I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. This book was similar to every other hockey book that I have read in the past.

I would've probably picked this book up anyway, because I liked other books by this author. But seeing Joshua Jackson listed as one of the narrators bumped this one up to the top of my TBR. Thank god he and the female narrator did a good job too, or I would've been so disappointed.

As for the story itself, this book packed a lot in. There were some heavier topics, but also plenty of room for lighter moments and some excellent banter. The main characters had great chemistry together, but I like that they were also interesting by themselves.

My only real complaint is the third-act breakup. It came so late into the story, and the lead-up to it was so contrived and stupid. It really did knock this from a 5 to a 3.5 for me (rounded up to 4 because of Joshua Jackson).

First of all, please get Joshua Jackson to narrate more romances. I really liked his voice. I also LOVED that they each spoke for themselves and didn't have him impersonating a woman's voice.

The story itself was super sweet. I love that they both cared about each other and wanted to do the right thing for his daughter enough to screw up their relationship. They were great together and I really loved it.

I was never given this book and was not able to download it until after it had been archived. I wish I had been able to listen because it seems like a fun one!
Thank you!

This book was cute. I did not hate it or love it. It was so-so for me. The main characters were so different, but when they came together it was fun. However, I was not sold on their romance. It seemed to make a better friendship than relationship. Overall, this book wasn't extremely memorable, but if someone asked me if they should read it, I'd tell them to give it a go.

I liked the broad storyline of the characters meeteing and buildng a relationships butt he back story taht created theconflict, was not for me.

4.5⭐️ Canadian Boyfriend was such a cute hockey romance! I just loved the heroine, Rory, so much, and thought she was a great character learning to find her voice. With themes of self-discovery, grief, and healing, it was such a sweet story.

🎧I loved the dual audio narration, performed by my childhood crush, (Pacey) Joshua Jackson, and Emily Ellet.

*many thanks to Forever, Hachette Audio and Netgalley for the gifted copy for review.

I loved this one so much. Literally it was so so good. It had me swooning and I probably finished it with in a day.. my ears were hurting from having the earbuds in for so long.

Rom com perfection at its finest right here. I loved that it therapy rep, widow, the FMC pretty much kept to herself., grief rep.. my only con would be the repeated use of Mike Martin the MMC FULL name, that kinda drove me batty but the book was so good I just rolled my eyes and kept on listening.

The narrator did a fantastic job and loved how she brought the whole story to life.

5/5 stars

*3.5 stars*
Canadian Boyfriend was such a great listen. I loved the narrators! Their voices fit this story so well.

These characters were easy to love and feel for. Aurora’s growth and character development is very realistic. It didn’t feel rushed for the sake of the story. I enjoyed how positively therapy is portrayed in this book! It’s always nice to read a book that shines light on therapy. I do think that Mike overreacted at the end. I feel like the story didn’t need that part, but it was wrapped up pretty fast.

The northern lights part was so sweet. I really enjoyed it. Every character was very well written, but I loved Olivia! Especially, her struggles with grieving. It was a very realistic portrayal of a young girl who lost her mother.

Overall, I enjoyed this book. Would definitely recommend for a quick, entertaining read. Thanks NetGalley and Hachette Audio for the early listening copy! All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This audiobook was everything. EVERYTHING. Joshua Jackson as my middle age hockey playing main character in Minnesota is giving me grown up mighty ducks vibes. He reads audiobooks as well as he acts. And I give his performance 5/5! The female narrator was a hit as well. I thought the conflict in the story seemed a bit overworked, it didn’t seem as big of a deal as it was made out. But it’s fiction! Great book, great narration. I’ve already recommended it to friends!

thank you to netgalley for the advanced reading copy. I really enjoyed this and will be getting copies for my shop.

Jenny Holiday has a natural way for making you fall for her characters! CANADIAN BOYFRIEND was sweet and sexy but also a heartfelt story that made me care for the characters as if I personally knew them. The way in which Aurora and Mike connected, how their relationship grew, was just perfection.

This book certainly packed a lot in, from fun tropes to heavier topics. I think overall the author did a great job at giving us depth, delving into hard topics in a real and relatable way, and still making us cheer for that happily ever after.

Great chemistry, great banter and a fun ride! And on the plus side, the audiobook being narrated by Joshua Jackson was a treat. It needs to be repeated. :)

This was such an empowering emotional story.
It was such a wonderful story that pulls you right in and has you invested fully into Aurora and Mike’s lives.
Both Aurora & Mike have emotional trauma that they are trying to recover from.
This was full of healing, forgiveness, boundaries, compassion and love.
I adored the build up, how they slowly helped each other tear down walls that had been erected to protect, they were safe spaces. I love how it approached two very different types of trauma and they were weaved seamlessly into the story.
I loved Olivia, she was such a raw and real character too.
This had me feeling all the feels.

