Better than I expected for a pretty cliched idea. But Bennett is right to take on less, maybe, and deliver more. It's not an ambitious book, but it's well executed. The emotional drama between Alex and Sutton, both children of substance abusers, is credible and interesting, even if it's not that new. And Alex really changes from a callous jerk to someone who can care about people. The plot reminds me a lot of the book I reviewed recently for net galley (not out til September) called Delayed Penalty. That has another hockey player, named Alex even, with emotional issues and a complex heroine who has more going on than Sutton, though this book is way hotter. That book is more ambitious with the emotional background and situation (Russian immigrants) and doesn't succeed quite as well. Both books left me interested in reading more by these authors though.