I was so excited to get to read this as an ARC! Thank you to Peyton Corrine and Atria Books for giving me the opportunity to read for its official release! 🫶🏼

I loved reading this one SO. MUCH. You see the “reformed playboy” trope all the time but this one felt different. Freddy had never really felt true love or known he had been loved before. He is just a grieving man who had been told his worth is only in the things he can do for other people… until Ro. 💚

Ro has her own set of struggles with her worth and being told she was too much and not enough at the same time by a boy who didn’t deserve her and it bled in to every part of her being.🎀

Both Ro and Freddy together healing each other is perfect. They are exactly what the other needs, an advocate, a best friend, a cheerleader, a bodyguard, a soulmate🫶🏼.

This story is more about grief and love, both romantic and familial/platonic, than it is about hockey but it works. It was a very emotional story for me but worth every second! The pacing felt just right. 💕

✨Oh and I’m a sucker for Epilogues and this one definitely did NOT disappoint!! ✨

Thanks again to Peyton Corrine, Atria Books, and NetGalley for the opportunity of an ARC for Unloved 💚

I love love loved this book. Just like Unsteady, this book dealt with tough themes and trauma, and did so extremely well. I love the way Peyton Corrine writes her main characters. I get so attached to them and my heart breaks when theirs do.

I did think the book was a smidge too long and dragged about 60% of the way through, but it picked up again towards the end and finished strong.

I also really enjoyed how we got to see more of the side characters in this book like Bennett and Toren. I’m hoping we get books for them soon 👀 And it was good to see another perspective, even briefly, of Rhys and Sadie’s story.

I really enjoyed the complexity of Matt’s backstory. It felt realistic in a heart wrenching way. And I loved his character development and healing throughout this book. Same thing with Ro - her story was tough but seeing her heal through it was enjoyable.

Overall I loved this book and Peyton Corrine has become an auto buy author for me. I hope we get more books from her!

I loved the first book in this series but ended up not finishing this one. I really struggled with Ro’s lack of maturity and her relationship with her ex Tyler and just couldn’t get past it to enjoy the rest of the book.

4.5 ⭐️
I loved this book so much!! I love hockey romances and this is definitely one of the top ones I’ve read. Ro and Freddy were amazing I loved them so much, I’m obsessed!

Thank you so much to Atria Books and NetGalley for the eARC!

4.5 ⭐️ I love a good hockey romance and this was it! It was such a fun easy read! 💕🏒

Thank you so much to Atria Books and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you Net galley for the opportunity to read this ARC! This was a slow burn, friends to lovers, college hockey romance. This book navigates many difficult themes including abuse and grief, but how the characters support each other through it all was very well done.

If you are a fan of Binding 13, this book (including Unsteady) is for you. Matt, aka Freddy, had depth and emotion that made you connect with him as a character. Ro, aka Rosalie, makes you route for her the entire book as she works on leaving a tough previous relationship and create a new one with Matt. I really enjoyed this book and will be recommending it to everyone.

Unloved by Peyton Corinne shows what it truly means to be someone's friend before you find love with them. It shows that no matter what baggage you have, you can always find someone who is strong enough to carry it not only for you, but with you. I'm excited to go back and read the first book in this series as well as all that follow it.

4.5⭐️

I am so in love with this book!! Peyton did a great job making readers feel connected to the main characters. I was cheering for them both individually and together. The characters were so sweet, I felt their connection from the very beginning. One of my favorite parts of this book is how they took care of each other. They handled each other so gently it was perfect. I love when a romance book connects with me on a deeper level than just fun and sexy. This book had me SO EMOTIONAL. I felt seen by both Ro and Matty which definitely had me pausing to cry a few times.

Having read book one, it was really interesting to see this happening in the same timeline. I don’t think I’ve read a series where it’s been done like this, and I actually really enjoyed it!

This is definitely a book I’ll buy a physical copy of so I can re-read and annotate! One of my favorite hockey romances.💖

thank you so much to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster this ARC!
i just want to start by saying how refreshingly fun the way this interconnected series is written. having the storylines happen simultaneously is so cool and you don't see that often.
this story deals with complexities like grief, abuse and trauma in a way that felt so understanding and all encompassing, my heart ached. while the writing did feel a bit juvenile at times, especially the dialogue that seemed a bit stiff in some places, Peyton Corinne executes character development and a sweet slow burn almost flawlessly. to be so moved by a FMC learns to embrace her femininity and sexuality, all while learning to truly stand on her own two feet, was a surprise i didn't expect from this book; and was obsessed with nonetheless.
i absolutely devoured this and i cannot wait for this to come out for everyone to experience it as well!
thank you again for the ARC. will absolutely be rereading the butterfly girl and hockey boy sometime soon.

