Rating: 4.5
Steam: 3
PoV: dual, 3rd person
Series: Relationship Goals #3
Genre: contemporary romance, MM
Main tropes: friends to lovers, hurt / comfort, fake relationship
If only that ring didn’t look so good on Felix’s long, slender fingers.
If only it didn’t look like it belonged there.
Shit.
Jonah was in so much fucking trouble.
The Waiting Game was a great addition to the Relationship Goals series, and I loved to see Felix and Jonah go from childhood best friends to lovers!
I love books with friends to lovers, especially with some pining and a sexual discovery – and this story had it all. Jonah, who have had feelings for Felix since they were kids, but never wanted to jeopardise their friendship… and Felix, who started seeing his best friend in new light after spending some time at rehab.
Their story was a slow burn romance, but once their little fake engagement arrangement was in place, the lines started to blur pretty quickly. They were so close and had already been through a lot together, so the development from friends to lovers felt very natural, and a little inevitable. They were such a sweet couple!
Felix’s issues and spiralling had been shown in the previous books, and I liked that I got to see him from a different perspective here. His character development was great, and I loved how he tried to work through his past trauma and baggage. Both Felix and Jonah had quite a few ups and downs throughout the book, but it was lovely to see the comfort they found in each other and how deep their connection was.
I was completely hooked on their story, and I really enjoyed to see these two loveable idiots realise that some of their feelings towards each other weren’t very friendship-y. I’m ridiculously fond of this little found family of hockey players and their endless shenanigans and banter, and I can’t wait for more books in this series!
Felix reached back, cupping the back of Jonah’s head, the brush of his fingers at the hair at the nape sending a pleasant shiver through Jonah’s body. “There’s no other guy I want to do this with, Jo.”
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