Thank you for the ARC :)
I was excited to read this but it ended up just not being for me. The beginning was really confusing for someone who didn't read her other books and felt overwhelmed by all the characters and then the rest just kind of felt flat. That being said, there were still cute moments, it just wasn't my favorite.

3.75 stars— thank you S&S Canada and NetGalley for this eArc! I enjoyed Icebreaker (4 stars) by the same author and was interested in this follow-up book. If you’re a fan of the fluffy romance content of Hannah Grace, this one delivers just that. I only ranked it slightly lower than her first book just because I thought Russ and Aurora’s relationship was almost too sweet with their instant attraction. I preferred the banter from Nate and Stasis in Icebreaker. I thought that the first half was great but by the second half, I started to lose interest in the characters. There’s the interesting factor of the forbidden romance and forced proximity tropes, but I felt like as individual characters, I wasn’t that invested in them. Rory definitely shined brighter for me though. The end felt a bit rushed with some forced conflict between the two but I liked how the family conflicts wrapped up by the end. I felt like I spotted one or two grammatical errors or missing words but other than that, I liked that there were many characters in the friend group of different races and sexual orientations/ communities I was apart of!

This was fun! Icebreaker was such a fun and fluffy read and I totally expected this to be the same and it definitely delivered. I really liked the characters in this, as well as the cute camp setting. Everything felt intentional and really sweet. I loved the romance within and how multi-dimensional the characters felt.

I hate when spicy reads have adorable and innocent looking covers. I didn’t get very far before this became too much

After finishing Icebreakers and loving the story, I was so happy to find out that Hannah Grace was coming out with a new book! It lived up to expectations and I’m always a sucker for hockey romances 🥰

Honestly, I'm not sure how I've survived up until this point in my romance-reading life without Hannah Grace. In the past, I've been concerned about reading romance about university-aged people (because I'm a lot older than that LOL!), but Hannah finds a way to make it work-- and work perfectly!

Wow, I absolutely loved this book 5/5 stars! I was sucked in from the very beginning and I just couldn’t put it down. I thought that Russ and Aurora were super cute together but hands down Russ was my favourite character in the book. I really liked his character in Icebreaker so I was really looking forward to reading Wildfire. Wildfire is book 2 in the Maple Hills series. I have read both books in the series and I have thoroughly enjoyed them both. I can’t wait for the next book in the series to come out. This book is released October 3, 2023. Thank you to Hannah Grace, Simon & Schuster Canada and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.

I love how Hannah Grâce writes her characters. They feel like real people making mature real people choices. Different from a lot of other romance books, the two characters rarely fight with each other and if they do, they quickly make up. It’s more them against the world, which I love.