I'm a big hockey romance reader and this one definitely ranked up there for me. I loved watching the friendship develop between Ro and Freddy as they both navigated their own struggles. The dual perspective really helped showcase the anxieties behind the characters' actions.

Additionally I love that this author includes a flashforward epilogue in her books! Can't wait to see what other characters get their own story!

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for the arc in exchange for an honest review. To

🥅🏒My first hockey romance 🏒🥅
This is such a cute story, leaving me truly smitten. At first, I was super annoyed with Ro for being a doormat. She let so many people just run right over her and it was so annoying. Thank goodness she had Sadie. I loved watching the relationship between Matt & Ro develop. It was sweet, raw, and genuine. Ro and Matt, both broken individuals, neither believing they were lovable. What they find within each other is what they’ve always dreamed of…. Unconditional love and acceptance. I cried, I laughed. Well written. This is the second book in this series and I did not read book one, even though I plan too. Reading the books out of order did not leave me feeling as though I was missing pieces of the story. An easy read that I enjoyed. Loved the book’s music playlist!

Rating: 4.5⭐️
themes: grief, loss, abuse
Spice: 🔥🔥🔥

Book Review 📚

Unloved 💚
Release Date: February 4, 2025

Thank you for the ARC of this book

Unloved is book two in The Undone series by Peyton Corinne. I recently reread Unsteady, which is book one in the series. I absolutely adored Unsteady, so I was very excited to receive an ARC of Unloved.

Peyton Corinne wrote two of the most lovable characters I’ve ever read about. I loved Matty and Ro from the moment Matty called Ro princess in Unsteady. Matty and Ro are both so sweet and so emotionally intelligent. I was angry for Ro and what she went through, but Matty’s story and POVs absolutely devastated me. I cried quite a bit throughout the story. I wanted to give them both a hug the for the entire book 🥺 The friends to lovers mutual pining was done so well in this story! The way these two allowed each other to process their pasts and grow together was absolutely beautiful. I loved the ways they showed each other they had the other’s back.

I also loved seeing Rhys, Sadie, Oliver and Liam again! I loved the additional characters in this book. I’m adore Archer! I’m so excited for future stories in this world! Peyton Corinne creates such heartbreakingly beautiful stories 🩵💚

Thank you again for the E-ARC 🎉

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My first ARC of 2025 and I enjoyed every second of it. (I think I’m a sucker for reformed playboy trope). I loved Freddy and Ro and the way they supported each other throughout the novel. These two understand each other in ways that no one else did. They met briefly during freshman year and reconnect a few years later at a party and then again when Ro was assigned as Freddy’s new tutor. Freddy is so sweet and it makes me feel so bad that he got dealt some bad cards in his life. You can tell in his POV just how obsessed he is with Ro and how enamoured Ro is with him in her POV and I lived for it. These two formed the sweetest friendship which transformed into one of the fiercest relationships. I loved how Freddy helped Ro get out of her little shell and how Ro showed Freddy that he’s not alone. These two showed each other that they don’t need to hide or change parts of themselves to be truly loved and found that true love with each other. This was such a cute college hockey romance novel and it has made me so excited for the next novel in this series (Bennett needs a book like NOW, same with Kane).

Thank you so much to NetGalley for an ARC of this novel in exchange for my honest review.

Tropes:
- college hockey romance
- student x tutor
- friends to lovers

Peyton Corinne quickly became my favorite author with Unsteady but this one really did it for me! It was absolutely AMAZING!! Peyton is such an incredible writer and does a great job of letting us into her characters mind and world. You really got to know our characters fears, dreams, loves and dive into who they are. It was overall a beautiful story. I love Ro and Matty so much. They deserve the world. They deserve each other. They deserve everything. This one definitely made me cry so be prepared for tears!

5 stars ✨

Already predicting this will be one of my top reads of 2025! Thank you so much to Atria Books and Peyton Corinne for this ARC, I loved Unsteady so I was so excited to read Ro and Freddy’s story!

