I already read this book last fall when it first came out but I loved it so much I already wanted to read it again. But audiobooks are a plus especially during the summer when I don't have as much free time to sit down and read.
This is a hockey romance at it's best. The narration was great and I enjoyed every minute of this book. I love this series and am excited to read even more about the Applies hockey team and Harvest Hallow.

This has Gilmore girls meets never been kissed vibes. Definitely give it a listen!

Just perfection. The voices were spot on to what I envisioned for the characters. That doesn’t even begin to describe the plot. LoVeD it. Grumpy sunshine is one of my ultimate faves! Emma St. Clair really nailed it on this book.

Logan did NOT break Parker’s heart when they were teens — there was a 5 (?) year age gap between them as teenagers which is gross which is why he never liked her. He “ghosted” a minor. To make this seem like a second chance romance from the cover is weird. It was a one sided crush that apparently she still hasnt gotten over in 10 years? And she’s never kissed anyone? I’m scared for Logan!
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The book praises Parker for waiting until she’s 25 to kiss, which is whatever, but then they contrast her to women who wear certain clothes and makes statements like “while other girls were” intimate sooner than Parker decided to kiss. She gives self-aware “pick me”. Sooo quirky! BUT THEN they praise Logan for “never dating anyone” yet it’s alluded that he has casual sex. Double standards are icky.

Every cliche in the book. “I like her better with sweatpants and a dingy tee” type.

A low spice romance means that they don’t kiss until the end apparently!

I have yet to read an adult book that promises low spice that doesn’t feel like a book made for teens. I promise you we can have romance without spice that doesn’t feel juvenile. AND I PROMISE YOU we can have a brothers-best-friend trope without referring to “she felt like a sister to me!”

The characters were well written and had depth to them. That’s the only reason I finished the book.

Anyway, he audio quality were great and i loved the voice actors voices and execution of the characters. I don’t think I could have gotten through this book in paper format.

Thanks for this NetGalley and Victory Editing Co-op for this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

I listened to this as an audiobook and I loved the narrators! As always I love this series, if you’re looking for sweet, closed door romance, brother’s best friend, hockey romance…then this is the book for you! Seriously I always get through these books so fast!

This audiobook was SO cute. This is one of my favorite tropes- I can't seem to get enough of brother's best friend. I love when a grand gesture includes everyone in her life.

Fun clean romance book! If your looking for lots of spice this isn't for you but if you enjoy clean good hearted love story you wont regret reading.

3.5 stars. I think my expectations were a little off for this book. It's the first in the Sweater Weather series and I expected a very fall themed book. Thats not what this is. However, it is a really cute brother's best friend, hockey romance between Parker and Logan. Logan was Parker's brother's best friend growing up and despite a 4 year age difference, Parker had an intense crush because Logan showed her a lot of kindness. Now many years later, she is the social media manager for a minor league hockey team. He is a hockey player that played for the NHL but got sent down after he was in a fight. He's really grumpy and reserved, but when the 2 have to fake date, he starts to soften toward her. Of course the fake romance becomes real. It's sweet and fun but there are minimal fall vibes to be seen.

I loved this book! The whole series is amazing but this book is perfect for anyone who wants a clean sports romance with amazing banter and so many cute moments!

I listened to this in ONE night. Yes, I stayed up until 3:00 am listening. Yes, it was worth it.

I have never in my life thought I would read such a hot no kissing scene! WOAHAHHHHH hot isn't even the word. There wasn't any spice like I'm used to but the steam was a 5/5. The whole fake dating your brothers ex-best friend pulled me in from the very start.

I absolutely loved both Parker and Logan. I loved the growth in both of them both separately and together. They were meant to be without a doubt.

The narrators did a really good job. They brought out the raw emotion in every single character.

