Weak Side

Bexley U, Book 1

By: S.J. Sylvis

Narrated by: Michael Gallagher, Sarah McEwan

He's the hottest hockey player in the nation, and I just agreed to be his fake girlfriend.

Theo Brooks is hard not to notice. With his coy smirk, rock-hard abs, and skilled agility on the ice, he's the cockiest of all the jocks and, unfortunately for me, my new roommate.

When Admissions mixes up my first and last name, and I end up living in the male dorms, I feel my perfectly tied schedule loosening with every string Theo pulls. And he likes to pull every single one.

It isn't until I find out that my long-time boyfriend is sampling other girls that things get interesting. Theo proposes a solution to my problem—he helps me make my ex jealous, and I help him fend off the relentless puck bunnies that are doing nothing but distracting him from sealing his future with the best NHL team there is.

So, we fake date. We kill two birds with one stone. The puck bunnies think he's taken. My ex is regretting his poor choices.

But the more Theo Brooks shows up by my side and places his hand around my waist, the more I realize that the lines we drew are blurring. This may have started as a fake dating scheme, but with each misleading kiss, we may both get more than we bargained for.

Weak Side is a spicy fake dating, forced proximity college sports romance. It is a complete standalone.

©2023 S.J. Sylvis (P)2023 Podium Audio

Very enjoyable

I really enjoyed this audiobook. The narrators did a great job voicing these characters and I was totally engaged in the story. The characters were likable and I enjoyed how the relationship between Claire and Theo developed. There were also some surprises I didn’t see coming.

Good Book

I really enjoyed this book, it was easy to listen too, not too graphic or crazy dark scenes. Amazing guy who finds his true love, a girl who's been let down her whole life.

Holy Angst & Chemistry!

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Spice: 🌶🌶
Heat/Angst: 🔥🔥🔥
Narrating: 🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧

I really enjoyed this book. I actually read Puck Block first as an arc, and it was really good. This book had been in my tbr list for over s year now and and I couldn't be happier that I was finally able to read Theo and Claire's story.

Tropes:
- College Hockey Romance (Captain)
- Athletic (Ballerina)
- Fake Dating
- Roommates to Lovers
- Forced Proximity
- Slow Burn

What started out as a mix up, ends up making Claire's new dorm roommate a guy. And just not any guy, the Captain of the hockey team, Theo Brooks. Claire hates all jocks due to her personal home life and things she has been led to believe by her mother her whole life.

Theo wants nothing getting into his way his senior year at Bexley U. Not even puck bunnies are going to stop him from making it into the NHL. He's the best player in the league and he's got his sight say on team in particular.

When puck bunnies start randomly showing up naked in Theo's bed, uninvited, he used Claire as his girl to make them go away. After that, they style in an agreement that they would pretend to help each other out.

As you can imagine, Feelings start happening the more they pretended until the pull towards each other. The tension was strong and I was often times thinking and hoping that moment would be theirs to get together.

The betraying was amazing. Both narrators did an amazing job reading the other characters and doing their voices. I really hope to hear these two work together again.

Weak side

I love this series it keeps you going till you don’t want to stop listening!

Loved this

College hockey - great characters , good story , no misunderstanding trope …. Highly recommend . Some spice happy ending ! Will follow this author

I laughed!!!

Okay, no way in heck the roommate mistake wouldn’t have been fixed but I was willing to extend my disbelief.
Mom had hamburger for brains. But the lovers were sweet enough so that I didn’t want to fight them. And the friends were hilarious! I enjoyed their wacky jokes.
Funny and sweet story.

SO GOOD!

Such a good book! Highly recommend reading! Quick and easy listen, felt like I was watching a TV show haha

The performance

Loved listening to every part!! This book was amazing I loved the performance and the story line 10/10 will be reading again!!

Amazing auto performance!

Loved everything from the story line to the narrator performance- so engaging. Loved the characters! I was hooked from the beginning.

10/10

I loved the narration in this! It gave so much more to the storyline. My only complaint is that I need an epilogue 😭