Hockey was everything to them both… until they met each other. All Keenan Avali wants to do is play hockey. It doesn’t matter that he’s an alpha, he’s got no interest in dominating anywhere but on the ice.When Cartwright Johnson joins the Hell’s Flames, he expects to play hard to compensate for being an omega who dared to pursue a professional hockey career. After his last team traded him, he is … his last team traded him, he is not making the mistake of falling for a teammate ever again. He’s sure he’s got the control to keep his pants on and his heart closed… until he meets Keenan Avali.
An omega can’t trust an alpha, much less one as hot as Avali, but nobody can fail to see they play together like they were made for it. But for how long can they be the perfect teammates on ice when they can’t stand to look at each other off it?
This is episode 2 of “Cracking Ice”, a serialized novel that will be published every two weeks for the rest of the year. Please start on episode 1.
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Part two and the world and society building in this story is all the more riveting! I love how the author created her own version of omegaverse with intricate social and personal rules. In the middle of it all are two MCs that are amazing to follow. I love how much the story concentrates on feelings and their development. Can’t wait to see where it goes next!
Thank you for the ARC read, I voluntarily give this book an honest review. Keenan and Carry are still trying to figure out things on the off the ice. Carry is still holding back from Keenan for obvious reasons due to the way omega’s are treated while Keenan is just trying to, make it work with the way Carry pushes, mixed signals at him. When things take a different turn for the two how will the coup with this new sign that that are a true pair? The fight is still on with Carry to prove himself with the hockey league. Can’t wait for ep 3 this is getting intense with this unwilling duo.
I never read a story with true mates who worked hard so they would NOT be together, my head was confused. I wanted them together and all they did was fight against it.
Keenan was quite oblivious to the whole mate thing, he never felt something for a guy and didn’t want to start. Carry’s first priority was hockey, now with his real mate before him he has to work hard to disguise his feelings and hold up all kinds of shields to protect himself. Walls don’t work on ice, he has to know where Keenan is to play his best game.
Keenan is a bit short-sighted. He kind of wants to ignore the true pair thing. Carry is at a disadvantage; he feels everything and has to work hard to suppress.
Keenan understands some, he feels too, but hard-headed as he is, he is in denial.
Their bond is strong, Keenan doesn’t even know how strong because Carry doesn’t let him see or feel everything. They can take advantage of it on ice, together they can be invincible, and no one will find out!
Most of the time Carry feels largely screwed by the universe!
When his heat strikes again one message is enough.
It’s all about not opening up too much because it will overwhelm the other, who definitely can’t find out.
I’m a HUGE fan of alpha omega dynamic, and I’m even more turned on by the scent ‘thing’. Cracking Ice is full of it! I can’t get enough of it all!
This story gives me all different kind of feelings, I love the unbearable tension and their hot sexual encounters, I hate the aloof they put between them, and I love they struggle with it.
After this second installment, I felt even more connected with both men.
Luckily the size of every part of this series is manageable, but it makes me restless not to know what will happen next. With Cracking Ice it can go every direction.
Overall a well-written story, I love the fact I wasn’t head over heels with both men, they had to work hard to conquer my heart, I do want to get to know and understand them better.
I love the content and I love all the focus to the real-pair issues.