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I adored this story! I've read a few books by this author before, but not a lot. Since this was a hockey book, I didn't hesitate, I love a good sports romance. I had a smile on my face thru practically the whole book. It was so cute and sweet and honestly I almost didn't notice that it was clean. There was plenty of chemistry, and I swear, the buildup to the first kiss was so memorable and so different than other books. I enjoyed this one a lot, so cute and fun and a perfect light, happy read. The narrators both did a great job, I loved the female. She was so good woth showing emotions, and actually laughed,and she has the cutest giggle. I would listen to both of them anytime.

This was a great start to this series! It was a fun brothers best friend love story. The Appies hockey was a great backdrop and fun getting to know the players.

Just Don’t Fall is absolutely swoon worthy! I’m in my hockey romance era and jumped at the chance to read an ALC of this Savannah Bananas/Hockey mashup!

🏒 Professional Hockey
🍌 Savannah Bananas Vibes
📱 TikTok Videos
🫶 Brother’s Ex-Best Friend
😹 Hoot & a Half
💖 Romance
🥈 Second Chances
🚪 Closed Door
🎧 Duet Narration
💻 Social Media Manager

I really enjoyed Just Don’t Fall and am very excited to check out more books by Emma St. Clair! 📚

Method Read: 🎧
Emily Ellet & Jay Myers did a phenomenal job bringing the story to life!

Thank you NetGalley for the ALC!

Thankyou Netgalley and victory editing for an ARC audio copy of this book for an honest review.

10 years ago Parker's heart was broken when Logan Barnes unexplainably left her and her brothers life's. Now as an infamous NHL player with a bad boy reputation, he is getting over an injury, playing in the minor leagues. The Team that parker is now the social media manager of. They immediately recognise each other and rekindle their friendship.

Then they make a deal. Logan will pretend to be Parkers fake boyfriend at her fathers birthday gala, if Parker agrees to give him less social media exposure.

But how fake is this relationship? To Parker, who Logan likes to call Pete (*cute*), the relationship feels real, her feelings are definitely real but are the signals he's sending real?

This is a lovely cushy contemporary sports romance. Has all the steam! All the feelings! But with none of the smut. This would be perfect for teenagers, young adult or anyone not keen on smut. I am, unfortunately, a smut girl.

The characters are likable, relatable and funny. Logan turns from brooding bad boy to loveable cocker spaniel. Parker is fiery yet innocent girl next door.

I wish I had read the physical copy. I listened to this on audio book. The accents of the narrators Emily Ellot and Jay Myers kind of put me off.
I do struggle listening to audio books in different accents as it is but I am attempting to overcome this.
My biggest struggle was with the opposite sex voices in each POV. Jay Myers who read the part of Logan doing his pretentious girly voice very nearly put me off but I decided to power through because I was enjoying the story.

Overall I enjoyed the story. The characters are likeable. FMC is relatable, fiery and witty. The MMC hot and steamy with just enough drool factor. It was an easy listen whilst in a reading slump.

I would recommend this to...
Fans of...
Slow burn
Clean romance
Happy ever after
unrequited love
Brother best friend
Friends to lovers.
Fake boyfriend.

Young adult/teenager.

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Parker is the Social Media Manager for an AHL team called the Appies and doesn't that sound like the coolest job ever?! Parker loves her job, obviously, rallying the team to make viral videos and do all the silly dancing trends. The wrench in this all is that her childhood crush/brother's ex best friend is getting sent to the team from the NHL after an incident with a fan. She can handle it though, right?

Logan Barnes is headed to the AHL after an injury and an incident with a fan got him into trouble in the NHL. Not only is he being sent to the AHL he is going to have to confront the woman he ghosted years ago.

I enjoyed reading Logan and Parkers story. Hockey, second chances, silly tiktok trends...this book is great! Highly recommend it. If you like a good hockey romance then you'll enjoy this one! This is a clean romance. Do not come here looking for spice and then complain when there isn't any.

Thank you to NetGalley and Victory Editing NetGally Co Op for the opportunity to read and review this book.

