Reviewed by Mal
TITLE: On The Edge
SERIES: SCU Hockey #3
AUTHOR: J.J. Mulder
PUBLISHER: Self-Published
LENGTH: 322 pages
RELEASE DATE: April 2, 2025
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Henri Vasel has perfected the art of people pleasing. He’s a good student, a fair hockey player, and he has a group of friends he’d do anything for. He’s happy. Or, rather, as happy as he can be when he has a class with the one person he can’t seem to please at South Carolina University.
Atlas Kaiser hates a lot of things, but right now he hates Henri Vasel the most. He doesn’t want to have to stare at his perfect face, or listen to his adorable German accent. He wants to be left alone. Unfortunately, they’re partnered together for the semester so he’ll have to grit his teeth and try to make it work.
Animosity morphs into a tentative friendship, which eventually leads to more. But while Atlas doesn’t trust their budding relationship, Henri wants more.
REVIEW:
Henri and Atlas must be protected at all costs and deserve so much love. The emotional build up in this book was so unexpected. I don’t know why, I should be used to JJ bringing the feels in all her sports romances, lending the characters and the romantic plot tons of depth.
This story starts off with severe animosity from one side (Atlas) and a completely sweet, perplexed Henri. You could be forgiven initially, for thinking that these are unidimensional characters but things are not black and white, as the story unfolds their layers and nuances really make you connect to them and their dichotomies and hold on to them until their hard earned HEA.
This one in particular I was grateful for know in advance there would be an HEA, these two do not make that road easy. This story, the building layers of intimacy and connection, the supportive found family, the healing, it’s a beautiful book that I highly recommend checking out.
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