Review: Hot Shot Mistake by Gina Azzi

Rating: 3/5
Series: Tennessee Thunderbolts Book #1
Type of Series: Interconnected Standalone
Tropes: Hockey Romance, Sports Romance, Meet-cute, Co-workers, Close Proximity, Small Town
PoP: 40%

Hot Shot Mistake is book one in the new Hockey Series from author Gina Azzi.  It is a spin off from her Boston Hawks Series. 

Devon Hardt our hockey playing hero and Mila Lewis the Thunderbolts new team physical therapist.

Devon has been traded to the Tennessee Thunderbolts. Devon suffered a very extensive shoulder injury.  His original team the New York Sharks send him to St. Louis where he has now been traded to the defunked Knoxville Team.   Devon loved his New York lifestyle, he had the fame, the money, and the girls. Devon is arrogant. He believes he is better than Tennessee.  Better than this ragtag group of misfits he has been sent to play with.  While he is not overly vocal about it he gives off plenty of vibes.  Honestly at first I hated his characters.  I wanted to smack him. He was rude and not even trying to make things work in Tennessee.  The entire time his plan has been to do what he can to get traded to a team he determines is better.. he wants a large market team, LA or New York. 

Devon and his giant chip on his damaged shoulder bumps into Mila like physically run in to each other causing Mila to drop her take out. 

Mila is a different kind of heroine.  Mila is a very immature character, but we do see some great growth from her as the story moves. She is a small-town girl through and through.  She only left home long enough to go to college and immediately returned after.  She has dated a professional athlete, her high school sweetheart.  She knows the life that comes with dating someone with a lifestyle like that.  Her previous experience left her broken and pitied by the local town.   She is clear to set boundaries with Devon in the beginning, but she has not done so in other aspects of her life. 

Even though this is a spin off from The Boston Hawks this book can absolutely be read as a standalone. The author did a great job making this series feel fresh and new. It is not crowded with crossover from previous books. It has very different vibes from the Boston Series.  It is rare to get a Hockey Romance with a small-town vibe.  I am still not 100% sold on it.  Overall I did enjoy the book and I am excited to check out the next in the series.