This was good and fun and dealt with longer term issues pretty well. I wouldn't mind having another story about the brother too

The gods know I love a good hockey romance, but who told them I'm also a sucker for a baking/cooking show? If you enjoyed Alexis Hall's Winner "Bakes All series" or Tessa Bailey's "Big Shots", this is a perfect mix of the 2! A curvy, self-confident FMC mixed with the oversized hockey "bad boy" who is actually just a misunderstood teddy bear make for a sweet and sexy duo.

Childhood friends discover their feelings for each other as they grow up. One is a sweet and gentle baker, while the other is a rough-and-tumble hockey player who puts on a tough act. They enter into a playful fake relationship, even though they both know they are meant to be together from the start. I love how this hot and steamy author captures the connection between them!

Thank you, Netgalley, the author, and Berkley Publishing for the gifted e-book! ❤️ #gifted. My review is comprised of my honest thoughts.

Read this book if you like: Dual pov, childhood friends, brother's best friend, forbidden romance

Obsessed! It was cute, sweet, funny, and sexy. I couldn't stop reading. The story was angsty and deep. The characters and story are so well done. I can't even explain how much I loved it.

Listen, I never said I was a hockey romance girly - but every time I read one, I squeal, get giddy, and end up loving it. And The Game Changer was no exception.

Typically, friends to lovers isn't my favorite, but throw in a brother's BFF trope and I was all in! For me, this was the perfect level of angst, so much great spice, and fun banter between our characters. I always love when a relationship is a bit forbidden and characters have to sneak around - and the sneaky always results in the best spicy scenes!

Overall, such a solid sports romance!

Also, the locker room scene?!? *drool*

This "falling for my best friend’s brother" romance is set in local to me Boston, and author Ferguson does the city and its climate and sports fanaticism proud. Delilah’s homegrown cooking show isn't generating interest, and is in danger of being canceled. Hockey star Ian Chase’s recent public breakup is bad PR for his nice guy persona. The baker and a hockey player join forces to boost ratings for her baking show and to make over his reputation. Delilah's had a crush on Ian forever (they've known each other since childhood), and she knows he’s off-limits as her brother's buddy; they just can’t help themselves in this sweet and spicy story.

Each character has ambition, gets support, and meets their goals in a very satisfying way. The flirty banter is fun, AND they communicate well; the pacing is quick, and the culinary details fun and delicious. This is a solid addition to the hockey romance ouevre, with slightly older characters and a real setting.

I received a free advance reader's review copy of #TheGameChanger via #NetGalley courtesy of Berkley.

This book was so fun! There was east coast hockey, baking, and fake dating. Delilah and Ian are fun characters, but it did feel like they fell in love too quickly. Almost felt like Delilah was thinking "Oh my childhood crush" and they didn't spend as much time getting to know each other as adults as they could've. The conflict also felt a little rushed at the end, but there was no act three breakup, which was amazing. Delilah's brother was a super fun side character that I honestly wish we had gotten more of.

I will read anything Lana Ferguson writes. The Game Changer pulled me out of a reading slump and I'm so glad I found myself in love with reading again!

Lana Ferguson's banter is absolutely unmatched, I know without a doubt that every time I pick up one of her books I am going to kick my feet and giggle!

This was a great, swoony hockey book!! I loved. I am so thankful for the opportunity to read it early!!

SO cute, but I felt like there was too much spice at times.
I will definitely recommend for anyone looking for a sports romance or looking for something with a lot of spice.

Lana Ferguson’s The Game Changer was absolutely adorable. I loved the banter between characters, the relationships they had with each other, and the storyline as well. There is nothing better than a “don’t date the best friend’s kid sister” trope.

This was cute, but kind of just meh after reading some others. It felt like and now they're together the end.

Brothers best friend AND fake dating??? Sign me up!!! I’ve enjoyed Lana Ferguson’s work previously so I knew I’d be a fan of THE GAME CHANGER as soon as I read the synopsis. I love a hockey romance and the twist on this one was perfectly done! Overall I thought this book was ann adorable, funny, quick read. The childhood friends element added so much depth to an otherwise unproblematic relationship. I loved that there was no 3rd act breakup and LOVED the ending! Perfectly spicy and sweet.

Sweet and fun and Lana Ferguson shows in this that Romance books can in fact be freed from the shackles of the third act breakup when it's not needed!

A quick and fun spicy read! i book was overall really easy to read but the repeating of the pet names got to be a bit much after a while. i love the sports romance x baking show combo, that was fun and new!!

I liked this but didn't love it. Honestly it was a little to spicey for me but that's just my opinion.

I just love Lana and her stories so much! This book had me hooked from the very first sentence!

If I could rate this book more than 5 stars I totally would. A MUST READ!!!

Loved this one! Holy hell was it steamy, too. It felt very sex positive, which I am always a fan of. Delilah’s character was a bit off to me but I can’t put my finger on why. I also couldn’t get over that her last name was Baker and she was a baker, drove me nuts lol.

Lana has a way with writing that if you're reading her book, you get sucked in and it won't let you go until you're finished. And even though you're completely satisfied, you still want more because it's LANA and her books are pure gold.

We got: Childhood friends to lovers, fake dating, sports romance, brother's best friend, age gap, no third act breakup, and more.

This book was so good! Ian and Delilah were so good together and the chemistry was off the rails. I love a good fake dating stick and this one lived up to my expectations. Ian's healing arch was well-done too. I was very surprised by the plot twist! I also loved Jack (and I'm fervently hoping he gets his own book.) ALSO THE SHOWER SCENE.

That is all. You should def read this!