Face Off: An Enemies to Lovers MM Hockey Romance (Atlanta Firebirds Book 2)

A rivalry like no other. One based on cruel words that were spoken in a handshake line after a game. Bastian, the man who never stops, with an ADHD brain with a hundred tabs open at once. Tikh Volkov, the stoic Russian who has never culturally fit with any team he’s ever been on. When Volkov is traded as part of the NHL expansion and ends up on the same team as his bitter rival, Bastian Fotenot, sparks fly and routes and shifts are blown because the two of them can’t play together. The Team Cat, Kerimore, has kittens. 5 of them. Berger creates a leaderboard to determine who has first pick. Bastian and Tikh get kittens 4 and 5…the pair that is bonded and who cry and refuse to eat unless they are together. This forces the pair to co-parent the kittens. What begins with ‘for the cats’ becomes so much more and Bastian can’t handle not being ‘seen’ and Tikh wants to keep the closet closed on their relationship. The hurt they cause one another is painful. They do get their HEA or maybe a HFN since they haven’t officially resolved some of the issues like Avi and Ash have from Book 1. The final chapters of the book are poignantly sweet with all the feels. It was easier to relate to Baz than to Tikh. Tikh seemed very aloof and unapproachable at times, even when he was doing all the right things, the tender things that meant so much had Bastian only realised it before blowing everything to smithereens. Håjek, a vocal character from book 1, is downgraded to a few lines in the…

Come on guys, enemies to lovers, 2 cute kittens, closed proximity, and the team is absoutely delicious!!! I laughed too hard at their antiques.

This book is awesome! There are hot hockey players raising kittens, a group chat between the team that is hilarious, and a love story with a happy ending. It is a little heavy on the hockey details. This is the 2nd book in a series and it is really good. Looking forward to the next one that comes out in April.

I loved this book Read it in one day The two main characters were easy to love I hope there is another book

There was a peek at their complex relationship in the first book. The kittens push the men together. What I couldn’t understand is the “all of the sudden” aspect to the beginning of their relationship. Like the first book, it feels like it ends abruptly.