Monday, January 6, 2025

Sookh Kaur: Breaking Away

Sookh Kaur show the best way to get back at an ex, go after their NHL rival:

Kavi's Fiancé, Tyler, was just knocked to the ice by his rival Dmitri Lokhov and all Kavi wants to do is make sure that Tyler was okay. When Kavi finds out that Dmitri went after Tyler for comments that he made about her, she knows that she cannot stay with Tyler and breaks off their engagement. Kavie feels not only hurt by betrayed as well, and what better way to get back at him by fake dating his rival, Dmitri.

I really enjoyed this book it was super cute, and Kaur had me invested in her characters right away. Was there anything new about this story, did Kaur add anything to the genre? Other than Kavi being Punjabi (I have not read a hockey romance that had a female lead of color in general, but I have not read a lot of them, so that fact may just be me), No, but Kaur gets the story right in having a broody MMC and a FMC who is trying to better herself and not put up with her ex BS. There is some steaminess in the book as well, but I found it went well with the story Kaur was telling and fit what was occurring at the time and didn’t just come out of nowhere.

This one has quite a few tropes that I am sure those who love the sports romance genre will enjoy, as stated we have the broody MMC, touch her and die, ex-finance's rival, roommates and fake dating / miscommunication.

I'll be the first to admit that i love a broody MMC and Dmitri is all kinds of broody, but when Kavi makes him smile that is when you see the true him. For me personally I was all about Kavi in this story. Her struggles not only with her ex but her family as well, and them not being able to see her potential. I love that Kavi is looking to better her life after being told it is okay to just be on the sidelines. No one should ever be in the sidelines of their own story.

The miscommunication trope not my favourite, I just want people to be able to talk and I find in most books that employ this trope the miscommunication goes on for way way way too long that I end up not enjoying the book. However, it did not annoy me as much in this book as it has in others. I think this was due to their circumstances of their relationship and Dmitri wanting to respect Kavi and the major life choice that she made, choosing to put herself first.

I really enjoyed this book and my time with Kavi and Dmitri. I hope that Kaur decides to make this book a series and feature more players from the Vancouver team, I know i would read them.

Enjoy!!!

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