Guest Post with Sophia Henry and Giveaway

Meet Sophie Henry author of Unsportsmanlike Conduct.

Sophia Henry, a proud Detroit native, fell in love with reading, writing, and hockey all before she became a teenager. She did not, however, fall in love with snow. So after graduating with a BS in English from Central Michigan University, she moved to the warmth of North Carolina for the remainder of her winters.

She spends her days writing books featuring hot, hockey-playing heroes. When she’s not writing, she’s chasing her two high-energy sons, watching her beloved Detroit Red Wings and rocking out at concerts with her husband.

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ARC Review: Interference by Sophia Henry

Interference is the third book in the Pilots Hockey series by Sophia Henry. Each book in the series is a standalone story, however fans of the series will recognize familiar faces since the characters are connected. Don't worry about starting here though if you haven't read the series as you do not need to read these in order to enjoy them. I have to say that while I have liked each of the books I have read in this series, I haven't loved them. I really thought that was going to be different here, but I ended up having some mixed feelings when all was said and done here. Good story and I did enjoy it, but it wasn't as great as it could have been. 

Linden "Indie" Meadows is a single mother that is fiercely protective of her family. So when her brother's new hockey coach yells at him and benches him during a game, she gives him a piece of her mind. But Jason Taylor is more than just the new hockey coach, he spends his days working as a police officer in their small town while working towards his goal of some day being able to get on the force in Detroit. Though Indie and Jason get off on the wrong foot, the chemistry between them is smoking and they decide to see where things go. But with Jason wanting to move, Indie being a single mom not looking to leave, and Indie's ex trying to get back in the picture...can they possibly have a future together?

I liked both Indie and Jason. Jason was so great with Indie's son Holden. He was sweet and caring, and I loved that he was very natural with him. He didn't trying to treat him like a baby or take the place of his father. He was just so good with him and it was really cute to watch. Indie was strong and had made some tough choices, but she didn't view them as decisions that needed to be made. She just did what she felt was right and the best she could for her family. I liked how her son was always first and that she was so close to her family. Same with Jason and his family. You could tell just how much family meant to each of them, and it was one of the many things that they had in common. These two had great chemistry, and I really loved seeing them spend time together as they built a connection. 

I will say though that while I liked them, I didn't love this story. I thought that there were several things that were predictable and there wasn't really any new ground broken here. This series might be the Pilots Hockey series, but each book has been pretty light on the actual hockey taking place. If you are looking for a sports romance story with a lot of action and hockey, these probably aren't going to be for you. I also felt like the situation with Tim went mostly unresolved, and what little we did get was unrealistic. The bar situation at the end didn't make much sense, and things just sort of disappeared after that. It felt like a ton of build up for nothing, and I wish that we had seen how everything with Tim played out. Overall, this one was just okay. I felt like it had some potential but ultimately was one that wasn't memorable. I really liked the characters and the strong sense of family for them, but that wasn't enough to carry the story for me.

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ARC Review: Power Play by Sophia Henry

Power Play is the second Pilots Hockey novel from Sophia Henry, but each book in the series is a standalone. Power Play features Landon Taylor and Grabiella Bertucci. Gaby and Landon have known one another for years, with his family being customer's of her family's produce markets. But when Gaby's dad has a heart attack while Landon is in the story, he rushes to help her and they really start to get to know one another. Landon, a minor-league hockey player has admired Gaby for years, but he never told her how he felt until after her family's crisis. The only problem now that he has told her about his feelings is that she doesn't believe him. Gaby's past has kept her from taking a chance with anyone before, but can she get past everything that has happened and take a risk with Landon?

While Gaby and Landon weren't hard to like, there wasn't a lot of depth to either of them. Their characters felt very one-dimensional and I couldn't relate to them. I didn't ever see their connection or find their relationship to be entirely believable. They didn't really seem to get to know one another, though they already had a lot of the facts about each other through watching each other over the years. They made jokes about it being creepy or obsessive, but that was how it came off. There also wasn't a lot of heat or chemistry between these two, and most of the sex scenes were implied or lacked much detail. The story felt more like a YA novel than a NA novel. 

My other problem with this story was Gaby's family. I didn't like them from the start, and it wasn't just one of them but the entire family. They treated her horribly most of them time, and then were protective or sweet at others like that somehow made up for the rest of the time. I didn't believe their sudden transformation at the end of the book. Overall, this story was just a bit dry and fell flat for me. I think there was promise here, I just wanted to see more depth and believe in the connection between Gaby and Landon and unfortunately I wasn't able to.

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