I went deep looking for some hockey romances to read and came across, not Alex by Sawyer Bennett, but another book by the same author set in the same universe but on a different team. Then I saw that she had MULTIPLE series set in the same world, all hockey romances, different teams. I had never been more excited. I decided I needed to start at the beginning and hoped I wouldn’t be disappointed. I’m happy to report, I was not!
First released about ten years ago, there are definitely some parts that feel tired. But, this makes sense to me considering how much hockey romance has been published afterward. Despite this, the premise and problems felt original. Typical grumpy face Alex actually has a reason to be grumpy, to hate everything despite being a rich, star hockey player. Seeing him and Sutton bond over their issues was refreshing and something I feel like we miss in so many other hockey romances. These characters were people with pasts and their relationship was built on more than just lust.
Alex by Sawyer Bennett was a good hockey romance read and a good intro to a new world and series. I’m looking forward to see how Bennett’s writing style evolves and how the stories progress considering how long this world of her has been going on.
