He is my kind of guy so I am claiming him ladies and gentleman! He could have come across as this arrogant prick but I loved how he wasn’t shy about making his attraction known to Brenna. Jake possesses an easy confidence, a surety about who he is and what he wants.” Alpha, but not the kind of alpha that orders you around and gets too overbearing. Jake is the type of hero that I ADORE in romance books though Brenna describes him best: Despite that belief, she is one strong chick who isn’t also written as a b$#ch (thankfully). She doesn’t let people walk all over her and she even stands up to her father whom she believes is ashamed of her. I loved her confidence, her quick wit and her ability to go after what she wants. It’s dialogue like theirs that makes me love reading romance so much!īrenna is a strong heroine who doesn’t get overshadowed by the hockey stud. Jake’s thoughts on girls’ night was laugh out loud funny.

The sarcasm was spot on and their back and forth was both hilarious and the best foreplay. Kennedy seriously wrote the best banter between these two. They may be from rival colleges when it comes to the hockey, but Brenna and Jake’s chemistry together is so hot it easily melts the ice. It’s a fantastic, enemies to lovers story that sizzles with heat. This book has so many things going for it, hence the 5 star review. She must give him one real date for every fake date they have. Given that Jake plays for a rival school, it’s a tough ask for her to make and she doesn’t think he’ll agree, but he does with one caveat. More specifically, she needs him to pose as her boyfriend. Hockey is king not only for Harvard hockey star, Jake Connelly, but also for daughter of the Briar U hockey coach and hockey fan herself, Brenna Jensen.īrenna has her heart set on a sports broadcasting internship and it looks like she’s going to need Jake’s help to land it. Though if you really don’t want to, try this as a standalone because Brenna and Jake are a fantastic couple!! From their brief interactions alone, I knew that I had to read their story and I’m so glad that I did.ĭo you need to read The Chase before this one? I’d say probably because then you can see these two characters meet, plus gain a bit of background on all the other characters in this novel. The lead characters in that book just bugged the heck out of me in both their actions or more accurately, their inactions.īut what I did love about that book were the side characters Brenna and Jake. I’ll be honest and just say it – I did not care for the first book, The Chase. Tags: Enemies to Lovers, College, Fake Relationship, Hockey, Sports, Fake Dating Amazon Find on Goodreads Rating : ★★★★★Ī fake relationship romance with an enemies to lovers story that’s fueled by a school rivalry sends the chemistry in this novel off the charts!įirst off, The Risk is the second book in the Briar U series. Categories: Contemporary Romance, Sports Romance, New Adult Romance

The risk by elle kennedy