The Forward Line

Skates and Dates, Book 1

Tatum Kelly's life was spiraling.

The funding for the women's hockey team was cut, her scholarship was ruined, and her hopes for the season were gone. With nothing else to lose, Tatum joins the men's team, much to the dismay of captain Callum O'Neil. Luckily for them, you don't need to be friends to be winners.

As the tension builds, Callum's best friends, Jace and Shawn, pursue Tatum's respect, both on and off the ice. Determined to make this season her best yet, Tatum knows better than to get involved with one teammate, much less two. But what if hockey isn't enough for her anymore? What if she finds her missing piece... or pieces?

Contains mature content.

©2023 K.G. Erin (P)2023 Podium Audio

Cute mmfm story

Nice easy listen and palette cleanser after the deep trauma filled book I just finished. Fun twist that she was also on the team.

Nice and easy listen

My only complaint with this audiobook is that the male narrator was noticeably faster than the female narrator so I had to slow down those chapters a bit. Both narrators were great though! Just different speeds

Really enjoyable listen

The character development over the plot was amazing. Loved this plot. A bit more sexual scenes than I expected but I’m not complaining.

Story has okay bones but sounds like a first draft

I think there’s some bones to something good here. But it felt like part of a first draft rather than a full story. The three major issues that bugged me the most:

1) The characters were really hard to keep straight with all the switching from being called by the first or last name. I listened to this one and the MMCs voices were like a surfer dude and got really hard to listen to by the end. I think that may have been a direction requested and not the voice actor though.

2)O’Neil said she wasn’t hot, and was still hooking up with other people for most of the book and then a simple apology about something that happened years before shifted everything. He was still thinking that she wasn’t hot not long before hooking up with her. And then still screwed her over. He was really hard to like.

3) Transitions from scene to scene were jumpy and spicy scenes were set up and then dropped. Christmas gifts were teased and then we never found out what it was. It just felt jumpy and half thought out. Teasing sword crossing then fading to black just felt like being jerked around.

Why choose

Why choose aren't my favorite, I should have known reading the title that this was going to go that way but it was still spicy and cute. I just don't like the multiple partners other than that it was well written and had a good storyline.