This book had me laughing out loud, while simultaneously fanning myself as I blushed wildly. Fans of Meghan Quinn will love the banter, and fans of Hannah Grace will ADORE the spice in this book, the definitely had me reaching for a glass of ice water…

I can’t wait to read the rest of this series!

I received an advanced copy of this for my honest review.

I tried really hard to like this book, but I just couldn't. I ended up DNF a little over half way through. A few reasons were the writing just wasn't my favorite and a few of the tropes turned out to be triggering for me.

4.5 stars. Looking up this book and saw that fans of Pippa Grant, Meghan Quinn, Hannah Grace, Helena Hunting would like this book and I was sold. Then I read it, and I was double sold! Pippa, Meghan, Hannah and Helena are 4 of my top favorite authors and I loved this book! I laughed out loud so many times I lost count. As a person who reads 450+ books a year, I can often predict in a book what the surprise or secret will end up being. This book had me laughing and salivating for so long, I forgot to even think about that until the author started dropping breadcrumbs!
I loved the meet cute, Logan beaming her with a slapshot? Hilarious.
Dad jokes? Hysterical.
Hospital turkey sandwich? Dead.
My only disappointment is that when a book's tag line includes 'steamy' I do expect more than 1 good steamy scene, but it was a good one so forgiven. I will certainly read more books by Lisa Daily and am most definitely looking forward to the next book in this series, Cold Feet.

This book felt both too slow and too fast. It took until more than halfway through the book to get to the main "lucky charm for hire" plot and then once the plot was established, the rest of the book felt extremely rushed.

It was a fun and quick read and I was really cheering for the characters, but the pacing really threw me off.

Thank you NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

~ single dad
~ hockey player/ Olympic figure skater (she’s only ever on the ice 2x)
~ he falls first and hard
~ sports romance
~ insta love

The characters were likable. The story was a light easy read, but I disliked the third act conflict.

Coco is in the hospital for most of the book for a series of unfortunate events that occurred due to Logan, but also her since i would assume a pro skater would know to stay off a closed rinks ice. While in the hospital Logan woos her by being his large golden retriever self and by spoiling her with gifts and services while she’s in the hospital.

I know he’s a single dad but the kiddie is hardly mentioned or shown except during the major bits and I definitely think she deserved more book time since she was adorable and the reason the two knew each other.

Third act conflict seemed so wild, hiring her as a good luck charm and when she finds out the truth about her employment she cuts him out even though she was okay with keeping it a secret at the beginning but got mad when the roles switched.

Cute hockey romance. When he accidentally hits her with a hockey puck, she ends up in the hospital and they have a chance to get to know each other. I’m not sure I liked him tricking her, even though I know she wouldn’t have accepted his help otherwise. I wish the book included her trip to the Olympics. Overall a fun and fast light read.

Logan Rivers is a star pro hockey player for the St. Pete Slashers -- and he's in a slump.

He hasn’t scored in 3 games and it’s starting to freak him out. Enter Coco, who strikes a deal with an assistant coach to be Logan's lucky charm to pay off her training expenses as an Olympic figure skater. Everything is looking up for both of them.

She’s almost got her debt paid off and the Slashers are on a winning streak. There's only one problem: she doesn’t know how to tell Logan she’s been lying to him the whole time.

If she can just keep her secret until the playoffs are over…


I think this book mainly suffered from an issue with pacing. I feel very strongly that we didn’t see enough of coco on the ice and in training, and too much of her in the hospital. I also think that the dialogue at the end of the book between Logan and Cam was super unrealistic and gave me really weird vibes because absolutely nobody talks like that. The romance between coco and Logan was cute though and I really enjoyed it.

The cutting edge was a delightful and quick read. A chance of fate with a puck to the face, Coco meets Logan Rivers. The pair bond when Coco rehabilitates in the hospital and they fall in love. Overall the book was a fun read. I feel like the male main character was lovable and sweet. The conflict in this book was quickly resolved but it was fun to read

I really loved this book and the characters. It was enjoyable read. Coco and Logan were so adorable to read about.

I received an ARC copy of this book (post publication) from net galley and the publisher. All opinions are honest and my own.

I personally struggled to get through this book. There were many spelling errors and punctuation errors throughout the book that made the flow of reading difficult. Understandably I received an advance copy BUT I received the copy after publication and figured these things would be updated. This book was repetitive in phrase and wording.

I think the concept of this book is great. Sweet hockey player meets independent figure skater BOOM. It came off rushed and forced at times.

I liked the idea of this book. A cinnamon roll hockey player falls for the independent figure skater. So much potential. Unfortunately it was underwhelming for me. The editing in this book was terrible. Such repetitive writing to the point where there were entire paragraphs practically duplicated. The story also started to shift from 1st to 3rd person towards the end, sometimes within a single sentence. I also thought the 3rd act breakup in this one was weak and rushed. Almost like she needed to make the story fit within so many pages and had to squeeze it all in and throw some parts out. This book had good potential, but this feels like a first draft.

