There’s more to me than just being awk-weird. I own my own flower shop, have some great friends, and I have my eye on adopting the most adorable kitten. But sadly, hot guys don’t tend to be blown away by my trivia-spouting, dorky self. So when a Thor-lookalike who happens to be a professional hockey player hits on me at my bestie’s wedding rehearsal party… You better believe I climbed that … climbed that tree like a cat. And the fact that it happened not once, not twice, but three times? Yeah, that’s pretty much a once-in-a-lifetime experience for a woman like me.
There’s zero chance I’ll end up ever seeing him again…right?
Until the pregnancy test comes up positive. What happens next?
Oh my God, I wish I knew…
Each book in the Ice Knights series is STANDALONE:
* Parental Guidance
* Awk-Weird
* Loud Mouth
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What do you get when Thor’s hockey playing twin and a glasses wearing, flower shop owning, trivia buff get wedding’d??? You get a freaking hilarious, laugh-your-ass-off, accidental pregnancy rom-com written by an amazing author!
Author Avery Flynn has (once again) melted the ice!!!! Awk-weird was fantastic! The one-night-stand/accidental pregnancy storyline was so wonderfully written that I had a hard time finding a stopping point to go to bed…so…I didn’t! LOL. This second book in the Ice Knights Hockey series brings some of the characters and storyline from book one, Parental Guidance.
Awk-weird is the story of Tess and Cole. Cole is a hockey player for the Ice Knights and is hung up on his on-again-off-again ex-girlfriend. Tess is the last of her single friends, socially awkward, and feels like she is a temporary fixture in everyone’s life (due to her upbringing).
I loved the banter, the storyline, the characters, the love, the dilemma, the humor, the heartache, the heat, the WHOLE. FREAKING. BOOK! Love this book and this series! Can’t wait for the next book! 5 ice-melting stars!!!
Good story with very likeable characters, Avery Flynn is a new author to me, but the story was a really felt good story with likeable characters.
5 Stars
The newest book in the Ice Knights series is sweet, hot and hilarious! Tess and Cole both have distinctive personalities formed from unconventional childhoods. When they cross paths at the wedding of their friend Lucy, what follows is a sexy, funny adventure between two people who went from not knowing each other to future co-parents. Of course the path to happily ever after is never smooth but with this cast if characters you will not want to stop until you reach the end!
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This book seemed to drag on a bit for me. While I love the back and forth banter between Tess and Cole, at times it was a bit much. Tess’ quirkiness is funny, and distracting from the real issues of her feeling abandoned. It works to keep her distance and feelings from being hurt. Cole’s perfect plans for his perfect life seem to be getting torn apart, from hockey to love, he just cannot seem to keep it together. I have to say, I did learn quite a bit from this books awesome facts, they did seem to be a bit much at points.
I love the Ice Knights, cannot wait for the next book.
For anyone who has felt left out, out of place, weird, different, or just awk-weird you will identify with this book!! Oh, how my heart broke everytime…EVERY single time, Tess drifted into the background, mentioned she was temporary in someone’s life, that she was better off alone, etc…Avery Flynn you reached into my heart and put a big ol’ squeeze on it with her character.
Awk-Weird is a romcom by all accounts, but it is also full of good touchy feely moments. Both Cole and Tess had childhoods full of upheaval, but they manifested their adulthoods in different ways. Cole is a control freak with a capital C and F while Tess is shy and doesn’t people well. These two were so right for each other, it just took them a bit to figure it out in the end and the story will make you laugh and cry while getting there.
At a wedding rehearsal dinner when both of their normal defenses were down and faulty condoms were used, Cole and Tess find themselves in the role of soon to be co-parents. Now, as they prepare for this big change, baby steps are made to prep them for the big one that is about to happen in a few months. Considering neither one saw this coming in their future, they have a lot of baby steps to make to get the up to speed in their communications skills, their emotional skills, their getting along skills…etc…
Did I mention they were both a bit awkward? Make sure you add this book to your TBR now!
**4-4.5 Stars**
I’m loving this series! Avery Flynn writes such fun & sexy books. Awk-Weird is the second book in her Ice Knights series and it was such a pleasure to read!
