Matching All the Way

Matching All the Way

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  • Create Date:2023-12-23 04:21:53
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  • Author:Veronica Eden
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Summary

Nothing’s more romantic than matching with the same guy every time you reluctantly download a dating app。 Hotter than ever—check。 Off limits—double check。 Why does the universe hate me?

Cole Kincaid is unfairly irresistible and the one guy I’ll never have。 My brother’s best friend is all grown up, but he’s not here to witness my messy girl era。 He’s Dad’s new assistant coach for Heston U’s hockey team。

Match me once, we’ll laugh it off and never talk about it again。
Match me twice, well this is awkward。
Match me three-four-five times? My resolve is only so strong。

Constantly enduring Cole’s charm in this small town is tempting enough thanks to the pesky crush I never got over。 We’re matching all the way whether I like it or not。 After a bad breakup, I’m only interested in avoiding loneliness through winter。

And at rematch number…I’ve lost count, it turns out he wants to help me with that。

What begins as an enticing game of sneaking around in secret turns into something neither of us can walk away from once the snow melts。 The question is…how long can we hide this?

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Matching All the Way is a full length standalone in the Heston Lake world that can be enjoyed year-round or as a holiday-ish read, and read in any order in relation to the main hockey romance series。

For more Heston Lake heartthrobs, check out the swoony hockey players of the Heston U Hotshots series。

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Reviews

Jenifer Briggs

This was such a cute forbidden romance with allll the swoon! Eve and Cole have known each other forever (he's her brothers best friend) and has always had a major crush on him, but because of his relationship with her brother and the different aspects of their lives, their timing was never right-- but a chance match on a random dating app, midnight conversations that led them to be more open than they've ever been before with anyone else, and their overwhelming chemistry proves that they were al This was such a cute forbidden romance with allll the swoon! Eve and Cole have known each other forever (he's her brothers best friend) and has always had a major crush on him, but because of his relationship with her brother and the different aspects of their lives, their timing was never right-- but a chance match on a random dating app, midnight conversations that led them to be more open than they've ever been before with anyone else, and their overwhelming chemistry proves that they were always meant to be。Other than their relationship, I love the fact that our author gave a voice to those who are neuro divergent, with ADHD on top of that。 It was so refreshing to see how Eve's mind worked, and just how supportive Cole was every step of the way。 Plus I love how he never once belittled her or made her feel inferior just because she was different -- he truly accepted her and that just made my heart go all gooey。 This is the perfect read for the holidays and I cannot wait to dive back into this world next year!**I received an ARC of this book and these are my honest opinions ** 。。。more

Chelsea

O wow did I love this book! Cole was so sweet with Eve and truly loved her for who she was。 He was her peace。 I related to Eve so much! She felt so real。 She was imperfect, and learning to love who she is, imperfections and all。 Cole greatly helps with reinforcing what is so great about her。 What I loved the most was how confident she was when it came to flirting and sexy times。 She could flirt and tease with the best of them! My only complaint was that it seemed longer than it needed to be BUTT O wow did I love this book! Cole was so sweet with Eve and truly loved her for who she was。 He was her peace。 I related to Eve so much! She felt so real。 She was imperfect, and learning to love who she is, imperfections and all。 Cole greatly helps with reinforcing what is so great about her。 What I loved the most was how confident she was when it came to flirting and sexy times。 She could flirt and tease with the best of them! My only complaint was that it seemed longer than it needed to be BUTTTT because of that we got more of Eve and Cole - sweet times and steamy times。 The mouth on Cole! Whew! 。。。more

maria t。

"Matching All the Way" is set on Heston U universe and it follows cole, a temporary assistant coach for the local hockey team and eve, the coach's daughter and his best friend's sister。tropes & genre: - hockey romance- brother’s best friend/best friend's sister- assistant coach x coach’s daughter- she falls first, he falls harderhaving known each other since forever and growing up together, eve and cole maintained a friendship throughout high school, even though eve had a significant crush on co "Matching All the Way" is set on Heston U universe and it follows cole, a temporary assistant coach for the local hockey team and eve, the coach's daughter and his best friend's sister。tropes & genre: - hockey romance- brother’s best friend/best friend's sister- assistant coach x coach’s daughter- she falls first, he falls harderhaving known each other since forever and growing up together, eve and cole maintained a friendship throughout high school, even though eve had a significant crush on cole。 now that he's back in town, their chemistry is instantaneous, and the tension between them is palpable right from the start。 while the beginning felt a bit slow, i appreciated the depth of their relationship。 and, despite a significant amount of time passing with them keeping things under wraps, i loved the connection between cole and eve。 overall, this book was a lighthearted and thoroughly enjoyable read! 。。。more

