelated to the previous generation aside from them being close to Gigi and then Wyatt gets his own book with Blake and the same for Bad Idea. Here's hoping we have more. And I am hoping we get one for Alex and Owen. That one was an interesting plot point. I wish there had been more than what we got. Owen seemed hooked but said Alex would get bored of him. I want to see him proven wrong.Seeing Garrett as a protective father for both of his kids was so funny, even if he did come off as an ass sometimes. But he's serious about hockey and his kids so Ryder sweeping in would have really ruffled him, especially with how their first impression went. Carma was ... a mistake. Kind of glad she wasn't around much.One of the things I love about this series is that there isn't any real jealousy. Aside from one moment with Dean, there's not even a thought that someone is cheating and even that moment was kind of iffy because they weren't really together yet and it didn't last long. Other than that, there was no real competition. The Chase had a bit of one but there was no real risk in that one.There's also not the usual third act separation in most of these books, which is another nice change of pace.The next book will apparently have a fake dating storyline. Always fun to see those go from fake to real.

I missed these characters and this world so much. I loved Gigi and Ryder!