Title: The Aubrey RulesSeries: Chicago On Ice, #1
Author: Aven Ellis
Publisher: Soulmate Publishing
Date Published: August 26, 2015
Rating: 5 Stars
Some of the Aubrey Rules to Live By:
*If I’m going to indulge in French fries, I must add extra time to the treadmill the next day.
*Always keep your work and private life separate.
*Being open to new experiences will never involve eating kale.
*Never, ever date a professional athlete.
For Chicago social media professional Aubrey Paige, the rules are everything.
So much so that Aubrey has painstakingly written her rules for living into a polka-dot Kate Spade notebook that she carries with her at all times. It’s her personal guidebook to living her life. These rules are the Holy Grail—ones never to be broken. They guide her actions for everything, from dealing with workplace drama to finding a great guy to date. After all, these are her own rules, built from her life experiences and observations. So they have to be perfect, right?
Or are they?
Because when Aubrey meets a cute Canadian, she suddenly finds her rules being tested and challenged in ways she never dreamed possible. Beckett Riley is the shy, quiet, determined captain of the Chicago Buffaloes, a hockey team on the verge of turning the corner to becoming a winning organization. He’s Aubrey's opposite, with so many qualities that Aubrey had listed as ones she’d never want in a man.
Yet Aubrey finds herself drawn to Beckett in ways she’s never known. And when she unexpectedly finds herself working with Beckett, she wonders if rules are meant to be broken after all . . .
My Thoughts:
I think that I am becoming addicted to Aven Ellis' books. I have fallen in love with her writing style and the way that she incorporates romance and hockey into her stories. Prior to reading The Aubrey Rules, I had been having a pretty crappy week, and I was really stressing out. Then I started reading, and I found myself totally submerged in the story and grinning from ear to ear. I was able to forget some of the things that were going on, and just enjoy the story of Aubrey and Beckett.
One of my favorite things about this book was all of the love and dating rules at the beginning of each chapter (hence, the title), and Audrey's amendments that she wrote in response to her changing feelings. We're allowed to do that, right?? ;) This was a great way to find out what Aubrey was really thinking.
Aubrey was such a likeable character, and I found that I could really relate to her! Not only does the girl devour cheese pizza and french fries whenever possible (a kindred spirit!), but she tends to blurt out the things that she is thinking and rambles on. I found this to be very endearing! I also cracked up at the stuff she didn't say, especially towards her boss.
Beckett. Oh my goodness. I fell hard for this hockey player. He was such a shy and kind soul, yet he did not hesitate to speak up when something needed to be said, or something wasn't right. Oh, and he was romantic too! Three words--Breakfast at Tiffany's! One of my favorite aspects of this story was that he and Audrey knew who the other was and they accepted each other. They did not try and change one another. Like many of us, Audrey struggled with how she felt about her looks, but he sure made her feel beautiful.
I am so looking forward to another Aven Ellis book! I cannot wait to see who she writes about next. No matter who it is, I know that I will be in for a real treat and that I will be able to escape the demands of life for a little while.
Oohh, sounds like a good book! I one clicked it :)
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taking you in a completely new direction
than where you originally planned!!
O! the mind doth boggle, girly-whirly!!
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Whether you obtain morality4mortality to wiseabove
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(with a most-excellent-detector of bull§ht):
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