Was this a good book? Critically, no. But objectively, it was fun if you could ignore some of the more glaring issues. The writing was pretty poor, EXCEPT I think that the author did an exceptional job with the banter. It was quick and fun and just the right amount of annoying to funny ratio (in my humble opinion). I also think this author did a decent job at making me believe that Hannah really wanted nothing to do with Garrett at the beginning. I am not really a big fan of the enemies/hate to lovers/love tropes. They never actually convince me that the first part is actually true, which makes the whole thing feel like a setup right out of the gate. And while I know what I am getting into, especially when tropes are attached to a romance story, I still want to believe they don't like each other before I can buy into them accidentally falling for each other. Let's address the elephant though, shall we? The language used in this, the descriptions of the different characters the way women were portrayed and judged by all the characters in the book.. yeah it screams 2000s. This story is very much a product of it's time. To be honest, even the hockey players having raging parties and going to the bar on a Tuesday night was a bit of stretch for me to believe (and I DID actually attend a 21st birthday party, or two, on a Tuesday night in college). The way they described the "puck bunnies" and how these teammates would just casually engage in sexual exploits in the main living room with other people sitting there was hard to stomach too. The main characters, Hannah and Garrett, BOTH at one point or another, contradicted themselves because the author wants you to buy into them being good people who deserve tender love, and yet they had to also sell that (especially Garrett) have explicit pasts. The biggest "oof" for me though was the casual mention of "the rape" pretty early on. I get that this was a big part of Hannah's story, but the way that she (and the author) kept referring to it, and mentioning it as if it weren't a bigger deal really irked me.

HOWEVER. All that to say, I still really enjoyed my time with this book. I found that I couldn't put it down, I didn't want to, and that I was looking forward to picking it back up after work concluded at the end of the day. Like I mentioned earlier, the banter really did something for me. I actually did really like these two together, and thought that it was very entertaining watching them fall for each other. Now, obviously the show coming out soon really drove me to read this, and I have to say I am pleasantly surprised with how much I ended up liking it. I will definitely be watching the first season, and continuing to read the rest of the series so that I can keep up with the next season when it airs.