I loved these characters. Tess and Cole may be opposites in many ways, but you could feel the chemistry between them and just knew that they would be perfect for each other. Cole is someone who likes structure, schedules and everything in its place and Tess coming into his life sends all of that out the window. Tess had a hard childhood and was never shown stability and believes everything is temporary. But with Cole and her besties, maybe life doesn’t have to be that way. This story gave me all the feels and kept me turning the pages! The scenes with Tess’s kitty had me laughing out loud too!
Avery Flynn delivers another fantastic story and shows why she continues to be one of my favorite authors!
Big win for this new RomCom from the very funny and talented Avery Flynn. What a charming, adorable, funny, sweet, sexy and yup at times awk-ward/weird story! I absolutely loved everything about it!! Tess & Cole (aka Thor’s twin) are so amazing together and I just love their characters so much. Their chemistry is off the charts! After their awkward meeting during trivia at a wedding, one steamy thing leads to another and life altering consequences follow. Tess is awesome, she is so quirky and awkward and just so lovable. Cole is a hot, sexy hockey player and is pretty smart except for his on again off again relationship that he can’t seem to let go in order to see what is right in front of him. Neither of them is keen on relationships but they are both on board with the pregnancy, so there is that little problem to overcome. But they really do fit together perfectly and complement each other in so many ways; all they need to do is see it for themselves and work out their own stuff so they can be the couple/family they are meant to be. I definitely fell in love with this couple and their story!
Oh how I love this world that Ms. Flynn has created!
This is the awk-weird story of Tess and Cole. An awkward meeting over a trivia game, random facts spouting and a hella hot hookup.
Tess is just precious. I could sympathize with her go-to reaction of spewing out random facts. I wanted to hug her hard after reading about her past and how she was shuffled along. I too know how it is to make yourself small, to disappear into the wall to not make waves.
Cole, oh this hot mess of a man. Such a stickler for consistency, but that is his “safe” place. I did want to shake him hard about his stubbornness with Marti, I mean come on! See what is in front of you!
Tess and Cole have sparks galore, but they also have insecurities and vulnerabilities that almost wreck their relationship.
With hilarious secondary characters and a spawn of satan cat, this story is one you won’t be able to put down until the very end!
4.5 stars
Awk -Weird certainly lived up to its title with Tess and Cole. Tess was a quirky character that blurted out random weird facts when she was nervous. It was funny to read what she was going to come out with. Needless to say she didnt count on meeting Cole and having such a steamy time!!
What eventuates in this book is something a lot of people go through and I really liked the direction the story went but Tess’s penchant for everything around her being temporary surely made things difficult. I loved that she had some really great friends who got her out of her funk and I loved the way the hockey teammates got through to Cole.
Sometimes a little awkward makes for a whole lot of fun!! Such a fun read!
Awkward, Weird and Oh So Good!
The title tells you so much about this book and I loved Every Minute of it! You know Tess
And Cole from Ms Flynn’s previous books and they are probably the two characters you never saw getting together. After an interesting Wedding Hook-up the two main characters find themselves set to be unsuspecting parents. Awkweird is the story of how these two very different people figure out how to be a team and find love in the interim. Cole is not ready to accept a future different than the one he had planned for himself and Tess just has acceptance issues and they both need to figure out how to get out of their own heads and see what is right in front of their faces and you are brought along for the Joyride. I love Ms. Flynns writing style and her strong but vulnerable characters and this book is no exception. I can’t wait to read more
Of the Ice Knights story in the future.
Tess and Cole were pure magic! Just what the other needed! Tess is pure chaos and Cole is pure routine. Their meeting is during a wedding where they have a one night stand with a surprise baby. What will Tess and the baby do to Cole’s routine? Can Tess find more than the temporary home she has always had in the past? Will Bigfoot find his place in their home? This book is filled with lots of laughter along with a kitten with a penchant for toilet paper! I really enjoyed ready this book! It left me with a smile on my face!
I loved getting to know Cole and Tess and how their different upbringings gave them such different coping mechanisms and quirks as adults. I thoroughly enjoyed watching them both work through their quicks in order to grow as individuals and as a couple. There were a few instances that I wanted to weep as well as slug some of Tess’s family members when I learned how she was treated by them as she was shuttled around quite a bit during her entire childhood. And, with all of Avery Flynn’s books, there were many times I laughed out loud throughout the book!