Review: Role Model - Rachel Reid

Role Model by Rachel Reid
My rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 stars!

Role Model by Rachel Reid is book 5 in the Game Changers series and my first introduction to this steamy hockey world. The story focuses on the characters Troy Barrett and Harris Drover. Troy has been traded after saying his piece to his one time best friend, which has caused him to be outed by his previous team and fans and literally thrown to a team not doing very well in the league but who support each other through a variety of crises and celebrations….also Ilya Rozanov is there and what a great captain he is!

Troy may not have been the best person in his last team, but he is trying to make up for that as well as being honest with himself on his sexuality and what that may mean for his career as well as his family whilst trying to keep it all a secret and to say that he is at bursting point is an understatement.

Enter Harris, the team’s social media guru. A sweet, loud, teddy bear of a guy who sees through Troy’s vulnerability and standoffishness straight away. Harris is attracted to Troy straight away and wants to help Troy with the demons he carries. The guy is just sweetness personified and I loved him instantly. He is smooth compared to Troy’s rough edges and just has a great vibe about him. Also, his dog Chiron…..cuteness! The chemistry between the two of them is just hot and definitely makes the pages steamy!

I loved the slow burn, sexiness of this story, throw in some hockey, team camaraderie and politics and you’ve got this amazing series of really great characters. There are also some serious elements of the book such as talking about sexual assault, views on that, sexuality as well as the mental toll that life can take when people aren’t allowed to be themselves (I could talk a lot about that one!) which changes this book from a romance to something a little bit more serious.

Its not often that I give a 5 star for a book, but this one just did it for me. I can quite happily put my hands up and say I could have ignored everyone in my household to finish this book, that’s how engaging it was. Now onto the next one!


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