Hockey plus a hot and sexy romance with aflirtacious heartthrob and a stubborn woman… That is a winning combination! Today I am excited to be a part of the Clipped by Love Blog Tour! This books was so great and I cannot wait for more of the series! Check out more about the book, Tina’s Thoughts, and a chance for an incredible giveaway!
Bellevue Bullies #2
Genre: New Adult, Sports Romance, Contemporary Romance
Release Date: April 27, 2015
I don’t lose. I can’t. My dad has bred me to be the best in anything I do. I am driven, I am smart, and I am going to be the first woman in the National Hockey League. No two ways about it. I’ve worked too hard. I’ve been through too much not to have what I want. I know I can do it. I will make my dad proud, and no one will stand in the way of that. That is, until I let him in. He scares me. He makes me feel. And he could very well be the one person who can make me want more than just to win.We both have the same goal. Victory. But how do you compete against the person you want to win? It’s not easy. Love isn’t something you can control. It isn’t like a puck that can be handled by a stick. No, it has a mind of its own and does what it wants.Neither of us saw it coming, and we really don’t know if there is a way to score, especially when you’re being Clipped by Love.
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Ok. Now don’t think I am crazy but this is the first hockey themed book I have read by Toni Aleo. I know. This is something that is going to be quickly remedied because Clipped by Love was wonderful! This book has so many incredible themes, characters, and fast paced action. Jayden Sinclair and Baylor Moore leap off the page, two characters so full of life, passion, and emotion.
I love to read books with characters that evoke a strong emotional response. It can be good or bad but they catch your attention and draw you into their story. That is how I felt when I read this book! Jayden will cause the flirty girl in you to smile and maybe even giggle. His charm is charismatic in the extreme and he is determined to be who he is and fight for what he wants. He is an alpha male without the overbearing and harsh qualities. His confidence exudes from the words you read and you cannot help but fall a little in love with him. Baylor is one that I loved but frustrated the heck out of me. I loved her tenacity, spunk, and passion for the game. She is a character that you sometimes want to be so angry with but you are so far inside of her head that you cannot help but begrudgingly understand her misconceptions and hesitations. That fact right there shows how talented Toni Aleo is. Someone with Baylor’s tendencies would normally grate on my nerves but instead you root for her, even if you want to shake some sense into her. These two characters are who they are unapologetically yet they grow into so much more by the end of the book. The transformation in Baylor is fantastic and I loved her courage!
The secondary characters are perfect! The theme of family is big in this story. There is the biological family and the team family dynamic. I love how the Bellevue Bullies accepted Baylor into the fold, despite her distance and cold shoulder. They protected each teammate as a blood relative and it was amazing to see them grow into a strong team as a result. As for biological, you see the good and the ugly. We see loving parents and parents with a selfish personal agenda. It was beautiful to watch the Sinclair family interact and support one another. I loved Baylor’s tight relationship with her father. Relationships, not just the romance, were such a foundational part to this story!
But we cannot talk about this book without the addressing romance! Jayden and Baylor… Their chemistry is electric. It is a constant push and pull. Their passion in life in general creates for a relationship that has the potential to be incredible or heart breaking. Watching these two fall in love was beautiful. There are some raw moments and some ugly cries. But there are so many sweet moments as we watch Jayden break down the walls around Baylor’s heart.
On a side note: I love that this book is part of a series but can be read completely as a standalone. As I mentioned before, I have never read a hockey themed book from Toni Aleo. You can tell that many of the secondary characters you meet throughout this book are people you meet in Toni’s other books but you never feel confused of who this other person is or overburdened with too much of their back story. Instead I was intrigued and when I found out they had their own books, I immediately added them all to me TBR list! This book can be read as a standalone (trust me- I just did it) and there will be no missing back story or plot gaps, which is yet another testament to Toni’s writing skills!
To celebrate the blog tour for Clipped By Love, Toni Aleo is hosting a fabulous giveaway! Nothing better than reading a new book and getting a chance to win! Enter this Rafflecopter giveaway for your chance at a $100 Amazon or B&N Gift Card. That’s write… one hundred dollars! All you need to do it follow the instructions listed and keep your fingers crossed! Don’t miss out on your chance. Good luck!
