I love hockey romances so much, and this was no exception. I had so much fun with this! The book was fast paced but didn't feel rushed at all. The story sucks you in with the perfect balance of hockey and romance. The characters were super likeable and I loved the banter between them. I also loved that the MCs were book lovers! This was such a good book, highly recommend!

This was such a great hockey romance. I’ve really been enjoying sports romances as of late and this one really stood out to me. I loved the character of Alex. I thought he was well written believable and swoon worthy. The leads had good chemistry and I enjoyed watching them get together over the course of the novel.

This book is adorable! It’s a fun, fast paced book about Aaron, who is a hockey player and Marissa, who is the daughter of the hockey team coach. They have been friends for 15 years. She falls in love with him but they are roommates as well. He has previously rejected her feelings but at some point, things start changing.
This is a closed door romance so there are no spicy scenes here. Perfect for those who are big fans of the friends to lovers trope.

Set in New York City, Marissa and Aaron are best friends and roommates. Everyone can see their connection. But they always say they are just friends. As they navigate his second hockey season with the Raptors, Marissa feels stuck. She's worried she'll never get past her more than friends feelings for Aaron, all while Aaron is secretly pining for her. A slow burn full of sweet moments!

Friends to Lovers can be a challenging trope for me. I think framing it around the hockey season and featuring great supporting characters really helped. Plus there was minimal miscommunication, with any misunderstandings feeling real for the characters and resolved quickly.

I really liked the commentary on dating. Marissa sees a dark side to modern dating (whether at a club or online) and stands up for herself. She also navigates being supportive of her business partner Beth as Beth's boyfriend Lucas is the worst. I'm very excited to see Beth with Aaron's teammate Adler up next in the series!

I'm new to this author and can't wait to go back to read The Tenacious Act as well as the rest of the One More Chapter series while I wait for more of the New York Raptors!

☕ Best Friends to Lovers
🏒 Hockey romance
☕ Coffee shop owner and coach's daughter FMC
🏒 They met in middle school
☕ Slow burn
🏒 Forbidden relationship (her dad says she can't date a Raptors player)
☕ Surprise bookstore trip
🏒 No third act breakup (yay!)
☕ Extended epilogue!
🏒 Dual POV

4.5 / 5 stars

Closed door / sizzling kisses

Thank you to the author and Netgalley for this eARC!

Marion De Re is known for her fun and cute closed door romances and when she added hockey to the mix I was sold.

An NHL player who is secretly in love with his best friend? Best friend who is secretly in love with him?
What could go wrong? Only the fact that she’s the coaches daughter and he rejected her for prom many years ago.

This was such a light hearted bingeable read that I finished in a day. I loved the two characters, their banter and of course all of the hockey! While screaming at them to confess their true feelings; I also laughed with them, felt hardships with them and overall really enjoyed their journey.

It’s not one that I will remember forever but it did give me smiles and butterflies when I needed them most.
Highly recommend

Stick to Me is such a sweet hockey romance. This is a beautiful friends to lovers story. Marissa and Aaron are absolutely amazing together and their chemistry is unmatched. Their mutual found family is incredible with their connections with coffee, books and hockey as well as the family Marissa, Aaron and her Father have created from the very beginning. This book is so heart warming and a great one for a cozy afternoon of reading on the couch it had me smiling all throughout.

Stick to Me by Marion De Ré is a fun, heartwarming story following Marissa and her best friend, and NHL star, Aaron. The two have known each other for years and are both harboring secret feelings for one another, with neither wanting to ruin their friendship or Aaron’s relationship with Marissa’s Dad, his coach. This novel was really enjoyable, with fun banter, an accurate representation of the current dating experience, and lots of heart warming moments. While it can be read stand alone there are a lot of side characters who I assume have featured in the authors previous novels, so if you’ve read them as well I think you would get the ultimate experience. The story was well written and a fairly quick and easy read. This was the first of Marion’s books I’ve read and I plan to go back and read the stories of the side characters that have popped up in this novel! I’m also looking forward to Beth and Adler’s story. Overall, highly recommend! Thank you to @marionderewrites , Victory Editing, and NetGalley for the ARC!