hockey reading vlog 🏒💙 (romance, nonfiction & going to an NHL game)
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I'm so glad you did this video because THANK YOU for touching on the issues with the relationship in The Fake Out between the physical therapist and her athlete. I'm an athletic trainer for a college hockey team and I legitimately can't read these books because of relationships like this - I've seen multiple books written with this trope and it gives me the BIGGEST ICK because yes, it is unethical practice: you will get fired, be reported to the board of certification, and lose your license
I know it looks appealing for outsiders because it's basically forced proximity and makes for the perfect meet cute, but let me tell you, I couldn't even look at any of them that way. I'm the same age as some of them but I'm basically their mom lmao
omg THANK YOU for sharing this insight!! I've been learning a lot about my romance preferences lately, and uneven power dynamics and dubious workplace ethics put me off a lottttt. Happy to hear there are indeed guidelines in place IRL!
This is such good input!!
Yessss! Like what self-respecting medical/healthcare professional is sleeping with their clients?!
I love that you and Chandler both posted hockey romance vlogs today
I was just thinking this!! We're so in sync 💐🏒
I just finished watching Chandler's and was wondering if anyone else was going to watch this one today too.
I was just coming to say this!
Girl don't read icebreaker unless you are mentally prepared. it's the thinnest plot to the horniest story
Listen. Maybe a controversial opinion but I think that gay hockey romances are the way to go. I've read many (many) hockey romances over the years and now every time I feel like reading one I'm always reaching for the gay ones. Idk why. I just think they're super sweet.
they’re the superior hockey romances! plus, often they’re the ones that actually have a lot more hockey
Dude yes! I got into mm hockey romances on accident but when I tried reading straight hockey romances I was disgusted. They fall into such unhealthy patterns of behavior and are really gross to me most of the time so I don't even bother reading any other hockey romance or any sports romances except for mm ones.
Oooo drop some titles please!!
What are your faves?
no i agree!! i think i’ve dnfed all the straight hockey romances i’ve read, and even tho the gay hockey romances aren’t all perfect, i have much preferred them!!
Has anyone read "Check Please!" by Ngozi Uzaku? It started as an online comic, and is available as two graphic novels now! It's SO GOOD! So funny and heartwarming and romantic... It follows the story of a gay hockey player who falls in love with a teammate, how he deals with it, and ultimately how the team deals with something that is so "taboo" in their world of sports. I really highly recommend it!! ❤❤❤
Yes!!! So good!!
I followed it while it was ongoing and cried when it ended. I have the books too!
@@pauieeepau that's so sweet!
YES
This is my favorite thumbnail!
As a Floridian who just thinks it's hilarious that we have a hockey team and that they're actually good, I'm contractually obligated to root for them.
UM EXCUSE ME!!!! We have 2 hockey teams (FLORIDA PANTHERS & TAMPA BAY LIGHTENING) and they are both very good!!!
I grew up a few minutes away from where the Panthers play and it's so funny to me because I don't think I knew anyone growing up who had ever actually played it. Clearly it's popular enough that we have two teams but I just always assumed it had to do with how many people here come from up north.
lol same 😂
Please know that I wasn't being mean. I am a Floridian with a Canadian husband who has all his relatives still in Canada otherwise, I probably wouldn't know myself. The arena is so close to our house that we went there for their opening day long ago. 🏒 books over hockey any day. (ps. Basketball is my real game-Miami Heat!
Thanks for talking so in-depth about Fred Saskamoose’s book! I learned about the horrors of residential schools in school (MB) but I had NO idea about the “pass system” and now I’m reading all about it and other racist policies against the indigenous populations that we weren’t taught about in school.