I often find little pieces of myself in the characters of stories I love which is part of why I have such a deep passionate love of reading. This story felt different to me, it truly felt as though my fears, insecurities, really my entire soul were taken and split between Ro and Freddy. Y’all aren’t my therapist so I won’t go into that too much here but just know I am feeling very protective of Ro and Freddy (and I am also still protective of Sadie so watch it!!). I love them both so dearly as individuals, together they healed something in me.

There was so much that I loved about this story and their relationship. Both Ro and Freddy had been through a lot before getting to college and when they tried to overcome their insecurities of being worthy of love, they found themselves falling for the wrong people who did nothing but make them believe their negative thoughts of themselves as fact. How careful they were with each other’s emotions as their friendship and eventual relationship was forming was beautiful. They have made it to my mental “these two are soulmates” list. and no surprise here, but this epilogue had me weeping and then staring at my bedroom wall for several minutes after finishing. I loved seeing how happy and full their life was together, so well deserved.

A special message to Peyton Corinne, thank you for your gift of writing complex, vulnerable, and REAL characters, especially woman. Your writing has been so healing to me in many ways and I appreciate how much care you put into these stories. I am a fan for life! 💖

Thank you to NetGalley, Atria Books, and Peyton Corinne for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review. AMAZING, SHOW STOPPING, 10/10… I could go on for soooo long! Ro and Freddy were both sooo well written and lovely. I’ve personally have never read a second book in the series that the story took place during the first book!! It’s such a cool concept. I majorly recommend re-reading the first book before hopping into this one!

4.50 🌟
Spice: open door

The way I instantly felt so protective of both of these characters! I would go to battle for them. This one is a slowwww burn, y'all, so buckle up. It's worth it for their character growth alone. I got a little frustrated with them dancing around each other with the 'we're just friends' routine, but they needed to work through things in their own way. There are 3 side characters I would like to throat punch 👊 😤 Loveddd the epilogues! Writing was just as fantastic as the first book. Hopefully, we return for maybe Bennett & Toren's stories 🤞

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

I ultimately did not finish this book. I read book one in the series and LOVEDDDDDD it but something about book two was not clicking for me. I am still excited about these characters and returning to this world so it might be one that I revisit in the future.

sad to report: this wasn’t for me. i had no connection with “Unloved” - the plot, the characters, nothing. and i love found family, especially in sports romance novels, but this felt like a family that's never heard of communication. all matty’s teammates are holing up their emotions and the going-ons of their lives when they are following near identical paths, having girl problems on the same timeline! i very much disliked that and the secrets felt endless. now, was that intentional because each pairing will get their own screen time eventually? 110%, and i can deduce that from what is transpiring in this book. but it was still difficult to connect with them in any capacity.

what i did endlessly love was how their relationship developed; that was the only saving grace. it's sweet and true, and their coupling felt realistic. the tutoring into tentative friendship into more was the highlight. additionally, matty was easy to understand. you learn his background and you just want to hug him.

even so, their other idiosyncrasies drove me up a wall. the way ro constantly let tyler (her boyfriend, but not really, since they DID breakup) walk all over her into realizing her worth and then proceeding to let him mistreat her more was rage-inducing. the way matty gets no help or intervention with the professor situation and how unsettling that feels when there's no real closure and he stays in her class had me close to dnfing. their story was overall unfulfilling and i was hoping for more.

regardless, i’m crossing my fingers that book 3 will be with bennett or even toren and it’ll end up being worthwhile.

thank you to NetGalley, Atria Books, and Peyton Corinne for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Unloved by Peyton Corrine

Well this is the sweetest friends to lovers romance. The emotional connection between Freddy and Ro is so beautiful. Peyton does such a phenomenal job setting a strong foundation between the two characters. Their friendship is truly what the two of them need at this time in their life.

Freddy and Ro both have their own struggles and insecurities but together they are able to open up with one another and be each other’s constant. Truly this book is so dang sweet. I loved watching their relationship grow and develop and eventually turn in to unconditional love.

Read if you enjoy:
College hockey romance
Friends to lovers
Slow burn
Athlete x tutor
Mental health
Learn disabilities rep

Thank you so much Peyton, NetGalley and Atria Books for the opportunity to read and review this ARC for my honest opinion and review!