A review by booksbytheglass
The Risk by Elle Kennedy

funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

this entire series is my guilty pleasure, and every time I finish, I wonder why I waited so long to read the next in the installment 😭 sports romance is THAT girl I swear

focusing on brenna, the daughter of briar’s hockey coach, and jake connolly, the captain of their rival school harvard, I immediately was all in 😮‍💨 there’s something about a forbidden romance mixed with enemies to lovers that is an automatic win for me!!!

I fell in love with brenna from THE CHASE, and I’m so happy she was able to get her own HEA 🥲 she deserves the world!! and delving deeper into her relationship with her dad and her own checkered past was just the growth I needed to see from her

and jake, woo boy, he’s the perfect supportive boyfriend! we stan MCs who aren’t toxic masculine and put their significant others on a damn pedestal 👏🏼👏🏼 as they should!!!! I just loved watching the two of them grow together pls

what I didn’t love was their ability to forgive and forget - which I get it, but come on, you’re just gonna let people back in your life that legitimately express they want to cause you harm? no thanks 

BUT! I would read an entire series just about the two of them and their future, they were THAT couple 🥹

rating: 4.5 stars
wine pairing: dry creek zinfandel