PS. I found a great documentary about the pass system called “the pass system” on thepasssystem.ca for anyone who wants to learn about it
You: this will be a boring Stanley cup finals
Oilers: And I took that personally
😂😂😂😂
Dude the Oilers are my team and I will fight Kayla over it 😤 🤛
i love how this vlog ends with Rob saying "oh my god" ahahaha so funny and real i love it
That Thumbnail is fantastic!! You never miss but those colours and that cohesiveness is so good here
I’ll save the video for tomorrow though, once I start I go on a channel binge haha and it’s literally midnight rn, can’t do that 😅
Is anyone else who knows nothing about hockey just imaging them playing for one of those Stanley tumbler things everyone was obsessed with?
Being from Montreal, I'm super excited to know you're Habs fans and Rob is Québécois ❤
When you mentioned this vlog was coming I got excited!! The Panthers were my home team growing up and I worked at bar next to the arena 2007-2009 . We would put free tickets at the host stand for EVERY game ...that's how bad they were. I'm excited to see them doing so well in this year and the recent years. Im an Avs fan these days but I hope they're finally able to take the cup 🤞🤞🤞
Hope So! From your fellow Panther fan (from the very being!!). we have our rats out and on the tv!!
As a person from a country from the rest of the world somewhere not North America I have no idea what are you talking about, but I'm still watching.
Same, she completely lost me when it came to the finals and the final game is multiple games?? Don’t have any idea how that works and very confused but still really enjoyed the vlog!
@@EliSa-cf6dm 🤣 nhl playoffs are 4 rounds, each round being a best-of-7 series!
Great video, as always! Btw thank god you didn’t read Icebreaker, i think it's one of the WORST romance book I've ever read. (And I'm a romance girlie)
I agree
Completely 100% agree
I have been wondering about the status of the hockey brackets, so I'm glad to see this! (Definitely could not remember which video you showed them in before to go back and look.) As a hardcore, lifelong Oilers fan, the last couple of games have been extremely stressful! However, I'm STILL putting my (metaphorical) money on the Oilers to win. GO OILERS GO!
Oh, and also really interested in your review of Call Me Indian. I have added it to my TBR.
My best friend started reading hockey romances and is now why we - as a group, her, me & our partners - have a season ticket to our local hockey team (yes in the uk lol) and follow the NHL now lol so despite the fact I’ll never read a hockey romance myself, this was so fun to watch!!
your editing lately has been amazing 😙🤌
i really like riley reid's hockey romances. Her writing just pulls me into the story.
It's monster romance/smut, but I swear you would LOVE CM Nascosta for romance where they go into depth about their jobs. Particularly 'Sweet Berries'.
kayla focusing on how it should play out based on how the fans feel is so cute and funny
As an Edmontonian and Oilers fan, I’m sorry…
Does ANYBODY has a recommendation that is as good as Carrie Soto is Back? 😭🙏🏻 Literary Fiction, any sport, romance only a tiny sub plot?
Just finished it and I couldn’t put it down. I’m desperate to find something like it. 🙈
I love hockey romance. The Fake Out was not my thing, but The Deal and The Graham Effect I loved. Thank you for doing this video. It was fun! I was just in Canada during game 2 and 3 of the playoffs, and it was fun to see the excitement around hockey.
Me, in September 2024, laughing because I know the Cup goes to game 7.
Also, fully not book related, but I was wondering if you follow the PWHL (the women's league) at all. My wife and I have gotten very into it.
You should deffo read Shoot Your Shot by Lexi LaFleur Brown when it comes out! She is a hockey goalie and her husband is an NHL player. She said it’s gonna feature plenty of hockey in the book!
Ahh, I would've loved to see you read Pucking Around. It is decent for the hockey references, etc., but I think it would've made for a fun reaction. Great vlog nonetheless!
A hockey romance I loved was Icebreaker, by AL Graziadei (NOT the one by Hannah Grace!! Different books!). It's YA, but I'm not a huge YA person so giving 5 stars to a YA contemporary romance for me is nearly unheard of for me haha. Two hockey rivals on the same university team fall in love, sort out difficult family dynamics, and decide whether to come out publicly. It was lovely, and some of the dad/son conversations and relationship progress made me cry!