nikkyireads

𝑰𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖。I love a protective, caring MMC with a secret crush。 I loved the dating app match plot, and I enjoyed that they thought it would be "pretend" with fake names and back stories。 🤭💙 Brother's Best Friend🩵 Coach's Daughter 💙 Long Time Crush 🩵 Neurodivergent Rep💙 🌶 Texts🩵 Sneaking Around💙 Sports Romance - Hockey🩵 Dirty Talking MMC💙 Praise 𝑰𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖。I love a protective, caring MMC with a secret crush。 I loved the dating app match plot, and I enjoyed that they thought it would be "pretend" with fake names and back stories。 🤭💙 Brother's Best Friend🩵 Coach's Daughter 💙 Long Time Crush 🩵 Neurodivergent Rep💙 🌶 Texts🩵 Sneaking Around💙 Sports Romance - Hockey🩵 Dirty Talking MMC💙 Praise 。。。more

Sallie Lu

I wanted to dnf this 10% in but I powered through only to be rewarded with absolutely nothing because it wasn’t even fun to hate read。 The plot was so childish and nonsensical that it made me wonder if this was a teenager’s attempt at writing smut but then there would be dialogue reminiscent of Regina George’s “I’m a cool mom” vibes so it obviously couldn’t have been a teen and I’m just left confused and feeling icky。 A couple ridiculous examples of the stupid af plot- the FMC acts like matching I wanted to dnf this 10% in but I powered through only to be rewarded with absolutely nothing because it wasn’t even fun to hate read。 The plot was so childish and nonsensical that it made me wonder if this was a teenager’s attempt at writing smut but then there would be dialogue reminiscent of Regina George’s “I’m a cool mom” vibes so it obviously couldn’t have been a teen and I’m just left confused and feeling icky。 A couple ridiculous examples of the stupid af plot- the FMC acts like matching on an app with her brother’s best friend is the ultimate dirty secret but she’s like 25??? AND WHO CARES?? it’s not a big deal?????- The weird verbal altercation between FMC and her ex was written like how a teenager thinks adults would fight - They spend like HALF A YEAR just sexting EVEN THOUGH THEY LIVE IN THE SAME TOWN and see each other all the time like in what world would adults do this - Their relationship is supposedly some big secret to keep from her family for a couple reasons including he’s her brother’s best friend but then when the brother finds out he’s mad for like 5 seconds and it’s all chill ??????- all this and more horribly childish plot lines and yet then there would be weirdly dirty spicy scenes that were (1) not hot and (2) so gross given the non-adult behavior ickkkk 。。。more

Candace P。

Eve was a super fun FMC to read, and I liked the ADHD aspect of her life and how that was embraced and supported by Cole。 I loved how much stability Cole offers to Evie even if it was just listening to her (or driving around while she was asleep in his truck)。There were so many things about this book that I loved, and I would recommend to anyone looking for a small town/sports romance