𝐀𝐋𝐂 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 - 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐃𝐎𝐍'𝐓 𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐋
𝚂𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚆𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 #𝟷
ʀᴀᴛɪɴɢ: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗶𝗮 #NETGALLEY
⏳ 𝟬𝟵𝗛 𝟭𝟲𝗠
🎙️ 𝗘𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁 & 𝗝𝗮𝘆 𝗠𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀

🍂𝙲𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝙳𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚖𝚌𝚘𝚖
🏑𝙷𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚢 𝚁𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎
🍂𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝙱𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝙵𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍
🏑𝙽𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙱𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝙺𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚎

🕺𝗟𝗼𝗴𝗮𝗻, an injured hockey player with a bad rep.
💃🏻𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿, Social Media Manager of the Appies.
They used to be childhood friends, and Logan was best friends with Parker’s brother, but something happened that made Logan leave their hometown without so much as a goodbye. Parker always had a crush on him, and when Logan’s back, so does her little crush…

💭𝗖𝗨𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗢𝗔𝗗! I’ve been loving more and more sweet romcoms nowadays, and this just has everything that I wanted. It’s full of pining, fun banter, swoon-worthy moments, and sweet kisses! I adore this book from start to finish, Parker and Logan are just so PRECIOUS🥹

Expect:
➸ Cozy small town setting in Autumn season🍂
➸ Fake dating moments that aren’t so fake
➸ Lots of social media references, especially TikTok, could be cringey for some people but I was fine with it.
➸ No Third Act Breakup
➸ Over-the-top sweet grand gesture

🎧𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄🎧
Both narrators are new to me, and I think they did well! I had such a good time listening to this audio, they bring Parker and Logan’s sweet story to life and make it super charming and delightful. I love the way Logan affectionally called Parker, so cute🫠 Great audio, highly recommend!

✨ 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 NETGALLEY & Victory Editing NetGalley Co-op 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚘𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔, 𝙸'𝚖 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚢 ✨

#JustDontFall #NetGalley

I love this book - the story, the characters - the narrators make it even better. There's nothing that could make this book better. I hope more will be written in this series because the characters are so relatable and lovable.

I really enjoyed this sweet romance between Logan and Parker. I’m fairly new to reading sports romance, but loved this grumpy x sunshine story with a cast a sexy and loveable hockey players.

I listened to the audio format and really prefer this format when life gets busy. The narration was great!

*many thanks to Netgalley for the gifted copy for review

We may be just starting into the summer months, but I was super excited when my request to review the audiobook for Don’t Just Fall by Emma St. Clair!

This books is such a fun sweet hockey romcom! I loved the characters and thought the narrators did a fantastic job portraying their personalities!

This closed door romance starts with the reunion of Logan and Parker! Did Parker used to have a huge crush on Logan? YES! Did Logan leave the small town of Harvest Hollow not expecting to ever come back? Absolutely! Will a fake date progress to something more? Possibly… You will just have to read this sweet romantic comedy to find out!

Huge thank you to @netgalley and @victoryeditingngc for the advanced audiobook copy!

This audiobook was so cute and heart warming. Loved how all the relationships were written and feel in love with all the hockey boys! Can’t wait for the other books to come out to continue the journey with this group.

Thank you Victory Editing co-Op for the #gifted audio to read and review.

I’ve been eyeing the sweater weather series since it was released and I was so pumped to get my hands on this audio. I got it last night, finished my current audio and listened to this book straight through.

What a happy, swoony, feel-good, sweet romance 🥰

You’ll find —> Hockey Romance, Fall Vibes, Brother’s Ex Best Friend, Unrequited Crush, Fake Dating, Never Been Kissed, Closed Door, Grumpy/Sunshine

Logan has been sent down from the NFL after an injury and some drama in his personal life and it’s put him in a foul mood. Enter Parker. Sunshine girl, and Social Media Manager for his new team. She’s also the little sister of his ex best friend. And she’s all grown up. And she needs a fake date to keep her father out of her love life.

You know when you just need a book to make you smile? This is it. I just loved every moment of this book. I love their nicknames and how hard Logan fell and how grand his gestures were.