5 stars and directly to my top 3 of sports romances. Sweet, tender, heartfelt, low drama/angst, slow burn, rivals to lovers... It ticks all the boxes for a light romance. There's some hockey playing on page but mostly things happen off ice.

Quirky friend group and very likeable main character and love interest. I liked that although the couple had been rivals on ice since college and didn't really know each other beforehand, the rivalry didn't bring major drama or trauma to the book. It was there in the background in the beginning and caused a bit of humour on the way. Women's hockey community is so small that there's no room for true enemies. Rivarly is (in the book) light hearted although it was (had been) serious.

Unadulterated Something was my first MJ Duncan book and I will definitely read more in the future.