I enjoyed this, like I have the other Appies books. I've been curious what Alec's story would be the entire time, and it's been a while since I've read the others but I what I recalled of him was a happy go lucky, charismatic, ladies man (not in a creepy way) team captain since book one. I figured there would be depth to his story once we got there and I appreciated his experience with chronic pain and how he was struggling with identity and who he would be without hockey if and when it got to that point. I also liked his "I don't do babies" to "holy crap, I love this kid and want to be her dad" storyline. When Evie, his little sister's best friend (a bit of a age gap), moves to town, a single mother with a four month old girl, and needs help? He was a goner. As usual with both authors in this series, the attraction, flirting, tension/longing, and kissing were well done, which is always nice in a closed door romance. I'm a little disappointed that this appears to potentially be the last book in the series and we didn't get a grand epilogue for all the characters, plus there were a few side characters whose stories felt unfinished.