City Boy

Hot Off the Ice, Book 1

By: A. E. Wasp

Narrated by: Michael Pauley

Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

Gay hockey romance.

Follow the money, or follow your heart? Either way, you lose.

When a blown tire leads directly to mind-blowing sex with a white knight named Dakota, pro-hockey player Bryce Lowery discovers he is most definitely gay. Being with Dakota opens up a whole new world. Bryce can’t imagine life without him. But he refuses to be Bryce's dirty little secret. If he wants to keep Dakota, he's either going to have to come out publicly or retire and walk away from millions of dollars. Bryce Lowery feels like the answer to all of Dakota's prayers. But is Dakota willing to leave the only life he's ever known only to be thrust into the spotlight as the boyfriend of the first out gay hockey player? Would their relationship even survive it?

He'll lose Bryce if he doesn’t because Bryce will leave eventually. No one would turn down millions of dollars for a nobody with nothing.

City Boy is a first-time gay, fish-out-of-water, May/December love story with a happy ending. It features snarky siblings, a dirty-talking farmer, lots of food, and big choices. (No poultry was harmed in the making of this book.)

©2016 A. E. Wasp (P)2018 A. E. Wasp

Great story

It was tough to get past the first couple chapters and get use to the reader. Really glad I stuck with it.

Lovable characters

I’m having a hard time knowing how to rate this one. I liked it so, so much but at the same time there was a lot of things that I didn’t really like.

Bryce and Dakota was amazing characters. Like really, amazing. To be honest all of the characters were amazing. I’m going to miss all of them. I love insta love stories and this is one of the best ones I’ve read so far.

However.

I wasnt 100% sure of the writing. Something about one chapter ending and the other starting right the second after felt weird to me.

I read a lot of reviews about this being low on angst but I don’t agree. Dakota was so much in his head freaking out. And the way he freaked out when Bryce finally came out, it didn’t work for me.

Funny as hell and sexy at the same time

Great fun book, the meeting was great and the sex mind blowing! But I would have liked to have hear of more real sex and , the real top in the relationship do topping.

But overall like all of Michael’s narrative a real great read

Sweet story!

I loved read this story when it first came out. I just love Bryce and Dakota. So hear Michael Pauley narrating this story made me so happy. He just brings the characters to life and had me fall in love with them again. I just absolutely love listening to this story.

Excellent Book

I love the story. I could not stop listening 🎧 until the end. Give this book a chance you won't regret it

3.5 Stars

Sexy, fun, adorable, sweet...I love a good fish out of water story and when combined with an age gap between partners, great side and secondary characters, and a happy ending I'm a very happy camper. City Boy offered not only romance, but some twists and turns that kept the story flowing well and me interested throughout.

I enjoyed Michael Pauley's narration overall and thought he did a good job bringing the story to life and giving the character's personalities a chance to shine.

Note for sticklers: Michael Pauley's tone and inflection sometimes gets a bit too breathy and he slipped out of the character voice for Dakota a few times. Enough that during dialogue portions I sometimes had to rewind to listen to a section and listen again to understand what was happening.

great audio by Michael Pauley

City Boy as an ebook was a fantastic read. I jumped at the chance to listen and review the audio for Ms Wasp because... hot MM book plus amazing narrator equals great audio book.
I loved Bryce's and Dylan's story and Michael Pauley did a fantastic job bringing both characters to life for me.
If you like audio books, I would definitely recommend Hot Off the Ice!!

Summary doesn't do this story justice...

It took me a while to get started with this story because of the bland summary. When I finally got into it though I found the story very enjoyable. The story is so much more than what the summary lets on. It's a sweet romance with low angst, which worked very well for this setting.

Both MCs were very likable.

Bryce was all big man on the outside but softy on the inside. His blissful naivety an interesting read and kind of funny considering he's this sporty guy who'd gone more places than Dakota. His instant fascination and curiosity with Dakota was rushed but done well enough where I wasn't bothered by the sudden hook up.

Dakota's all heart. He'd lost so much and stood to lose everything until Bryce showed him otherwise. He yearns for a permanent home, a family to call his own and he's determine to work hard for everything.

Overall: Nice Sweet Romance. Narrator, Michael Pauley, one of my top favorite so my opinion is bias. I love him. He just brings out so much of the characters he reads.

good story

this was a good story. in some ways it can relate to lots of people. everyone has choices to make. I really enjoyed this book, but I wish there were others available in this series.

Love this!!!!

This story was amazing!!! A.E. Wasp where have you been?!? This listen was perfect. The characters were so sweet and sexy!! I loved every bit of it!! Excellent choice choosing Micheal Pauley he is perfect!!!

This is an unbiased review with a credit from the author