*cries in rangers fan*
right there with you, except crying as a dallas fan! haha
This is very fun to watch in June as an oilers fan 😂💙🧡
Im rooting for the Oilers because I think a lot of those players deserve a cup, but also I hate the Panthers (salty bruins fan here)😂
Kayla please do not ready my killer vacation. It was terrible 🫠
I was about to comment this, too 😂
@@MoJordanReads lol I’m glad someone else agrees!
As a fellow hockey girlie, I love this already!
It was so fun to relive the playoffs through this video, as an Oilers fan! I don't know if we're gonna win but I love that we're still in it 🏆
You might enjoy Canadian Boyfriend by Jenny Holiday, plus the audiobook is partially narrated by Joshua Jackson.
As a South Floridian and a Florida fan the past week has been SOOOO PAINFUL! But also I'm glad that we are having an exciting Stanley Cup Final.
Also Heated Rivalry should be on your Hockey Romance list! Please read it if Florida wins LOL
Gonna use the comments here to ask if anyone has any good baseball (preferably MLB) romance books??
Hahah you just brought back memories of driving to my highschool to look at the class schedules with my friends. What a time!
Didn't know Rob was borned and raised in Mtl! Is French Rob's first language? I loved the Beartown series by Fredrik Backman 🙌
Yesterday I was at my local used bookstore, and I found a beautiful copy of Call Me Indian, by Fred Saskamoose! Thank you for influencing me in the best way, I'm looking forward to reading it!
Idk I'm a horny individual, I can relate. 😂😂
I actually struggle with books that are more smutty and less plot. My perfect romance is a combo of plot and smut. A story that will pull me in and have me rooting for the couple.
if you're looking for more hockey books with realistic hockey and complex characters check out Cait Nary's books! i especially like season's change
watching this with about 20 min to go until game 7 puck drop is a RIDE and also as a flames fan who has liked the panthers since round 1 (lots of former flames but also the last live game i attended was in like 2019 in sunrise !) plus also as a calgarian a major part of my personality is hating the oilers and being anti-cheering for rivals just because they're canadian..... girl im scared 🤣 but this was a great way to lead into the game so thanks!
Ohmygod, thank you! Hearing the titles hero and heroine being used for normal people makes no sense to me XD. This isn't a fantasy or a superhero story or something where there are good and bad guys, someone wants to destroy or take over the world, there aren't teams teaming up to save a civilization... it's a high school romance... It's an office romcom... It's tennis.
It's become a pet peeve, I've realized.
I just read a sports romance (Formula 1) and there were lots of inaccuracies in the sport part, calling things by the wrong name which fully ruined it for me. I think they're difficult to do well!
I have a strong suspicion that you would like Powerless by Elsie Silver. I haven't read it, but I have read the first two in that series. Based on what you have enjoyed it romance, I think the author has a good balance of depth and fun that I feel would be appealing for you!
I would looooove to see Lord Stanley come back to Canada, but I do think Florida will end up taking it! 🍁 I also had Rangers and Stars in the finals!! But alas. It has been an entertaining series, for sure.
I'm bummed you missed Him by Sarina Bowen! I would go so far as to say it's considered one of the best hockey romances out there. Something like Icebreaker won't even hold a candle to it.
I love hockey. My dad played hockey since he was little to 70 years old. Not interested in the hockey books. I rather watch hockey. Your son is growing up fast.
lol go rangers womp womp 😅 I don’t know a lot about hockey but I enjoy it and I enjoy a hockey romance. The Call Me Indian book sounds really good though!
The only nice thing I will ever say about Tkachuk is that his Hustle saving that goal was amazing.
Anyway, I love your videos I always feel like I can relate to your content with kids sports and books and I appreciate seeing someone like me on this app. Thanks!
Go Oilers! 😏
There’s an indie romance bookstore in Calgary called Slow Burn Books! 😍 When I saw your shirt I def thought you got it from here haha!
