Book safety, content warnings, and tropes down below.

“[…]I can’t give up until he specifically tells me to leave him alone. You know, like how vampires have to be invited in? I have to be invited out.”

A good friend sent me a screenshot from this book, and I pretty much immediately knew I was going to read it. This book was utterly charming from start to finish, and probably my favorite christmas-y read this year. Bubble might be one of the most endearing and adorable MCs I’ve ever read, honestly. He is aptly named for his personality *and* his butt. Bubbly all around.

He scratches his head, which causes his pecks to flex, killing my two remaining brain cells.

The tropes alone makes it nearly an automatic read, to be fair. The young male cheerleading coach pursues the much older football coach by giving him cute gifts and baking him more yummy treats than anyone could ever eat. Older coach has a mini-freakout because he’s suddenly attracted to a tiny, baking, dick-having menace for the first time in his life. Funny and very hot stuff happens when they’re snowed in together in a tiny cabin. I have to agree with my friend. I didn’t want this book to end, because it was just that sweet and entertaining. Exactly what it says it is, and exactly what I wanted and needed to read at the time.

“I decided we should make out,” I say.
“Oh really?”
“Yes, really.”
“Why’s that?”
“Because we just had a fight, so now we have to make out. It’s the rules.”

There was a couple of things mentioned throughout that I wish were expanded on, but it honestly didn’t affect my enjoyment much. Very highly recommend!

⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️

⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Age gap
Snowed in
Forced proximity
Only one bed
Demisexual MC (not a large part of the book)
Football coach
Cheerleading coach
Opposites attract
Sexual awakening
Size difference

⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Explicit sexual content
Brief mentions of death of family members (past)
Mentions of career-ending injury (past, off page)
Infertile MC
Mentions of fertility issues
Mentions of cheating ex

⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
OM/OW drama: Coach’s ex wife shows up and creates a bit of drama. He never wants her back, and nothing happens.
Breakup: Sort of
POV: 1st person, dual POV
Genre: Contemporary romance, M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Versatile
MC age: 46 and 26
Pages: 272

Does everybody feel like this? Is this how people know they found their one? All the tingles from the tips of your toes to the ends of your hair. Your heartbeat going crazy. And you just want to get close to them. And what happens when you find your one and they don’t find you back? Do you just hurt forever? That…that would be so sad.

When the man of your absolute dreams slams their mouth into yours, there is only one course of action. Yours truly has broken it down into four easy steps for your convenience. You’re welcome.
Step one: make sure he really is attached to you. Lips to lips. You’re a clam. Do not let go.
Step two: climb him like a tree.
Step three: thank your past self for all the squats that gave you those thunder thighs.
Step four: enjoy every second of that kiss before said man realizes what he’s doing and has a freakout.