TITLE: Iced
SERIES: Walker University #1
AUTHOR: Cala Riley
GENRE: Contemporary Romance
TROPES: Opposites Attract/Friends to Lovers
Slow Burn/Found Family
RELEASE DATE: September 19, 2024
BLURB.
Clayton
Being the star player on the Walker Wolves has been everything I was working towards.
That is, until my grades slip, threatening to take it all from me.
I have to do something drastic to keep my dreams alive, so I hire a tutor.
That’s when I met her.
Grace Myers.
She is the complete opposite of me. Shy, innocent, kind.
She’s meant to tutor me on school, so why does it feel like she is schooling me on life?
Grace
I have spent half my life in love with Kellan Cooper, but he has never felt the same.
If friendship is all he can offer, it’s what I’ll take from him.
I thought life was simple.
Until I met him.
Clayton James.
He is everything I’ve always hated. Loud, arrogant, a player.
So why do I find myself unable to stop thinking about him and his lips?
When opposites attract, will they have a fairytale ending or are they destined to crash and burn?
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MY REVIEW.
5 Stars from Tiffany!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Very Cute College Romance.
n Iced, Calia Riley serves up an adorable friends-to-more, opposites attract story featuring Grace and Clayton. You can pretty much guess where things are headed, but the real fun is in the journey as we watch Grace and Clayton’s relationship unfold.
Grace has had a hockey player as her best friend for years. After her crush gets shot down, she settles for the friend zone and starts judging all hockey players by that experience. I really liked Grace—she’s young but has this old soul vibe. She’s gorgeous but also a total book nerd, which makes her great at handling cocky guys, especially the hockey players. When she first meets Clayton, she sizes him up right away, but soon realizes he’s something special.
And special he definitely is! I loved Clayton’s character. He’s a couple of years older than freshman Grace and is all about two things: graduating and making it to the pros (not necessarily in that order). He’s responsible too, worrying about his single mom and sister, and is super focused on his homework and hockey. But once Grace starts tutoring him, all bets are off.
As I mentioned, the real enjoyment comes from the little moments. It’s fun to see Grace mature and finally recognize her best friend Kellan for what he is—someone who only wants her when another guy shows interest. She quickly learns that not all hockey players are players off the ice too.
The book is well written and fun. I liked the texting back and forth, as well as the boys in the hockey house, as well as Grace’s bestie Peyton always chiming in or teasing. Iced reads as a stand alone with an epilogue to peek in and see what’s going on with these crazy kids.
AUTHOR BIO.
CALA RILEY, better known as Cala and Riley, are a pair of friends with a deep seated love of books and writing. Both Cala and Riley are happily married and each have children, Cala with the four-legged kind while Riley has a mixture of both two-legged and four. While they live apart, that does not affect their connection. They are the true definition of family. What started as an idea that quickly turned into a full-length book and a bond that will never end.
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