This book has been everywhere! I have become obsessed with Emily Rath's TikToks for this series. This book is a reverse harem meets hockey, and I could not read this book fast enough! It's a 700+ page book; I read it in about two days! I just could not put it down because it was so good! I loved Jake and Rachel in the previous novella. I was just so curious how they were going to reunite and how they were going to become a part of a harem because they seemed pretty obsessed with each other! So it was interesting to watch them reunite and then become a harem. I loved all of them, but even though I love Ilmari, I don't think he fits into this relationship. 
First, Ilmari doesn't get involved until the book's last third. Until then, he's just one of the hockey players that Rachel is trying to help. The two are attracted to one another, and we get some banter between them pretty early on in the book; however, they only go past that once she starts trying to help him. Ilmari, Jake, and Caleb have a tense relationship. They never get along outside of being involved on the same hockey team. But he and Caleb have an understanding and are kind of friendly towards one another. Caleb is an equipment manager, and Ilmari doesn't really have any relationships and is really all on his own here.
Meanwhile, Jake and Caleb are besties. Those two are super close, and honestly, those two and Rachel are adorable together. Still, they will always have something between each other that doesn't include Rachel, so that is how Ilmari fits into this relationship. Even though I initially felt like he didn't fit into this relationship and that he was being forced into it, after reading the rest of the book, and especially the second novella, I think he is exactly where he's supposed to be, and I love this harem so much. They are all adorable and fun, and I can't get enough of this series. However, I'm curious where this series will go since the next book has no harem. Instead, it focuses on a different teammate.