Lori 📚☕️

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it, click here。 DNF at 55%。 And with it being 400 pages long, I’m pretty proud of myself I stuck it out for 200 pages!Omg, where do I start? Ok。 So the heroine Eve is the daughter of the hero Cole’s new boss。 (She is also Cole’s bff’s little sister。) Cole comes back into town to accept assistant hockey coach (coaching alongside Eve’s father)。 In what I did read, I could tell that this author was trying to be heavy on the pc, all inclusive, etc。 Which leads us to our heroine。 She has ADHD。 Which is cool, I’m pre DNF at 55%。 And with it being 400 pages long, I’m pretty proud of myself I stuck it out for 200 pages!Omg, where do I start? Ok。 So the heroine Eve is the daughter of the hero Cole’s new boss。 (She is also Cole’s bff’s little sister。) Cole comes back into town to accept assistant hockey coach (coaching alongside Eve’s father)。 In what I did read, I could tell that this author was trying to be heavy on the pc, all inclusive, etc。 Which leads us to our heroine。 She has ADHD。 Which is cool, I’m pretty sure I, along with many of my friends growing up in the 70s and 80s, have undiagnosed ADHD。 But! We are reminded of this heroines ADHD at every turn。 Every scene that she is in has her being super hyper, super scatterbrained, impulsive buying, constantly forgetting to bring things with her, etc and it’s always explained to us that it’s because of her ADHD。 She lives in a town that has a snowy winter, and she forgets to bring her coat with her… and doesn’t realize it until ~20 mins or so later? Because she has ADHD。 How? I live in the far north next to Santa Claus and I would notice in the first 3 seconds of opening my front door that I don’t have my coat on。 But I digress… On to Eve’s cute hobby/career。 She likes to make jewelry, specifically earrings。 Her favorites to wear are her lollipop earrings and her dinosaur chicken nugget earrings…。 🤔 and this hockey stud hero actually inner dialogues to himself at one point how cute her dinosaur chicken nuggets earrings were。 Um, ok Jan…。Anyway, I felt the author ruined an otherwise nice, happy, easy to root for heroine with making her too quirky to get the ADHD point across to us。On to the main idea of the story。 It was a little different that what I was expecting from the blurb。 It was only one dating app。 that was used。 And it would keep matching them every time one of them opened the app。 That’s it。 So they started to message each other, because they weren’t strangers, they’ve known each other forever。 At one point they are at a dance club, he drags her off away from their friends to a dark hallway and they share their first kiss…。 What a let down! He kissed her softly。 😒 No built up aggressive passion, no trying to keep his feelings restrained…。From there they get into an agreement of some sorts to have a temporary casual no feelings allowed affair。 It starts of by a hot and heavy phone sex episode。 Well, she texted, he sent audios, then progressed to pics…。 Ok。 But by the 55% mark that’s all they were still doing。 Phone sex, pics of each step they did to themselves, dildos involved, dirty talk that got old real quick…I just didn’t get the whole thing。 During the day, they saw each often, he gave her car rides, etc but they never acted upon their sexual feelings in person。 He would drop her off as ‘just friends’ and then go home to start sending her texts/phone calls to have phone sex…。。 it became repetitive and boring。 I’m sure they must have eventually had real sex after I DNFd, but I lost interest by then。 。。。more

Sienna Bailey

⛸️Assistant Coach x Coach’s Daughter🎄Small Town⛸️Hockey🎄Brother’s Bestfriend⛸️Dating appWhat a fun holiday vibe read! This is NOT a holiday romance but it is a cozy read so it’s perfect for the holiday season!This book follows the MMC Cole Kincaid and the FMC Eve Lombard。 Cole comes back to the town of Heston Lake to be the assistant coach for the hockey team。 Eve is the coach’s daughter and if you know hockey。。 you know you don’t touch the coach’s daughter😅 So there’s a bit of a “forbidden” ele ⛸️Assistant Coach x Coach’s Daughter🎄Small Town⛸️Hockey🎄Brother’s Bestfriend⛸️Dating appWhat a fun holiday vibe read! This is NOT a holiday romance but it is a cozy read so it’s perfect for the holiday season!This book follows the MMC Cole Kincaid and the FMC Eve Lombard。 Cole comes back to the town of Heston Lake to be the assistant coach for the hockey team。 Eve is the coach’s daughter and if you know hockey。。 you know you don’t touch the coach’s daughter😅 So there’s a bit of a “forbidden” element to this too! I personally, LOVE a secret relationship and Veronica Eden NAILED it as far as I’m concerned 😍This is a very sweet read and you’ll absolutely fall in love with the characters in this book。 The chemistry was chemistry-ing 😂 And the dirty talk and banter was un-matched👀I can’t wait to read the rest of Heston-U series!🙈 。。。more

ceci

Veronica Eden never fails, even with a christmas romance。 When Cole returns to Heston Lake as the assistant coach he meets again Eve who is the daughter of the head coach and they are matching all the times in a dating app。 So they start a secret relationship。I loved them together so much, they were everything。Tropes:- Secret and Forbidden relationship。- Hockey Romance。- Small town romance。- Brother´s Best Friend。Thanks for the Arc to The Author Agency。

Reading in Brussels

Seems like it's mostly about how hot they are for each other。 Nothing wrong with that, but I need more emotional depth between the main characters to be able to root for them。Dnf。 Seems like it's mostly about how hot they are for each other。 Nothing wrong with that, but I need more emotional depth between the main characters to be able to root for them。Dnf。 。。。more

