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Jason & Oakley
- single POV
- Fall & hockey contemporary romance with drama & some suspense
- Meetcute turned unfortunate
- L&D nurse FMC
- Hockey player MMC
- Strong village & found family
- Loving people well despite traumatic past & present circumstances
- Brother’s best friend
- One bed trope
- Built in playlist
- Moving quoting throughout book


✨ what I loved:
- the dedication 🥹
- THE ATTITUDE
- The teasing and banter
- Jason not giving up easily
- Oakley’s fierce love & loyalty to her people
- The nicknames
- Oakley’s growth and showing up for Jason even when she’s scared cause he deserves it
- The family bonding & healing
- THE DRAMA, THE SUSPENSE, THE MAKING OUT

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Book 1 of the As The Seasons Change Series - Oh my gosh. My fall loving, hockey loving, romance loving, and drama loving heart actually exploded reading this book. I laughed. I cried. I freaking out. I sang the songs at the top of my lungs (because Ella included some AMAZING songs through out the book, I’m looking at you “What hurts the most”😉).

This book as so much heart. We all need to find the people in our lives who take care of us even when we are the most difficult stubborn people alive. I loved Oakley so much because that girl and I are too stubborn for our own good. I adored the village that rallied around her while thing after thing went wrong and Oakley felt helpless against any of it. The book shows the importance of community, of loving people fiercely, and embracing change.

I loved Oakley & Jason for many different reasons and I’m obsessed with them together. They balance one another so well and pick up the slack when the other is struggling. When one is weak, the other comes in and cares for their person completely. I LOVE that Jason doesn’t let Oakley self sabotage and he sees past it. But I love even more that Oakley apologizes and owns up to the hurt she caused and actively tries to change.

Every side character was *chef’s kiss* and made the story 100x better. The whole community felt real as they dealt with some of the hardships we have to deal with in real life. Some aspects of the story felt rushed but overall the characters and heart of the story spoke to me.

This is a closed door contemporary romance which includes suspense, The author has left a detailed note at the beginning with content warnings and over arching themes.

**Thank you so much to Ella for letting me read this ARC via NetGalley. I received a complimentary copy. No positive review was required. All thoughts are my own.**

Songs:
Everything I wanted by Billie Eilish
Greedy by Tate McRae
Like that by Bea Miller
Where’d that girl go by Morgan Wallen
Under my skin by Nate Smith
Name storms after by Nate Smith
Strangers by Ella Langley & Kameron Marlowe
Hell of man by Ella Langley
Excuse the mess by Ella Langley
My greatest fear by Benson Boone
Stuck with u by Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber
Piece of my heart by ROSIE
I was wrong by ROSIE
I’m fakin by Sabrina Carpenter
What are you afraid of? By Jessica Baio
Everything by Alex Warren
Loved you better by Dean Lewis & Jonas Brothers
Let me be the one by Lily Williams
Princess peach by Ruth B

Oakley Tennen es una enfermera que ha aprendido a sobrevivir manteniendo la distancia emocional con todo el mundo. Entre turnos en la sala de partos, compañeras entrometidas y una vida que parece exigirle más de lo que puede dar, Oakley cree que lo tiene todo bajo control. Pero la llamada inesperada de su hermano Jack, quien regresa después de años de ausencia y con un diagnóstico de cáncer; sacude sus cimientos, obligándola a enfrentarse a un pasado de abandono y a un presente lleno de responsabilidades.

Mientras lidia con la fragilidad de su familia y con la reaparición de viejas heridas, Oakley cruza caminos con Jason Westerman, un jugador de hockey que irrumpe en su vida de manera caótica y que parece ser lo último que ella necesita… o tal vez lo que le hacía falta.


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Por momentos me desesperó Oakley,

Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for the ARC in exchange for an honest opinion.