Heartbreak Hockey Book 0.5: Nerd Jock Hockey by S. Legend

 

Heartbreak Hockey Book 0.5

Ari Meyer is the most beautiful man I’ve ever seen, and I hate him for it.

Jocks like Ari Meyer don’t go for geeky nobodies like me. When he bats his dreamy eyes in my direction, I assume that it’s a prank. His fellow hockey goons wouldn’t hesitate to pick on the glasses-wearing nerd behind the concession stand, why should I expect differently from him?

I want it, though. I want him so fricking badly.

Is it really so far-fetched to think that the Adonis on hockey skates might be into me?

Irrationality prevails, and I find myself falling right into his beefy, hockey-stick-wielding arms. But it’s not that I don’t recover from rejection or heartbreak well. I don’t recover from it. Like, at all. It’s a monumentally bad idea to let myself have this much hope. What little self-esteem I have might never recover if this goes sideways. I’ll turn into one of those crotchety old men who yells at people to get off his lawn, bitter and alone.

Someone please tell me how to say no.

A sweet novella-length story set in the Heartbreak Hockey Universe, several years before book one, featuring these

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My Review: 5/5 Stars

A super sweet novella that takes place a while before the start of the series. The book follows Ari and Cody! Cody has had a crush on Ari for a while but in his insecurities he believes there is no way someone like Ari would go for him. But when Ari asks him out on a date, Cody is super surprised and also wary. He can’t seem to believe that Ari is serious. Which Ari can see and Ari knows he will have to work hard to prove himself. There is something about Cody that has grabbed Ari’s attention and won’t shake. That Meyer gene of his knows when you find that person, you won’t let them go. So Ari will win Cody’s heart. He just has to prove himself and show Cody just how serious he is about him. These two were so cute! Loved getting to know them and see how they got together. Makes me wish this world and I’m excited for the next one to come out soon!