A sweet and easy read!

However I did find it hard to connect with the characters! Overall this book unfortunately wasn’t for me but I can definitely see the appeal to this book and why others would love it, which is why I would still recommend this one!

The Cutting Edge
Lisa Daily
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

This book is really sweet and easy to read. I love the dynamic of single dad hockey player x figure skater. I was immediately invested in the story and wanting to know what happens next in the story. I was a little thrown off by the errors and repetitive paragraphs. I thought something was wrong with me but no it continued. This book could use another round of edits for sure. I did enjoy this read. I love the dual POV and short chapters are my favorite.
I also did find the MMC Logan to be very... written by a woman in a very obvious way that i couldn't really picture a real man saying and thinking all the things Logan is.
Overall its a great story and I would like to thank NetGalley for the ARC.

This was a really cute and fun hockey romance read! If anyone was in need of a sweet romance this is what I would recommend!

First and foremost Poppy was absolutely adorable!! I wish we had more appearances from her later in the story as well. Her sass was hilarious!

Logan and Coco were sweet as a pair but also as individuals. I really enjoyed Logan’s secret cinnamon roll side and his absolute adoration for Poppy and Coco!

There is a third act breakup sort of. But truthfully I would not classify it as one. I blinked and it was over.

The pacing of this book did feel a bit wonky as the dialogue would be focused from day to day and then shift to skipping weeks at a time. At one point a chapter even went back in time a few minutes while under Coco’s pov. Up until about 50% through the book the setting is solely in a hospital and had that not been the case I feel the pacing would have been better.

Overall it was good and cute and I would recommend it but it wasn’t necessarily one that would make it to my physical shelves.

I really wanted to like this one, but I just don’t think it was for me. I ended up DNFing because I just did not love it and could not get into it. Giving it two stars though because Poppy was a sweetie and the potential was there, I just couldn’t get into it. Needless to say, I’m bummed, because I love sports romances— especially hockey romances!

I will say, I was expecting the published version, and I sincerely hope that is not the case for what I received. Some paragraphs were copied and pasted onto the next page, and there were many grammatical/punctuation errors. Normally, when there are mistakes like that I ignore them, but the ones in this book were just too distracting.

Thank you NetGalley for the chance to read this book!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced ready copy of “The Cutting Edge” by Lisa Daily. All opinions are my own.

“The Cutting Edge” follows Coco, an Olympic figure skater and Logan, a pro hockey player. When Logan is late to pick up his daughter from class, the teacher Coco brings her over to his rink since he works nearby. His puck hits her in the head and thus the meet cute begins.

The majority of this book takes place in the hospital rather than the ice rink. I didn’t love the deception/lying in terms of Coco being paid to be Logan’s “lucky charm” even if it was secretly his idea. I did like how he fell first and how much effort he put into apologizing to her and showing that he cared about her, that part was sweet.

As some other reviews have mentioned, a lot of errors in terms of spelling or grammar. Quotations in the wrong spot etc. Hoping that is fixed before publication. Not including that in my overall rating though.

I did not realize this was published when I got it..thank you for the chance though and for allowing me chance to read and review.

A super-quick and really cute read! Was it a little predictable at times? Yes. Did that stop me from loving every second? Absolutely not!
Logan and Coco are really loveable characters and Poppy is a total star (I just wish we’d got to see more of her!)

3.5/5

If you're looking for an easy, light entry point for hockey romance this is the book for you. This is a light and fluffy romance that's light on the spice (but still maintains some great romantic tension) but still has some great banter. I like the fact that both the FMC and MMC are athletes with lofty goals and ambitions, and the story progresses with both their goals in mind (I'm rarely a fan of the "give everything in your life up for my goals" romance dynamic).

While I don't normally find myself into the single parent stories (it can be a tough when there are kid involved), this was done well and Poppy is easily my favourite character. Who doesn't love a sassy toddler who knows she runs the show.

Overall a fun read, and I would give this 3.5 stars.

The Cutting Edge is a book about love, dreams and the fear of losing it all. Coco and Logan's love story is a great one!!! It starts with us readers meeting Coco, as she finishes up her figure skating class which she teaches. She needs to leave but one of her students, Poppy hasn't been kicked up. Coco knows that Poppy's Dad works at the ice skating complex. She takes Poppy to look for her Dad when she enters a closed practice for Ice Hockey when she is hit in the head with a puck. Logan knows that he messed up, he's always liked, Coco. He avoided her at all costs out of fear of ruining the relationship between Poppy and Coco. He will do anything to help Coco and learns that he was always right about her. While not everything goes to plan with the couple, their love story is like no other.

I really enjoyed this book. I understand why others wouldn't love it, but it was funny and had perfect tension for me. While the medical side of things was so frustrating, and for someone with Medical trauma, it can be triggering. I loved the way from the moment Logan and Coco truly meet, it's love at first meet. I mean it is understandable why Coco doesn't love Logan to begin with. The tension is beautiful and I literally loved every second of it. There is a few spicy scenes and they do have good communication.

Thank you to Netgalley for this amazing read I received as part of an ARC!

Hockey & Skating, Single Dad Romance.

3.75 stars

This book starts out with quite a strong meet cute in the form of a hockey puck to the head. I liked the concept but I think that some of the aspects of the book fell short.

I liked the two main characters flirty banter, bonding over crappy day time TV , which is actually quite entertaining, and all the little jokes they make were done really well. I also thought that Coco and Logans daughters relationship was sweet (she coaches her ice skating lessons).

I didn't like how Logan grovelled when he was making up to Coco after the third act breakup. If someone were to send be un ungodly amount of gifts like that I would get so annoyed lol. He kinda just threw money at her and hoped for the best.

Overall, a nice, casual hockey romance read.

