Thursday, March 28, 2024

Snowballed by Melanie Ting [Review]

Snowballed (Moo U #10) by Melanie Ting
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited
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Date read: March 7, 2023

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

Melanie Ting
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
She needs Prince Farming . . . but she got me instead.

Sure, life’s been easy for me. Growing up in an oceanside house in SoCal, playing top-level college hockey, driving a luxury car with a generous allowance—sounds like the dream, right? Turns out what I didn’t have was freedom. And when I decided to transfer to Moo U for my last year of hockey, my controlling father cut me off.

No money, no car, no friends. I’m just another student struggling to make ends meet. The only place I can afford to live is the Meyers’ farm, where I’ll work in exchange for room and board. Farm work is so exhausting that I don’t even have time to wallow in the crappy turn my life has taken. Zoe Meyers is a hot blonde Amazon with all the energy of a chipmunk on crack. And her positivity is making me realize how lucky I really am, even though I’m broke. Too bad she’s not impressed by a guy who can’t figure out which end of a goat to milk.

Because suddenly I want to impress her. I want to do a lot more with her too . . . if I can get her out of the barn and into my arms.
Thoughts on Snowballed: Noah's transferring to Moo U (against his father's wishes) and to make up for the sudden loss of his allowance (among other things), he's helping at the Meyers' farm so he, you know, has a rent-free place to live. Two things: Noah doesn't know anything about farming (but he soon learns!) and Zoe's upbeat personality is soon growing on him. Well, soon-ish.

On Zoe's end, she has some baggage she has to deal with. She's determined to hold onto the family farm because it was her father's dream home. Except with her dad now gone, her brother staying in town, and her mom not interested in farming, she's running herself ragged to get everything done. Noah's help (even though it takes him time to figure things out) is appreciated, but there are THINGS she needs to deal with before everything comes spilling over.

It takes a little scare, a lot of soul-searching, and the realization that sometimes a person has to adjust their dreams before Zoe gets where she needs to be. Which is in a relationship with Noah based on the steam between them.

Hockey, goats, facing the past, and figuring out the future. GOOD STUFF.

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