When ex-pro basketball player Mitchell Anderson sees an overturned car on the edge of a cliff during a nasty snowstorm, he knows he has only minutes to rescue the woman trapped inside. What he’s not expecting is their instant attraction, or that she can deliver one hell of a pick-up line even under the most terrifying of circumstances.
Hope Roman’s entire life is on the edge. She’s already overwhelmed with grief and upset, and nearly dying is pretty much the icing on a terrible, soggy cake. So it’s just her luck that she’s suddenly snowbound at a charming little inn with the hottest, yet down right grumpiest, man she’s ever met. And naturally, there’s only one room left.
Now the pillow barrier between them keeps disappearing. And the walls are coming down. But Hope knows she doesn’t belong in Mitchell’s world any more than he belongs in hers. The question is whether either of them can trust the other long enough to play for keeps…
No Cooldown For Love gets published June 26th, 2023!
I thought I was really going to enjoy this book, but the writing left much to be desired.
No Cooldown For Love opens with our main male character, Mitchell, deciding to go to Canada for two weeks after a nasty divorce. As he’s returning back home, he finds an upside down car slowly falling off a cliff and saves the woman trapped inside.
Unfortunately, stopping to help her means he gets trapped in a winter storm. And the hotel they go to in order to wait it out is full, leaving them sharing a bed until the storm passes…
Immediately, I was struck with a wish for more detail. If you’ve seen my reviews in the past, you’ll know how out of character this is for me, as I generally tend to find stories bogged down by too much detail. But while reading this book, I found myself wanting more description. More focus on the plot, setting of this small hotel, and the characters themselves. Instead, the book focused almost entirely on how instantly Mitchell and Hope found each other attractive. Their feelings for each other feel unrealistic, popping up suddenly just to move the story along, and I found myself surprised when their first kiss came out of nowhere.
I was also quite annoyed by certain aspects of their relationship, such as Mitchell’s nickname of “Flykra” for Hope. Multiple times throughout the book, Hope asks what the word means, and while Mitchell says he’ll tell her if she asks, he never ends up actually telling her, instead changing the subject every time.
This book tries to be body positive, but really only ends up negatively calling out other body types in order to uplift Hope in a way that was absolutely unappealing to read. The amount of times I had to read this book villainizing women who wear a pant size 0-2 far outweighed any positivity it had for larger body types.
I also found that the conflict came out of nowhere and seemed out of character for Mitchell, like it was only there to throw a twist in the character’s plans for a few pages. In fact, the conflict goes directly against the few details readers are allowed to know about Mitchell’s character, throwing away everything we’ve built throughout the course of the story and leaving readers confused and unsettled by his sudden turn.
I will, however, say that I really enjoyed the relationship between Mitchell and his friends. The banter was amazing, and they seemed like they would always be there for each other, no matter what. It’s easy to tell that the author really has this friendship well thought out and has made sure these characters really click with each other.
I just wish the book clicked.
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