Thank you to Netgalley for the arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This book just wasn’t for me and I DNF’d at 75%; I found the book really slow going, plus the fact that the Story revolves around the FMC being in hospital was a big no from me.

A cute rom-com. Definitely a pretty easy read with lots of romance and fun characters. An enjoyable read if your looking for something light with not a lot of substance. Premise was good however the execution was subpar

Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read an arc of this book! I did find this book quite enjoyable, but I found the ending was rushed and not quite what I expected it to be. The conflict only lasted about a chapter, and it wasn’t even really a conflict. There were some plot points that were glossed over that I would have liked more information on (Coco’s backstory being one of them). I did find there were some small spelling errors and some repeated phrases, but that is nothing a quick editing can’t fix.

Loved this book, I love the plot, especially with this book’s plot involving a figure skater and a hockey player. Their dynamic just worked. This book was one I couldn’t put down, I loved it so much that I can’t wait into read it again.

Reviewed for NetGalley:

This had promise, but I slowly lost interest with the length of time the story took place in the hospital.

I did enjoy Coco’s character overall, the plot just dragged a bit for me

This book sounded great and had so much potential but was just mediocre. It was also one of the most poorly edited books I’ve ever seen. Full paragraphs were repeated and it had more punctuation issues than I could count; it was rough.

The kid felt like an afterthought. Both characters felt really surface level, like I didn’t get to really know either of them. Again it had great ideas and even some good banter but it was just poorly executed.

Thank you Netgalley, Siesta Key House and Lisa Daily for an Advanced Reader Copy of this book!
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Read this book if you just need to watch two people fall in love and be happy!
Is this book full of instalove? Yes it’s the text book definition, the main character’s immediately fall in love with no backstory what so ever. But I read this when I needed a feel good, quick pace romance and that’s exactly what I got!
The fake dating gets established 50% of the way through the book after they’re already falling for each other instead of the beginning. It’s also not a deal between the two main characters but something set up between one and side character for the 2 main characters to date for money. That part really rubbed me the wrong way and felt icky. However I did really like how it all ended because I was pretty nervous about that. It did the storyline justice and they best way they could have navigated the plot.
I wanted about 50-100 more pages for more content in between the current chapters. This could have added so much more to the story with details and character development. Everything except the strong feelings the main characters have for each other feels surface level.
The author did set up a book 2 with some cute characters! But I do want to see a Marisa book soon!

The Cutting Edge by Lisa Daily.

I am very torn about my review for this book. There is good stuff here, especially for fans of sports and hockey romance novels….but there are some isues holding it back.

I really do try not to harp on text-level mistakes in an ARC. However, since I was sent this ARC post-publication, I don’t think expecting a publication-ready book is out of bounds. But I truly hope the text I read is not the same version that went to print. Entire passages are repeated, clearly cut and pasted in revisions at some point. Dialogue loops and repeats—both within and between conversations. No one knows how to spell poor Mrs. Markham’s (Marham? Markam?) name. Repeatedly incorrect dialogue punctuation that makes conversations even more frustrating to attempt to parse. All of these are errors that should have been caught by an editor—and I hope I just got a very early version somehow.

All that aside,, I had originally picked up this ARC to try to understand part of the hockey romance book craze on BookTok. My husband was a hockey player for a long time and I do not understand the appeal. I read sports romances and I just smell sweaty pads and jerseys. However, I’m not here to yuck someone else’s yum. Just on a mission to understand.

(Spoiler alert: I still don’t get it after finishing this bo one)

To be fair, Daily hits all the sports romance tropes. And I did like the banter between Coco and Logan. But what bothered me more than the sports tropes was the consistent emphasis on gender. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing. But I was bothered by the writing that consistently referenced Logan’s manly muscles, manly jaw, manly hair, manly scent, manly legs….you get the point. And don’t even get me started on the ex-boyfriend who appears at about 85% to cause drama and let Logan be a manly man. And Coco is always feminine, always pretty. The scene with the WAGS saying they need to look pretty to motivate their men really encapsulated all of this. I did appreciate the camaraderie among women instead of putting them against each other, though.

So if you are already a hockey romance or sports romance fan, you may enjoy this book. Daily does deftly handle the tropes and have some real moments of excellent dialogue that readers will enjoy.

Thank you to NetGalley and Siesta Key for the ebook ARC. All opinions are mine alone.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for a copy of this book. All opinions are 100% my own.

I requested this book because of the really cute cover and the promise of a sports romance. This book delivered in this as well as some other really cute tropes. The male main character, Logan, is a cinnamon roll single dad who tries so hard to be perfect.

I didn’t like the female main character, Coco. She got annoyed really easily at Logan over things he didn’t, at least in my opinion, do wrong. Logan gave her so much and she barely gave anything back in return.

This book also had the strangest pacing. Almost half of the book took place over three days and then suddenly we were skipping weeks/months in one chapter, without seeing any story growth. There were also a couple of inconsistencies with coco’s surname, which was different in the first few chapters to the end of the book.

There were a few missed opportunities in this book, such as Mrs markham’s cancer journey and how this related to Logan’s own experience with his mums cancer. Coco’s relationship with her parents could have been explored more too.

I’m a bit confused by the description for the second book in the series, which describes Logan’s teammate cam as a ‘man tramp’, yet we meet his ‘serious’ girlfriend in a chapter in this book. I guess I’ll just have to read the next book in the series to see how the author works with this!

the story in this book was cute and easy to follow along, which made it an okay read for me. there were unfortunately some issues with the book, where some small things were being repeated shortly after one another and it did not seem to have been proof read well enough. in addition to that there were some small parts of the book which I think should have had more explanations or just not been there at all. overall it was sweet, but too many things that bothered me.