**I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review** 
 This book had a great premise and situation (Russian hockey player and college soccer player who bond while she translates for him) but that may have been its best selling point. It's a debut novel and it has a lot of loose ends (what happens to the friend-who-might-be-in-love-with-her, Drew? what happens to her soccer playing after the beginning?). There are too many seemingly random elements that get introduced and then dropped or introduced late for no clear reason (like the new family member another reviewer commented on). The characters were somewhat inconsistent too-- both of them start out described as sort of wild (lots of drinking and hook ups) and then turn out to be quite tame (hot chocolate and graham crackers with the grandparents??) I understand that they may have false fronts because of their pasts etc etc but the shift was too sudden and not triggered by anything in particular. The Russian immigrant culture was really fun to read about but also made for a very old fashioned tone -- no hot sex here either. 
 I think this author has promise though. The book screams for a sequel and I hope she writes one to follow up on some of these interesting characters and situations. I'd like to see Auden get back into soccer and find out what happens with Drew and his girlfriend.