Thank you to NetGalley and Hachette Audio for the ALC! I had been interested in previous Jenny Holiday books, but this was my first time reading one of her books and I was SO impressed.

Both of the main characters are realized, dynamic and relatable. The relationship between them felt so natural and I loved them together.

All of the heavier topics and emotions were handled extremely well, a man who goes to therapy and understands his privilege?! Incredible. The spice was fine, but I loved the characters so much that I wanted more. This was such an amazing read and Joshua Jackson killed it with the narration.

I read it as an ebook and loved it. Audiobooks are usually not my thing, I find it hard to concentrate and follow the story if I only listen to it and don't read it with my eyes.
What tempted me to try this audio was the male narrator. I had such a crush on Pacey as a teenager :)
Anyway, I listened to most of the audio and found it quite good. Knowing what happens I did manage to follow along more easily.
Overall, a lovely romance both in ebook and audio that I highly recommend.

I loved the narrators! I was enjoying the plot, but I had to stop reading/listening at 17% due to the continual use of the full name “Mike Martin.”

DNF @ 54%

It really says a lot when you're SUPER excited for an audiobook and then it's like pulling teeth to make yourself read it.
And, I must say, the narrators are the ONLY reason that I made it as far as I did. Joshua Jackson should really try to read something else, because I was HERE FOR IT. And I truly enjoyed that neither narrator had to try to do a voice for the opposite gender - as it was read by, what seemed to be, a full cast.

This book had the promise of a cute premise: running into the boy you used as the inspiration for your fake high school boyfriend later in life? Like - what are the odds!? So I was really excited to see how Holiday would take that and run away with it. As I was reading, though, I found it hard to get into the story. And, honestly, the breaks where the diary entries were took me out of the narrative - which was probably the opposite of their intended purpose.

Once I realized I knew exactly what the third-act breakup would be, and it made no sense to me, I knew I had to DNF, and I don't regret it.
You might like this one - but it didn't work for me.

If you do go for, I highly recommend the audio!

Do yourself a favor and listen to this one! The narrators are Emily Ellet AND….Joshua Jackson. That’s right Joshua Jackson, Pacey Whitter or as someone of a certain age knows Mighty Duck himself Charlie Conway. Anyway, a hockey romance narrated by Joshua Jackson? Talk about perfect casting!
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Aurora spent her high school days as a ballerina and her free time working at Mall of America. When she meets a handsome hockey player from Canada she gets an idea. She met him for all of five minutes but she created a fake boyfriend as an excuse to cover her social awkwardness and perfect way out of social activities.
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Fast forward years later Aurora is now a dance teacher somehow teaching none other than pro hockey player, Mike’s daughter. Mike, the hockey player she met in the mall all those years ago. Fate brought these two together. This was a delightful romance that had me rooting for them.
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Huge thank you to @hachetteaudio and @netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
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After really enjoying my arc of Jenny Holiday’s Canadian Boyfriend I saw the news that Joshua Jackson would be narrating Mike Martin’s part in the audiobook. And then I saw the arc offer and jumped on it. And now I have mixed feelings about it.

I’ll start with what I liked. I liked, really liked, the duet format. I want more of this please. It is imperfect, you could really tell at times that the dialogue was recorded at different times and probably different spaces, but life is imperfect and I liked the format enough to tolerate the sounds differences. I thought Emily Ellet did a great job narrating Aurora and the other women and girls’ voices.

I thought Joshua Jackson was mostly fine. He has a lovely voice. It’s warm and charming. I could listen to him all day. I might have liked his performance better if I hadn’t already read the book and formed some definite ideas about Mike. My biggest problem was that in moments when I thought he should be going big with emotions he stayed calm. He didn’t give Mike much of an emotional range, which made me like Mike less. Canadian Boyfriend gets into some very sticky power dynamics territory and I found myself having a harder time with Mike’s behavior as narrated by Joshua Jackson than I did when I was the one interpreting him in my head.

I still enjoyed it, I mostly enjoyed Joshua Jackson as a narrator, and I would love to see more duet narrations.

I saw the title Canadian Boyfriend so of course I was interested to read this book! And one of the narrators is Joshua Jackson! Amazing! I listened to the audiobook and it was really cute. Both narrators, Joshua Jackson and Emily Ellet were great. It was so cute how Mike was a hockey player from Winnipeg whose Dad owns a Tim Hortons. I appreciated the content warning at the beginning of the book. This book does deal with disordered eating and grief. I liked the dual POV and emphasis on therapy for both of them to deal with each of their issues. There is a nice mention of Vancouver! And the part about how to order at Tim’s was really fun! Note there is some spice in this book.