Darkroom by Kate Willoughby [Review]

Darkroom (Moo U #8) by Kate Willoughby
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited
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Date read: March 6, 2023

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

Related Series:
(find all the books in the series on the 1st book review)
The Busy Bean
1. Sweetheart

In Vino Veritas
1. Wildfire

Speakeasy
1. Touchstone

True North
1. Bittersweet

Vino and Veritas
1. Roommate

Kate Willoughby
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

As a top draft pick from a family of hockey royalty, I'm under so much pressure that I’m losing my edge on the ice. I need something to snap my brain out of this self-destructive stress-loop. That’s where Indi Briscoe from my photography class comes in. She’s flirtatious and funny one moment, sweetly shy the next.

But she’s cagey. She has secrets. Also? She’s a virgin. Did I mention the pressure thing? Maybe I’m crazy for starting something with her. But we can’t seem to help ourselves...

Warning: this standalone novel contains heat, heart, familial expectations, extreme milkshakes, and a hamster with deep thoughts.

Thoughts on Darkroom: Okay. Sexy Hudson Forte is up and his special someone has maybe a tiny bit of baggage she needs to deal with before the two of them can be blissfully happy together in the long term. To be fair, Hudson also has some baggage to deal with. Just so you know it's not all one sided.

First up: Indi. Let's start by saying the lady has some self image issues. Between her birthmark (which got her bullied and teased relentlessly when she was younger, so I completely get where she's coming from with her coping mechanisms) and her disconnect with her heritage, she has a few things to work through. It takes time for her to come to terms with both.

As for Hudson, he's got big shoes to fill when it comes to his family and hockey. He's also been taught that he should suck it up and play through whatever's bothering him (okay, it's not said like that exactly, but it was the idea that some of the things he was dealing with weren't something that should bother someone like him) and that leads him to ignore some issues that could have been dealt with earlier. That said, once things start moving in the right direction, he makes big strides.

Family dynamics, pizza, self-image, more pizza, and some steamy kisses. *thumbs up*