I'm not going to lie, I struggled with this series, the first book was good, the second and third gave me the ick and a headache, so I was worried about going into this book. I think because my expectations were so low, I fully enjoyed this book, and I knew Halsey wouldn’t let me down.  

This book has two points of view. The first is Halsey Holmes and he hasn’t been the same since he lost his twin brother. He has become reclusive and just wants to play hockey and reads books, but this all changes when he meets the girl of his dream, there is just one problem – she has a boyfriend. So, he has been quietly pining over her for the last year. But all this changes, when his teammates being concerned about him decide to play matchmaker when the girl of his dreams becomes single and needs a place to stay. Then they set him rules: don’t wear a shirt around her, make her dinner, lightly touch her shoulder when you say goodbye. However, Halsey is so flustered, so overwhelmed and madly in love with the woman who barely notices him, and he lose control of the situation and makes one huge mistake: Halsey offers to be her fake date for a wedding so her ex will back off. That means for one whole night, he gets a free pass with her. He gets to hold her, dance with her, kiss her, stare at her from across the room like she’s his entire world because she has been for months. But when the night comes to an end, Halsey must decide does he try to show her how he really feels or let her walk away. The second point of view is Blakely White, and she is finally settled in a job she likes, with her boyfriend and her best friends around her. However, her boyfriend has accepted a job in Australia, and she doesn’t want to follow him. They decided not to do long distance so it’s over with them – they've been together since college, so she thought it would take a bit of getting used to, however she is not missing him at all. The only thing that is going wrong is her new apartment has flooded, luckily, she’s got an offer for a spare room with one of the hockey players she works with. She sees Halsey as the shy lad but non-threatening and she’s only going to be there for a few days, however as the days pass, she starts to see him in a different light and maybe he is her type after all. 

This is the storyline I wanted, a shy man on the outside, but the man went he was comfortable with a woman was so alpha and had such a dirty mouth. The smut was also very spicy that I was blushing, and I loved that he managed to make Blakely more comfortable with herself as well as not shaming her for her kinks. Halsey was making me blush never mind Blakely. I don’t know how Blakely didn’t fall from him the second she moved in; she had more willpower than I did. I still love the bromance and the banter between the boys, and I adored how much they protected each other but also weren’t afraid of the hard truths that needed. I love how much of the scheming happened and love the Ted Lasso reference. Halsey was just adorable and loved that he was trying to be patient but also because he has been pining for so long, was trying not to lose control quickly. He was so sweet, and I loved that the conflict wasn’t that he lied about the plant or the job or the boys knowing what had happened. I wanted to hug him so much, how he managed to carry on after what happened to Holden was heartbreaking.  

There were just a few imperfections – Penny still being in the book is one of them. That girl still drives me nuts. Your best friend has got her dream job offer and you’re worried about being alone, you worried her that much that she didn’t tell you that she had sorted it because of her reaction. She is a horrible person, if my best friend got her dream job offer and it was somewhere not near me, you encourage her and stress behind her back. She is just a toxic person. Also, Halsey’s mum can go and die. She was the person who should have died. She was horrible and she was only in one chapter. I would have liked to know more about what happened with Halsey’s other brother and if they managed to get his mum not to be a horrible person anymore to Halsey. 

I don’t know who I want the next book to be about – Pacey or OC because both were having very interesting lady problems, and I want to know more.