Brooklynaire is great. You don’t really need to read the first three books in the series to read it, but it doesn’t hurt either. This book runs simultaneously with Pipe Dreams, but as I said before, can be read as a standalone. I recommend reading the other three books first solely because it will certainly make reading Brooklynaire imperative. I mean, this is Nate and Becca’s story. Finally. And it is so amazingly awesome and wonderful you won’t be disappointed. This story is one of Sarina’s finest, and that is saying a lot, because she only writes amazing stories.
Nate Kattenberger is THE hottest, nicest, and geekiest billionaire around. And the coolest, too, because he owns a hockey team. He has everything a 32 year old could ever want. Well, except the girl that is. He’s had a thing for Becca for what feels like forever, but he doesn’t believe she feels the same. Plus, she’s his employee and her friend. He can’t go there without everything getting messed up, so he just keeps his distance.
Becca has known Nate for seven years. She burried the attraction she felt for him a long time ago, and devoted herself to develop a beautiful friendship with him. But things changed somewhere along the way, and she is now unsure of her standing with him. He is her dear friend, but also her boss, and she is completely aware that her future, and that of her family, depends on him.
An apparently harmless accident on the ice rink forces Becca to face some health issues, bringing Nate’s protectiveness to the table. And that single incident unleashes a chain of events that will force them to acknowledge their feelings for each other. But those feelings come with real problems, meaning they will have to come to terms with them, and what the future holds for them. They will have to decide if they are willing to risk not only their hearts, but also their work relationship to be together.
What I love about this book is not only the love story between Nate and Becca, but Nate and Becca themselves. They are such great characters, very human and down to earth. Well, as down to earth as a billionaire geek can be, I guess.
Their banter is priceless. Their friendship, and personalities are so well described and developed throughout the book, it’s a pleasure to read. If you add Bingley, Nate’s very own smart speaker, to the mix, you have a winner. Brooklynaire is so damn hilarious and so, so sweet. And freaking hot. Seriously hot. I loved every single word.
There are several flashbacks to different moments during the past seven years that tell the story of their friendship and work relationship, and how it has grown and developed. It adds background information and depth to the story, showing how they became friends and what they mean to each other.
It’s not surprising to find serious topics in Sarina Bowen’s books, and Brooklynaire is not the exception. I find her approach to head injuries, concussions in hockey are not uncommon I guess, interesting and very smart. And as I said before, it is the catalyst that makes the status quo of Nate and Becca’s relationship to implode.
But the other aspect I find interesting is her approach to office romance. In an age when we hear more (horror) stories about abuse of power, violence against women, and sexual harassment in the workplace, I can see Sarina Bowen put a lot of thought and effort into how to tell this story and remain true to her heroine’s values. It’s not easy to be a woman in a relationship with her boss and keep being respected for her work. She has a point when she says that women don’t get the benefit of the doubt. They are simply judged.
All in all, Brooklynaire is a beautiful love story filled with palindromes, the characters we have come to love from previous books, more than a few Jane Austen references, professional hockey, and hotness. I loved this book with all my heart, and I see myself reading it over and over again. It’s a Five-Stars read from start to finish.
PS, the audiobook is amazingly amazing.
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Why does it have to be over?
'Until you wake up naked with your boss of seven years, you haven’t lived.'It’s always the way when it comes to Sarina Bowen . . .I pick up a book to begin reading and the next thing I know, hours that felt like mere minutes have passed. I’m staring at the last words on the last page and wondering—where did the time go? Why does this book have to be over?Will there be more? ← That’s especially important, because I’m never ready to say goodbye to the characters of Ms. Bowen’s who I fall hopelessly in love with. Which, TBH, is basically all of them.Take Nate and Becca from Brooklynaire, for example. Theirs is a complete and completely perfect story—it covers all the things and more that I was hoping for from a book I’ve been anticipating ever since Rookie Move came out—and still . . . I could read another book or two or five about them. They’re just so real to me. They’re flawed but out of this world; we are, after all, talking about a billionaire hockey franchise owner and the sassy, smart, indispensable woman at his side. That ain’t real life—or it’s not MY real life—but it could be. With the skill of Ms. Bowen, it absolutely could be. I can see being friends with these people, cheering them on as they navigate the troubled waters of a power-imbalanced relationship.Side note: I can also see being a fly on the wall during their sexy times, but that just means Brooklynaire is exactly the right amount of Oh gawd, so hot (and I am exactly the wrong amount of perve #OwningIt).One of the things I love most about Ms. Bowen’s writing—and it is on full, glorious display here—is the way her couples, her characters communicate. For Nate and Becca, things could have been derailed—and lord, did I feel that uncertainty in my heart—but no. Not when they are so artfully steered through clichés and into refreshing, fun, relatable territory. And when it comes to friendships, old and new? Perfection. Banter-y goodness that leaves me with a grin from ear-to-ear.So, yeah. It’s always this way when it comes to Sarina Bowen and books like Brooklynaire. And I wouldn’t change a thing about it.“When you kiss me, everything goes quiet. That’s the only time I can forget everyone else.”~ FIVE Bingley STARS ~
Top reviews from other countries
J. Bender
I would read 10 more books with these 2!
Reviewed in Canada on March 17, 2021
Sara Oxo
What a great will they won’t they story
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 15, 2023
Daniela S.
Endlich die Geschichte von Becca und Nate <3
Reviewed in Germany on April 19, 2021