I also hate using hero and heroine. I always use FMC and MMC. And thanks for commenting on how annoying it is when a protagonist’s job doesn’t make any sense, that always pulls me out of a story
i’m surprised that becka mack’s playing for keeps series didn’t come up for you! she’s canadian & the team in the series is an invented vancouver team. each book follows a player and their love interest! there are three books out which were previously self published, but they’ve been traditionally published now and the fourth book comes out soon. might be worth looking into since it’s close to home! disclaimer that they are very long for romance books which may be a turn off
You should check out the Vancouver wolves series by odette stone. They're not good if yk what I mean. But they're a good time
this was a great vlog idea to combine reading with your life!
Watching this on the eve of Game 7 I need to know how you’re feeling about the complete meltdown of the Panthers at this point…. 👀
Romance is not really my genre, but I'm glad I wanted the video anyway. It was so interesting! And your babyblue nails look so cute! 🥰
I have no idea if it will be for you (the best start to a recommendation 😂) but I want to mention the Fake Boyfriend series by Eden Finley (and the other series in the same univers). It has a lot of smut. But also fun stories and sports. Not just hockey but also hockey. I like the audiobooks!
this is the closest I'll ever get to understanding hockey 🤣🤣
Watching the oilers get a power play they shouldn’t have is the theme of the entire playoffs
Do I care about Hockey? No
Did I watch and enjoy the video anyway? Yes😁
I know nothing about hockey, but I am a BIG basketball fan and it seems these sports seasons align because the finals just ended and my team won, the Celtics! They arent my favorite team but they were the ones I was rooting for and my favorite player in the league is Jayson Tatum (their star). All this to say cheers to the end of our respective sports seasons, I am greatly anticipating their returns! Being a sports fan (no matter the sport) is so much fun.
I would love a top 10 Indigenous books to read from Kayla. 📖
Omg you really need to read Time to Shine by Rachel Reid!! A new goalie and a winger playing for a team in Calgary fall for each other. I think you would like it (idk about love since you don’t give romance 5 starts hahaha😅)
Wish my school had wood work and metal work. That would be so cool! Also great for kids who don't want to go to college and would rather learn a trade.
tbh i’m canadian and i want the oilers to lose😭😭 (yes i’m a leafs fan, how did you know?😂)
like someone else said if you want more heavy on hockey themes or heavy sports themes in romance novels in general try mm romance! 🤭🤭
i hate straight romance but icebreaker was pretty fun. it has barely any hockey in it though
Have you finished the Beartown trilogy?
I'm really interested in reading Call Me Indian! Sounds so good. (Btw you looked so ethereal in your floral blouse in you last fit, gorgeous!)
and now we are about to go to game 7.... wild series and not what many predicted lol
Wearing the slow burn shirt today too ❤
My partner likes hockey and I like books, so this was so nice to watch with him. (We're cheering for the Oilers --even though we're American, they're his favorite team!)
let’s go Oilers!!!! 💙🧡💙🧡
I live in Florida… So “Go Panthers” 🐆 😊 🏒
me: :)
kayla: hey remember when the canucks lost game 7
me: :’(
it’s fine i’m over it it’s fine
Same 😭
I’ve been looking for the surprise charm necklaces for ages! I’m such a dang child but it’s so cute. I’ll go give them some business. Thanks gal 😊
Also the video you posted about the haters had me in kinks 😂😂
And I think you have beautiful eyes by the way. 🫶
Powerless is sooooo good but yeah not much hockey.
Bring on game 6 go Oilers!!❤
I too have been on a hockey romance kick!!! This is fate!!!!
When you said Liam has French classes ngl I had war flashbacks
Let’s go oilers 🥳
Wait…HOW did I not know you were a Blackhawks fan??!? My little Chicago heart is so happy at this news 🥰🏒 Go Hawks! ❤️🖤
As a fellow Canucks fan and romance book girlie I can't wait to watch this!! :)
Funny story was 5 star romance for me
As someone who has seen more hockey in your videos than anywhere else in my entire life... I'm incredibly confused about how the Stanley Cup works. The Oilers won? But then it kept going? And Florida could still win? Even though they lost? I don't... I don't understand.
