Windy City, tome 1 : Mile High

Mile High is a MF hockey romance. Zander is known as the stereotypical player, both on and off the ice, and Stevie is a flight attendant, working for the NHL and said player. When Stevie doesn't react to Zander like he would have liked, he doesn't like it and tells himself he'll make sure to remind her who she's working for. But after all those road trips, does he keep pushing the flight attendant call button because he wants revenge or is it for an other reason?

I liked how the author took time to grow our two MC's relationship. Nothing was rushed and I love that in a romance book. On the flip side though, I think the ending dragged too much, I think 50 to 100 pages less and that would have been perfect for me. Zander, under his playboy image, is a caring, faithful and loving guy. Stevie felt very real to me. She might seem confident on the outside but she actually struggles a lot about her body image. The chemistry between the both of them was amazing and I loved their banter throughout the book as well as the open conversation they have. We love characters who communicate with each other!
The relationships with the side characters were also amazing, which I always appreciate.
What I particularly liked were the different reps : the diversity, the plus size representation, mental health and therapy.

Cette romance a vraiment tout pour me plaire : un couple trop choupi avec du caractère, de bonnes valeurs autour de la confiance en soi et de la santé mentale, tout plein de chiens (je parle pas des hockeyeurs... désolée, c'était facile et gratuit ^^), des personnages secondaires ultra attachants et une relation qui prend son temps pour évoluer comme il faut.

Ca aurait pu être un coup de coeur, mais je pense que j'ai trouvé quand même quelques longueurs à l'ensemble, mais ça reste une lecture tellement agréable que je ne vais sans doute pas tarder à enchainer sur le tome 2 (qui est un tome compagnon).

Bref, si vous lisez en anglais, je vous le conseille ++

Pas mal, Zanders est vraiment bien décrit, avec tous ses bijoux bien bling et des tenues extravangantes.
Malgré tout trop long, aurait mérité quelques coupes, mais ça fait du bien de lire une romance avec une héroïne qui n'est pas ultra mince pour une fois et non blanche.
Moments préférés sont ceux avec les chiens au refuge.