Love at First Skate by Ellie Hall: Book Review

 **ARC received for consideration. All opinions are my own. 

The Book

They say love is messy. Turns out friendship is too, especially when you’re stranded in a cabin with your best friend and hearts are on thin ice.

Teddy

I’ve heard that men and women can’t be friends without it becoming something more. Harlow and I put that theory in the penalty box, thank you very much.

She laughs at my jokes, secretly admires my hockey butt, trusts me with her biggest fear (it’s safe with me). In turn, she knows everything about me. Well, almost.

There’s been a recent development. I’m gone for her. Down bad. Solid Crush. She lives rent free in my mind. I’ve caught feelings. This wouldn’t be a problem except, you know, the whole shattering our friendship thing.

Harlow

You know those days you want to erase? It went like this: my boyfriend broke up with me (it was overdue), and then I broke up with my job while at a work conference (it was mind-numbing).

In an ironic twist, I won the raffle for a romantic getaway trip for two. Who else to bring other than my best friend who’ll gladly commiserate with me? He has a hockey event nearby, so it works out perfectly.

Until we’re stranded in the cozy cabin together. There’s a blaze of attraction. A friendship-changing kiss.

What now? Do we hit the reset button? Salvage what we had? Pretend it never happened? These are things I’d talk to my bestie about, but I can’t because I’m head over heels for him.

Love at First Skate is part of the Love on Thin Ice sweet small town hockey romcom series. It's a best friends to lovers, forced proximity, no third act breakup romantic comedy with all the sizzle and chemistry, but none of the spice.

The Author

Ellie Hall is a USA Today bestselling author. If only that meant she could wear a tiara and get away with it. ;) She loves puppies, books, and the ocean. Writing sweet romance with lots of firsts and fizzy feels gives her joy. Oh, and chocolate chip cookies are her fave. Ellie believes in dreaming big, working hard, and lazy Sunday afternoons spent with her family and dog in gratitude for God’s grace.

Book Review

Love at First Skate is the sixth book in the Love on Thin Ice series. This is a multi-author series that all feature the same charity hockey team and follow the same basic timeline. They can be read in any order or as standalones. 

If you love a good friends-to-love story, you absolutely won't want to miss this one. Teddy and Harlow drew me in with their sweet friendship right away. It's always fun when you have a FMC who brings out a side to the MMC that most don't get to see as much! Though it's a shorter novel, there is a whole lot packed into those pages. Harlow has just been dumped and Teddy is recovering from an injury that had sidelined him from his NHL team. When she wins a getaway to the same town where he was offered a position on a charity hockey team, it seems like the perfect excuse for the two to meet up in Maple Falls for some friendship time... but there's nothing like a little forced proximity for feelings to start to show! It was definitely a slower burn, but the payoff was so worth the wait. They had a sweet chemistry between them that I couldn't help but enjoy. I've enjoyed every book in this series (so far) and my appreciation for the series as a whole has grown with each book. I love that because they are all following the same basic timeline, with each book we're getting more glimpses of the characters/events through different perspective, making me love them all that much more! 

Love at First Skate is a closed-door romance with kisses only and no language. 

You can purchase your copy here: https://amzn.to/3ZHxGrB