It was good could have been better!
The writing didn't do it for me.
It was pretty meh
Story wasn't that great either

I received an advance copy of this book from net galley and the publisher. All opinions are my honest and my own.


Unfortunately I had to stop reading this book 23% of the way in for a very personal reason - having also had a concussion caused by another person not paying attention while doing their job (I don't care that Logan felt bad, sorry. He's a professional hockey player but doesn't pay enough attention to notice that there are two people in the direction he's hitting 103 mph pucks in?) I can honestly say - if that person showed up at the hospital, I would have called the police, not fallen in love. And staying in the hospital overnight after a concussion is so rare, it made no sense why so much of this story took place there. If Coco really needed to stay, her brain injury would gave been too serious for her be flirting and carrying on with anyone. Anyway, this story made my own PTSD around my particular issue come up in ways I didn't expect and just couldn't keep reading.

The other reason I stopped reading was the clear lack of proofreading. I can overlook a fair amount for ARCs and usually don't even mention it, but in this case it was so distracting it made reading this book feel like work and not fun.

Thank you NetGalley and Siesta Key for this ARC!

"The Cutting Edge" is a rom-com centered around Olympic figure skater Coco and pro hockey player Logan. After Logan accidentally sends a puck flying straight to Coco's head, he cares for Coco at the hospital and starts to develop feelings for her. Coco brings luck to Logan and he starts scoring points on the ice after a bad luck streak. Coco enjoys spending time with Logan but he doesn't know she's getting paid to be his good luck charm. Can they overcome the deceit and be together?

While this book was enjoyable, it was not my favorite. The plot line regarding Coco's reservations about Logan seemed long-winded and unnecessary. The anticlimactic resolution was also rushed and lacked substance. Regardless, I found myself smiling and laughing while reading parts of this book. Overall, this book is a simple no fuss romance that can be enjoyed but will not be remembered.

Though there are errors in the ARC copy, I enjoyed every second of this read! Logan is by far the best part of this story with Coco not far behind. I would have loved to see a few training sessions with Coco and Marissa. 5 stars from me!

Overall I enjoyed The Cutting Edge. But there were a few things that bothered me. First, some of the dialogue feels incredibly immature. Second, and the biggest thing, is that the FMC was portrayed as an Olympian. While I understand the story revolves around injury, you don't experience her skating until the last 15% of the book and its minimal. It's a little disappointing to see a strong capable women reduced to what she can do for a man only.
I just wish there would have been more focus placed on her life and career establishing her as a woman.
It just bugged me.
It was an quick easy read but not my favorite.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you to Net Galley for providing me with an arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.

The Cutting Edge was a cute, quick romance between a single father hockey player and an ice skater. I really enjoyed Coco and Logan’s relationship, as well as the aspects of friendship and family.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and definitely will check out later books in the series!

Spoiler warning:
I didn’t love the third act issues as it felt a little over dramatic and too quickly resolved

I loved this hocky romance! I laughed, I had to fan myself from the spice and I just simply loved everything about this! This was a definite 5 star read!
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Rounded up from 4.5
Coco is a figure skater teacher. One day, one of her student's, Poppy, dad, Logan, is late to pick her up. And when Cocoa goes to find him, a misfortune lands her in the hospital with a concussion. And now she needs Logan's help...
This is book 1 in the St. Pete Slashers series, a hockey, single dad, instalove romance. She's a figure skater, he's a big shot hockey player (where have I read that before?). The cover says steamy. Not that much. There is one good spicy scene around 80% in, a couple of pages long and that's pretty much it. But I didn't mind, that's not why I picked up that book. I would've like to see a bit more tension though. I don't mind a slow burn, if things at least burn a little. It also would've been nice to see more of the romance outside of the hospital. He falls first, which I love, and I was only 6% in and Logan already had me swooning, he's a complete cinnamon roll. And Poppy is so stinking cute! I would've liked to see even more of her. The third act conflict is stupid, far-fetched and once again an utter overreaction, they both made a mountain out of a molehill. It was still a very fun, super quick read and had me grinning and laughing pretty much all the time. I can't wait to read Lana and Cam's story in book 2!
I received an advance review copy of this book for free, and I'm leaving this review voluntarily.

I had high hopes for this book because I love a good hockey romance, but this wasn't what I expected. It started off strong with a meet-cute and some funny dialogue and I enjoyed the relationship dynamic between Logan and his daughter. As I continued to read on, it fell flat and became kinda repetitive with some of the phrases that were overused. I always try to read a book through, but a lot of the choices that were made in the writing style made it difficult and I could not finish it.