Save the Game

SCU Hockey, Book 2

De: J.J. Mulder

Narrado por: Liam DiCosimo, Javi Wilder

After a traumatizing event and rough sophomore year, Max Kuemper does his best to keep his head down and not draw attention to himself.

School and hockey are the only two things he can handle; it's all he can do to keep himself afloat. He wants to forget about what happened to him and bring the secret to his grave.

Confident and flirty Luke Kelly likes to play the field—dating as well as baseball. When he meets Max during a night shift at work, he takes an instant liking to him despite the other man's reserved exterior and shy personality.

But secrets have a way of coming to light, and both Max and Luke will have to come to terms with what that means for their relationship.

Includes a bonus prologue.

©2024 JJ Mulder (P)2025 Podium Audio

All the stars! Javi’s narration was perfect!!

All the stars. Very sensitive topics, you will cry, you will be angry but you will also swoon, laugh, and fall in love with Max and Luke’s beautiful love story.
I wish I could write a full essay on how to convince everyone to read this but I’m still feeling a bit emotional.
I loved this story and I loved these characters as if they were part of my family.

This book!!

I want to give it more than 5 stars. The first book in this series was really good and my first book by JJ Mulder, but this book…. It’s beautiful and heartbreaking. I have cried both sad and happy tears, it’s not often you get both from one book. I’ve not even finished it, but I felt that I needed to take a moment and write a review. This is a book that deserves more than a quick 5 starts.. yet I really can’t put into words quite how I feel about it. I understand being hesitant regarding such a difficult topic as SA. I almost didn’t read it because I knew what it was about and I cannot watch movies with SA in them, but I read the reviews and decided to take a chance. The author did a wonderful job and I didn’t feel triggered from listening to the book which is the reason I cannot watch movies with any type of SA in them. Yes this book will break your heart and may make you cry, but Mulder does such a good job of also making the readers feel the strength and happiness of the MC’s.. all that I can say is that it just gives this book a beauty to it. If you are a survivor of SA, well, at least for me, although I did have anxiety listening to some of it…. Listening to the healing parts settled my stomach and made myself feel my own healing a bit and it felt comforting in a way because it’s something so buried in my head I rarely think about it. It makes me want to thank JJ Mulder for writing this book in the way in which she did… which honestly is an odd feeling, I’ve never felt the need to thank an author for writing a book that I’ve enjoyed. I guess when you read a book and it allows you to actually feel your own healing from past trauma, it just hits differently. I read a lot and I listen to a lot of audiobooks, but this one will stay with me. I’m so glad that I took a chance and bought it! Thank you JJ Mulder… what an incredible story and damn you did an incredible job telling it!

The story was sooo good

I was not feeling the first book in the series, wasn’t sure if I was going to continue the series. But boy am I glad I did, this story was sooo sad and heartbreaking but soo worth it. Luke was the perfect boyfriend and Max was such a good person, I really felt his pain. Narraters did an amazing job, I need Marcos story now too.

Wow!

I loved this book so much. As a survivor of sexual assault, Max’s growth throughout the story was so cathartic.

Absolutely adored 🥰

Max and Luke 🥹🥺 ugh their story was fun and sad at times. What I would give 🥺🥺🥺 I loved seeing Luke and Max’s relationship develop and Mac regaining his confidence and control. And Luke being Luke was what Max needed. I loved everything about them and I loved the Carter and Zeke cameo, so precious and glad to see Carter’s grumpy self - especially when it came to max as well. Their friendship is fun and I loved that they’re keeping in touch. I also loved seeing Max open up to his coach. It was nice seeing more of the relationship the coach has with his players. I cannot wait for the next book!

Great Story

The story was great, the main characters were very lovable. The best thing about this is the narration. Liam did good but Javi Wilder did phenomenal! He’s becoming one of my favorite male narrators.

Loved it!

my heart went out to Maxi wanted to comfort him! Love the characters and the story. Characters were well developed. Great writing!

Absolutely could not stop listening!

This was done perfectly and I loved every second of listening to Max and Luke!

Maxy and Luke♥️

This was a reread for me and I loved Max and Luke the first time I read this but listening to this story was definitely a different experience. I loved how much emotion the narrators had and it made me love this book more than I already do.
That bonus prologue definitely made me emotional. While this is a sweet story it also deals with heavy elements, SA and PTSD. I will always hold Max and Luke close to my heart ♥️

Trauma Doesn't Have to Define You

As it turns out, this is one of those rare cases of the sequel being superior to the first. Although I love Zeke and Carter...they are far overshadowed by the dichotomy of Luke and Max. Max may be our main character but Luke steals the show and Javi Wilder brilliantly portraits him. Max tugs at your heart strings from the onset and having been in a situation in my own life in which I had a Max who had been through the same trauma, this book really accurately portraits the struggle that survivors deal with and especially the rage that survivor's loved ones feel after discovering events like this. Be prepared for some difficult topics but this is a worth while listen and if you only listen to one book out of this series...let it be this one. Great casting on the voice acting. I really loved both Liam and Javi.