Hahahha the teams play "best of 7" tournaments basically.
So it started with 16 teams and they each get paired up with another team at the beginning. They play each other until someone wins 4 games.
Then whoever wins moves on to the next round, where only 8 teams move on.
They play best of 7 again, then there are 4 teams.
They play best of 7 again, now there are 2 teams.
The Oilers and Panthers have won the most amount of games so now they play until someone wins 4. Right now the Oilers have won 2 and the Panthers have won 3. So tomorrow if the Panthers win again, they will have won 4 and gotten the Stanley Cup. If the Oilers win, they have to play AGAIN because they will only then be at 3.
@@BooksandLala That is SO many games, but makes significantly more sense 😂 I appreciate the thorough breakdown
Trick Shot and Puck Shy by Kayla Grosse are fantastic hockey romance/smut novellas! Highly recommend:)
WHAT !!!! I'm also an Habs fan through and through! I had the chance to go see them play live 2 times. I'm geographically closer to Québec but my dad's family was never Nordique fans. Here in Québec we have nostalgic people who are always against the Canadiens just by principle. Book wise now, I recently read book 1 of a french serie about hockey and ..... I was RAGING ! Thankfully it was towards the end so I got to finish it despite the high cringe level. The author wrote : THE GAME WAS 90 MINUTES & he got a RED CARD FOR BATTLE!! I was so disappointed. The author did not research more than 2 minutes. How could this pass editing and publishing. Nobody read it before or what?
Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
The fake out is a sequel. I felt like there was more hockey in the first book.
You've inspired me to read outside my normal genres and try books I NEVER would have picked up myself this year. I don't really follow Hockey at all, but I'm curious to read 'Call me Indian' now. I couldn't find one if you've done a video for it, but I'd love your updated favorites of ALL time. I would watch the full length cenima episode of that!
I loved this vlog💓 I know that no-one’s life is perfect, but following along with what you get up to is so cute!☺️
(Also, I know this has absolutely nothing to do with the vlog, but I’ve been struggling with body image stuff and intuitive eating. Just seeing you eat icecream was the permission I needed to treat myself to a brownie today without feeling guilty. Your meals always look so delicious btw!💛)
I’m watching this as a European from a country that is as far removed from hockey as possible (I have never seen a single game of hockey and I would bet no one in my family did either) but I’m SAT and INVESTED 🫡🫡🫡
Same, I don't even know the rules of this game 😅
Devastated there was no Rachel Reid 😩 Heated Rivalry and The Long Game are god tier hockey romance
Jelly that you got to see Quinnie Hughes on the ice even if it was the ending of their season
Kayla, so good to see someone else having the same response to these SCFs 😂 Panthers and Swiss cheese Bob choking was NOT what I was expecting
Agreed. Heated rivalry is the best romance I've read so far this year.
Kayla, for hockey romance, Canadian author Rachel Reid is THAT GIRL. She writes m/m romance, that honestly are more smutty than your taste, but the hockey content is fantastic, and includes discussion around homophobia in hockey spaces. In her GameChangers series, #2 Heated Rivalry (& its sequel, #6) features love interests that are BOTH hockey players. It’s my favorite of the series. (It can be read as a stand-alone). Her new, traditionally published, wintery romance Time to Shine also features two hockey players as love interests! I haven’t gotten a chance to read it yet, but it might be a good choice for you to try (grumpy x sunshine, probably less smutty since tradpub, signature Rachel Reid hockey content)! I’d love to hear your thoughts, even if our opinions end up differing!
I hate when a hockey romance book is inaccurate! My (somewhat) local team is the Stars. I am rooting for the Panthers. I love the way Tkachuk plays.
Enjoying watching you talk about the Panthers sweeping after Edmonton is forcing game 7 😂
Watching this the day after game 7 of the finals has been so much fun. Great vlog, as always.
SO CANADIAN
Watching this with the final game on the background. Always love when you talk about hockey! I read call me Indian when you first showed it in one of your vlogs and liked it