4.5 stars

I really enjoyed this book! I'm a big fan of characters that are big and hot and muscular but also have severe anxiety, and am also a big fan of characters that play around with gender-presentation the way that Fabian does.

The fact that the two of them knew each other in the past and had crushes, but never said anything about it, and then meet up again as adults and get a chance to try and see if there's anything there between them was great. I also liked the dynamic in which Fabian disliked hockey because of some stuff with his family, and reading a sports romance were one of the characters really hated that sport was a new take on the genre that I haven't seen before.

Also, BIG fan of the inclusion that Ryan has some problems around sex thanks to his anxiety medication, and this isn't something that is magically fixed by the end of the book, and both characters accept it and work around it to still have a fulfilling sex life. I really REALLY liked that inclusion.