Nolan U Hockey Book 4 read in 2025
Leilani and Asher we have had glimpses of in previous books in the series and the author set up their relationship to be an "enemies" to lovers type of trope.
Asher is the rich kid and struggles with feelings of not belonging in his group of Hockey buddies, do they just like him and hang out with him because he got them a free place to live? With this book you can see that his own parents find his older twin brothers to be the golden children while you get a sense that they don't approve of all of his life choices... because of this he has always been closer to his Uncle (mom's brother) his aunt and his cousins spending a portion of every year with them and going on vacations with them his uncle is even letting him and his friends live rent free in one of his houses while they go to school.
Leilani "Lani" has been closed off and not her usual self for awhile now you catch a glimpse of this in the 3rd book when her room mate Carolyn mentions that she knows something is wrong but Lani doesn't want to talk about it and Carolyn is focused with her own issues at the time so doesn't push her for discussion. Pretty quickly into the story the reader learns that Lani had a very traumatic experience recently and not knowing how to deal with it has started to shut down emotionally and has stopped wanting to spend time with friends or go out not wanting to draw additional attention to herself or her struggle she agrees to go out of town with Carolyn and some other friends.
Our couple is thrown together when Lani wants to go home early and Asher being a true gentlemen takes her home along the way they find out they have more in common than they would have thought, they bond over Harry Potter, classical music, the lord of the rings and knowing odd trivia. Sparks fly and often due to both having strong personalities. Lani also is understandably on an emotional roller coaster due to her recent trauma but Asher once he finds out what has happened does what he can to stand by her and be a strong support for Lani.
Throughout the rest of the book Asher is shown to be caring and his found family at his hockey house stick by him as he helps Lani work through her difficult past. Asher also has to come to terms with some really difficult news and make tough decisions that could cause everything in his life to change but he knows what's important even if everything crashes around him.
some of the same cringe dialogue as the previous books, I'm expecting this to be in all of the books at this point. I did like this book more than book 3. Have you read this series? which book has been your favorite?
*college *sports/hockey romance *dual pov *enemies/lovers *spicy
*trigger warnings - SA
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