

And to make it even better, this was kind of like the adult version of Ukazu’s Check, Please! series, with quite a few parallels that I thoroughly enjoyed. Just like It Takes Two to Tumble, I found this one because Annabeth Albert (always, yes) highly recommended the newest release from Reid’s Game Changers series, Role Model, so of COURSE I was going to read it, because if Albert loves it, it is 100% worth checking out. Game Changer is the story of Scott, closeted professional hockey player who’s reached the limit of his ability and desire to stay closeted, who meets Kip, out and proud local juice store server who’s just trying to figure out what to do next with his life.


Of course, there’s an adorable meet-cute in that Scott comes to the shop gets a smoothie made by Kip and has an awesome game, so he comes back day-after-day and continues to rock on the ice. They end up getting together because Kip goes for the dreamboat guy and Scott takes a chance with a hookup in his home city.
