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I love the hockey in this series. Sports themed m/m is my favorite, especially hockey, and the authors clearly know their sport. That may not sound like a big deal, but for a huge hockey fan and general sports nerd, it's hard to enjoy a book, no matter how well written, when the reference to a line change or a playoff series only make sense in an alternate universe where the NHL has a completely different set of basic rules. I love that the hockey in both Off The Ice and Goalie Interference is so well done to match the overall writing. The story, the dialogue, it all works for me. I love the background of the two characters we see, especially their families and their upbringings. I appreciated the community outreach, and how in this dream of a goalie tandem with both goalies being men of color, they recognize the players who came before them (love the Grant Fuhr poster!); their own position given kids who look up to them and could decide to play as a result; the acknowledgement that the NHL, and hockey in general, still has SO far to go with diversity in every sense of the term. I liked seeing a bit more of Tristan and Seb in this book, too. Hope there's more to come in the Hat Trick series! I wouldn't mind seeing more of what makes Morley tick.

I love this series and really liked Ryu in Tristan’s book and was so glad he got his own HEA. This is definitely a different angle of two goalies on the same team falling for each other but for Ryu and Emmett, it worked. Can’t wait to see who’s in the next book!

This is one of those books that I don’t think would have worked if there was only one POV. Especially since Ryu and Emmitt had very strong feelings about each other in the beginning – and not the romantic kind. It would have been hard to sympathize with either character if you only saw things from one of them.In order to chose a starter for the Venom, their coaches pitted them against each other. Ryu felt cheated out of a position he thought he had worked hard to earn. Emmitt wanted to prove himself to his new team and earning a starting position would do that for him. A friendship between these two rivals seemed impossible, but a romance… regardless of their initial feelings toward each other, the physical attraction couldn’t be ignored.Ryu came from a family of over achievers. They weren’t opposed to anything that Ryu decided to do with his life as long as he did his best – and was the best at what he did. They were kind of passive in their disapproval when they directed it toward him, but even if others didn’t notice, it was always clear to him. Emmitt had a mom who was super supportive and a dad who wasn’t. His dad never forgave him for choosing hockey over following his footsteps in football. They both felt like at times that they didn’t quite measure up.One quick hook-up wasn’t enough, but they also had to be careful. They were still part of a world that wasn’t easy to “come-out” in. Regardless, once they got a taste of how things could be, they both realized that they.