ARC REVIEW / THE PLAY BY ELLE KENNEDY
TITLE: The Play
SERIES: Briar U #3
AUTHOR: Elle Kennedy
GENRE: New Adult | Romance
PUBLICATION: October 7th, 2019
Synopsis
A brand-new standalone novel in the New York Times bestselling Briar U series!
What I learned after last year’s distractions cost my hockey team our entire season? No more screwing up. No more screwing, period. As the new team captain, I need a new philosophy: hockey and school now, women later. Which means that I, Hunter Davenport, am officially going celibate…no matter how hard that makes things.
But there’s nothing in the rulebook that says I can’t be friends with a woman. And I won’t lie—my new classmate Demi Davis is one cool chick. Her smart mouth is hot as hell, and so is the rest of her, but the fact that she’s got a boyfriend eliminates the temptation to touch her.
Except three months into our friendship, Demi is single and looking for a rebound.
And she’s making a play for me.
Avoiding her is impossible. We’re paired up on a yearlong school project, but I’m confident I can resist her. We’d never work, anyway. Our backgrounds are too different, our goals aren’t aligned, and her parents hate my guts.
Hooking up is a very bad idea. Now I just have to convince my body—and my heart.
What I learned after last year’s distractions cost my hockey team our entire season? No more screwing up. No more screwing, period. As the new team captain, I need a new philosophy: hockey and school now, women later. Which means that I, Hunter Davenport, am officially going celibate…no matter how hard that makes things.
But there’s nothing in the rulebook that says I can’t be friends with a woman. And I won’t lie—my new classmate Demi Davis is one cool chick. Her smart mouth is hot as hell, and so is the rest of her, but the fact that she’s got a boyfriend eliminates the temptation to touch her.
Except three months into our friendship, Demi is single and looking for a rebound.
And she’s making a play for me.
Avoiding her is impossible. We’re paired up on a yearlong school project, but I’m confident I can resist her. We’d never work, anyway. Our backgrounds are too different, our goals aren’t aligned, and her parents hate my guts.
Hooking up is a very bad idea. Now I just have to convince my body—and my heart.
My Review
'THE PLAY'
is the third full length new adult, romance book in Elle Kennedy's 'Briar U' series. But can be read as a complete stand-alone. Spoken in Dual POV's.
4 SEMI YUP YUP STARS
OMG I was so excited when this hit my kindle! Other than work, life went on hold!
After their last disastrous hockey season which all went up in smoke last year, which we read about in The Risk all Hunter wanted to do was put it behind him and vowed to just focus on the game, making it his top priority and thus proving that he's perfect captain material, and to do that entailed he'd go celibate until the end game. Meaning no girls and a never ending case of blue balls!!
The guys voted me captain. I take that responsibility seriously, and I know from personal experience that I have the tendency to let women mess with my head. Screwing around got me a broken wrist last year.
ENTER DEMI..
She's Hunters partner in a research project for the year. In Hunters eyes she won't be a distraction because for starters she's in a long term relationship and only has eyes for her boyfriend whom she's been dating since the eighth grade, making her off limits and all loved up. Which is perfect for Hunter because girls are completely off limits.
BUT...
All bets are off when Demi's relationship ends and she's wanting a rebound..Nothing more..Nothing less. And who better to approach than Hunter. She's the player he never saw coming. Hunter turns down all her advances, he enjoys their unique, easy going, friendship and doesn't want anything to get in the way of that.
SHE UPS THE ANTE...
But how long can he stay a monk for when he's attracted to her? I'm going to tease my friend and hopefully convince him to break his vow.
I promised myself I wouldn't hook up this year, and the temptation to break that vow for Demi is overwhelming.
These two were just perfect for each other, their banter, their sexual chemistry sizzled off the pages, Demi deserved to know how she really should be treated and Hunter was the right man for the job. Get ready for all those swoony feels because they are ready to be felt!!
4 SEMI YUP YUP STARS
OMG I was so excited when this hit my kindle! Other than work, life went on hold!
After their last disastrous hockey season which all went up in smoke last year, which we read about in The Risk all Hunter wanted to do was put it behind him and vowed to just focus on the game, making it his top priority and thus proving that he's perfect captain material, and to do that entailed he'd go celibate until the end game. Meaning no girls and a never ending case of blue balls!!
The guys voted me captain. I take that responsibility seriously, and I know from personal experience that I have the tendency to let women mess with my head. Screwing around got me a broken wrist last year.
ENTER DEMI..
She's Hunters partner in a research project for the year. In Hunters eyes she won't be a distraction because for starters she's in a long term relationship and only has eyes for her boyfriend whom she's been dating since the eighth grade, making her off limits and all loved up. Which is perfect for Hunter because girls are completely off limits.
BUT...
All bets are off when Demi's relationship ends and she's wanting a rebound..Nothing more..Nothing less. And who better to approach than Hunter. She's the player he never saw coming. Hunter turns down all her advances, he enjoys their unique, easy going, friendship and doesn't want anything to get in the way of that.
SHE UPS THE ANTE...
But how long can he stay a monk for when he's attracted to her? I'm going to tease my friend and hopefully convince him to break his vow.
I promised myself I wouldn't hook up this year, and the temptation to break that vow for Demi is overwhelming.
These two were just perfect for each other, their banter, their sexual chemistry sizzled off the pages, Demi deserved to know how she really should be treated and Hunter was the right man for the job. Get ready for all those swoony feels because they are ready to be felt!!
