This was a sweet, short read good for fans of clean hockey romances. No spice!
The characters were really cute and sweet towards each other.
If you’re in the mood for a quick easy sweet read, this is a great book.

I would have liked more antagonistic things happening, maybe Keira hates him for some reason and he has to win her over, or there’s something in the way that they have to overcome rather than just romancing their way back to each other.
It was slightly cringey as well at times.

A nice lil read!

Es una lastima que sea tan corto ya que con pocas hojas es difícil desarrollar la historia.

En teoría tiene todo lo que me gusta: jugador de hockey, segundas oportunidades y puertas cerradas, pero como dije antes, todo se dió rápido y no llegué a disfrutar al 100%.


Me hubiera gustado saber más sobre lo que hizo Keira en el tiempo que estuvieron separados.



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The Rebound Play by Kate O'Keefe was a sweet and fun second chance romance.

After professional hockey star Dan is injured and out for a few months, he is given the chance by a former teammate to come back to his hometown to participate in a charity game. Once home, he sees the girl he left behind, Keira, and is determined to win her back.

The story of Dan and Keira was joyous and their attraction to each other (STILL) had me from their initial reunion.

I loved reading about them finding their way back to each other and to them finally getting their happily ever after.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC. All opinions are my own.

I absolutely binged this book, it is a short (just over 100 pages) story following a small town second chance romance.
Kiera and Dan were hit school sweethearts, described as opposites - bookworm and the jock - who separated when Dan moved away to progress his hockey career.
The only problem I find with second chance romance is how difficult it is to find the emotions established in the relationship to be realistic. Sometimes with a second chance romance you do not see the angst or pining or emotion felt in the lead up to the relationship. However, I feel that the author dealt with this well.
Overall, would recommend this book and will definitely be looking to continue the series.

Goodreads review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6796045572?book_show_action=false

I really enjoyed reading this book! I loved the whole town of Maple Falls so much. Everyone was connected or knew each other and it was so fun! It was such a quick and sweet hockey romcom and I enjoyed every minute of it. I can’t wait to read the rest of them in the series!

A huge thank you to Wild Lime Books for the advanced copy. All opinions expressed above are my own.

Super quick and easy read. I love hockey romance and this book fit right into it! I love the small town, second chance romance. Dan is a NHL player returning home and runs into Kiera. Dan was very much not feeding into “puck bunny” behavior and I loved that. Overall I loved their relationship and loved the writing .

3⭐️ Thank you to NetGalley and Wild Lime Books for an advanced copy of The Rebound Play.

Keira has her hands full with her job, helping to care for her sister Clara, and running her niece and nephew around to different activities but she takes it all in stride. Until her famous and attractive NHL star ex boyfriend Dan comes back to town and throws her life upside down. They were high school sweethearts and both secretly still in love with one another. Will they get a second chance at love?

I liked this book it was a cute second chance at love romance but it was a little predictable.

The Rebound Play: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Keira and Dan were high school sweethearts who called it quits when Dan left for college. Keira, aka Kiki, has been back in their small town of Maple Falls for awhile now, helping her sister, but she never forgot her first love, Dan. When Dan has a chance to come back to Maple Falls for a small hockey tournament for charity, he jumps at the chance, especially as he wants Keira back. But Keira is a little hesitant to try their relationship again, especially when Dan has a firm date for when he leaves. Dan on the other hand knows that Keira is his forever, so he does everything in his power to help Keira make the right decision, to choose them.

This was such a cute second chance romance. I laughed out loud at all the ways that Kiki successfully avoided Dan whenever he came back to Maple Falls for his quick trips, and especially her epic fails once Dan is back for an extended visit. Dan was a little too cocky for me at the beginning, but Kiki helped soften his slightly rough edges. I’m loving watching the world building between the different books in this series, and the map at the beginning really helped keep the placement of everything straight in my head, but I’m probably going to have to make a map of characters and how they are all connected, especially over the rest of the series. I highly recommend this new hockey sweet romance series!

This book was fun in a lot of ways. It had the small town charm and the plot and characters were fun. For me it just got boring and too predicable. I felt like I wasn’t very invested in their relationship. I also did not enjoy the one-dimensional “puck bunnies,” they were used as a way to hate women and pit women against each other unnecessarily.