This one asks for a bit of sports suspension of disbelief that I know not everyone will want to go along with.

It's a fun story and I'm a fan of the butch hockey player becoming a pair figure skaters although I found the book sometimes lacking when it came to adressing and handling the tricky situation of a masculine lesbian being forced to be more "graceful" (and relatively feminine).

It is a cute dislike to lovers story where Charlie slowly realises that Alexa isn't too bad as she opens up. Unfortunately Alexa isn't the most likeable character and the few attemps to soften her character don't fully make up for everything. There are two moments when her boyfriend bullies/makes fun of Charlie for her masculinity and we barely get an apology for the first and her reaction to the second is lacking especially considering how little she fights back against the homophobia directed at her best friend. For a girl with a bi mom, it seems to affect her very little.

It is a single POV story and I regret that we don't get Alexa's side because it would have improved her as a character likely. She's a closeted nerd with no female friends and that's her biggest conflict. She's not that affected by her mom's pressure and seems to have a good with her.

I'm not American so I'm not sure about the whole private vs public school thing.

I really did like the different "dates", they were a good way to build up their relationship and the wedding thing was cute. There was a habit of describing everything they were wearing always which did lessen the impact of the formal outfits imo.

I have very little ice skating knowledge so I can't say anything except believable and I liked having many training scenes, this was one of my favourite parts. There are a few things that weren't believable but I don't mind suspending my disbelief for a little while.

Thanks to Netgalley and HarperCollins for the ARC. I really enjoyed this book. I was so excited to get this ARC because there is not enough hockey or figure skating wlw romance out there and it made me excited. I'm happy to say that the book definitely holds up to my expectations and then some. Gotta love the long haired butch rep, there aren't nearly enough of them in books out there.

Both Charlie and Alexa were wonderful characters to get to know. I loved their slowburn romance. They didn't start out as rivals necessarily, because they never competed against each other for anything. They were definitely adversaries though. And to see them gradually get over that and learn to coexist and then to support each other and then to love each other was amazing. Alexa does start out with a boyfriend, but there is no cheating or even much flirting while she's with him. It was so sad to learn that Alexa had been led to shun friendships with other women, and didn't have many friends at all. Seeing Charlie's support system of friends and family in comparison...and then watching them all reach out to embrace Alexa as well. Beautiful. Speaking of Charlie's friends and family, they were all super great secondary characters that I enjoyed interacting with and getting to know.

There is a third act breakup. It doesn't last too long in the book, but quite a while chronologically. In fact that period of time was some of the only truly skipped time in the book. Charlie's reason for breaking up don't make sense at first, but with her own introspection later on the reasons behind everything come into focus. Glad to see she got into therapy in order to get better. Charlie does apologize, and while she doesn't grovel she does make a really big grand gesture that really works out for her and Alexa. Glad to see in the epilogue that she's going to continue both sports in the future and doesn't choose one over the other for any reason.

A sapphic, enemies to lovers between a hockey player and a figure skater!? Immediately yes.

I read this book in one day and was hooked immediately by Charlie & her passion and love for being on the ice. Her character development is absolutely fantastic and you really root for her throughout the entire book.

The chemistry, banter, and slow burn between Charlie and Alexa is so good and you really get to experience going from enemies to friends to lovers alongside them.

I also really wish it was possible to watch their figure skating performances somehow because just picturing it in my head was not enough!! (The music & outfit choices were just so top tier)

This book was made for all the young girls who watched Ice Princess on Disney Channel in their childhood and always wished that Casey & Gen ended up together instead.

(We also just need to take a moment to appreciate how adorable & perfect the cover art is, im obsessed & can’t wait to get my hands on a physical copy in January!)

THIS IS THE HOCKEY PLAYER AND FIGURE SKATER SAPPHIC ROMANCE EVERYBODY WANTS. SERIOUSLY IT IS SO GAY AND SO GOOD.

It stars a butch lesbian hockey player who has to compete with a figure skater for a chance at a college scholarship. It's practically a love letter to athleticism, hockey, and figure skating. Plus, it has the perfect blend of humor, romantic tension, and the thrill of competition. I seriously, completely adored it.

This was SO cute. If you like the ice skater/hockey player trope but also make it sapphic you're going to love this one!! I admit I was not a big fan of Alexa at all at the start, like girl how do you not see that your boyfriend is a homophobic piece of shit?? but I forgive her. If I had met Charlie Porter in high school I would have fallen head over heels for her real fast. I just had a really good time reading this one! I feel like it actually nailed current teen humor as well. I like how Charlie is going to keep figure skating while playing hockey.