Boyfriend by Sarina Bowen [Review]

Boyfriend (Moo U #1) by Sarina Bowen
Format: ebook
Source: purchased
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Date read: February 25, 2023

Moo U
1. Boyfriend - Paperback | Kindle
2. Blindsided
3. Slapshot
4. Holdout
5. Gametime
6. Overtime
7. Halftime
8. Darkroom
9. Playmaker
10. Snowballed
11. Goalkeeper

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(find all the books in the series on the 1st book review)
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Sarina Bowen
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

The hottest player on the Moo U hockey team hangs a flyer on the bulletin board, and I am spellbound:

Rent a boyfriend for the holiday. For $25, I will be your Thanksgiving date. I will talk hockey with your dad. I will bring your mother flowers. I will be polite, and wear a nicely ironed shirt…

Now everyone knows it’s a bad idea to introduce your long-time crush to your messed-up family. But I really do need a date for Thanksgiving, even if I’m not willing to say why. So I tear his phone number off of that flyer… and accidentally entangle our star defenseman in a ruse that neither of us can easily unwind.

Because Weston's family is even nuttier than mine. He needs a date, too, for the most uncomfortable holiday engagement party ever thrown.

There will be hors d'oeuvre. There will be faked PDA. And there will be pro-level awkwardness…

Thoughts on Boyfriend: Okay. I'm heading onto the Moo U campus for some hockey and dating shenanigans. I AM READY.

First up, Abbi and Weston. They both have complicated family things going on. That said, their family issues are on opposite ends of the issue spectrum, but they both have family adjacent stumbling blocks that are causing problems for them. Also to be said, those weird family issues brought the two of them together in a roundabout way. So, there's that.

As it turns out, Weston's flyer to be someone's date for Thanksgiving is exactly what Abbi needs. He can help her avoid her step-step brother and she gets to spend time with the guy she's been crushing on for a while. On Weston's end, he gets delicious food and he gets to spend time with the hot waitress from his favorite wings restaurant. The step-step was a bit of a complication he hadn't expected, but the big guy is used to reading the room and reacting as needed, so it's not a huge deal.

Seeing as how Weston can't get Abbi out of his head, having her come to his family's Christmas festivities (complete with engagement party and REALLY awkward family time) is another win/win. And, as it turns out, spending time with Abbi only make Weston want her more. (Did I mention complicated family dynamics? Because WOW.)

Fake dating, fake sexy times, real sexy times, wings, hockey players, and ...they know that fake dating only works if they don't catch feelings for one another, right? Yeah. Yeeeaaaaah. I must say, I liked this one a lot!