Gail

This has been one of my top reads this year!!! I couldn’t put it down such an amazingly written story。

Emma

This was a cute read。 It’s focused on Eve who is the coach’s daughter and Cole who is her brothers best friend and the new assistant coach。 It was a nice story but was missing something - I struggled to finish the book。 I enjoyed the characters, Eve especially was refreshing and I liked how patient Cole was and how they navigated the different situations 。

Rhyann

Soooo。。。 I picked this up because it came highly recommended by one of my favorite authors。Now, the storyline and trope(s) were all very attractive, but alas, the character arcs and the characters themselves fell short of my expectations。 And this is why throughout the story, I had that "I've definitely read this story before" sort of feeling。Eve was a relatively sweet FMC。 She'd been in love with her brother's best friend for many years。 But, unfortunately, there wasn't much else to her。Cole wa Soooo。。。 I picked this up because it came highly recommended by one of my favorite authors。Now, the storyline and trope(s) were all very attractive, but alas, the character arcs and the characters themselves fell short of my expectations。 And this is why throughout the story, I had that "I've definitely read this story before" sort of feeling。Eve was a relatively sweet FMC。 She'd been in love with her brother's best friend for many years。 But, unfortunately, there wasn't much else to her。Cole was certainly an attractive MMC。 I especially liked that we got to read his thoughts and his POV, but there wasn't much more to him aside from hiding his not-relationship from his coach, teammates and best friend。Their relationship was not believable at all。 They went from "this is a bad idea" to hot and heavy (albeit just virtually), almost overnight。 The denial of what was between them was super frustrating to read because it made both characters seem immature。The "forbidden" nature of the relationship wound up being pretty ridiculous。 They're grown adults, and Cole's a coach, not a player。 We didn't have to get to the end of the story to realize that they didn't have to hide their relationship in the first place。 I could've deduced that when we first met David。Regardless, they had some pretty significant chemistry, and the brothers-best-friend dynamic was well executed。3 ⭐️ 。。。more

Amber

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it, click here。 - for the love of me I cannot remember what happened in iced out at all- but this is cute - I can’t believe they did just online sexing for MONTHS despite seeing each other in person wtffff- I do think it dragged on unnecessarily- a whole year they don’t tell anyone。 And instead of telling the dad and brother, they were caught in compromising position?? AFTER A YEAR 😤 - ooohhhh at the end when he says how the players send him viral proposals and David is gonna be his father in law, I remember re - for the love of me I cannot remember what happened in iced out at all- but this is cute - I can’t believe they did just online sexing for MONTHS despite seeing each other in person wtffff- I do think it dragged on unnecessarily- a whole year they don’t tell anyone。 And instead of telling the dad and brother, they were caught in compromising position?? AFTER A YEAR 😤 - ooohhhh at the end when he says how the players send him viral proposals and David is gonna be his father in law, I remember reading that scene in iced out i think lol - cute but forgettable 。。。more

Katie Hansen

Spice: 🌶🌶🌶 Favorite quote/line: "Do you ever think I'm too much?" -Eve"No。 You're not too much" -Cole Can Evie be my best friend? She is such a fun, happy, loving woman。 From the very first of the book, her personality is what kept me reading。 Cole helped, too, lolI enjoyed how their relationship started off。 It was very unconventional, but still so them! If you are looking for a cute, decently spicy book, you are going to want to check this one out! Spice: 🌶🌶🌶 Favorite quote/line: "Do you ever think I'm too much?" -Eve"No。 You're not too much" -Cole Can Evie be my best friend? She is such a fun, happy, loving woman。 From the very first of the book, her personality is what kept me reading。 Cole helped, too, lolI enjoyed how their relationship started off。 It was very unconventional, but still so them! If you are looking for a cute, decently spicy book, you are going to want to check this one out! 。。。more

Sara J Reynolds

Coaches Daughter✔️Brother’s best friend✔️Hockey✔️Sneaking Around✔️T(s)exting that sets your phone on fire✔️No third act breakup✔️🙌🏼Cole & Eve’s story is 🔥🔥🔥 Cole is GOALS! He is so supportive of Evie, in tune with her feelings, understands her ADHD, & THE MOUTH on that man🥵Evie is so relatable, at least to me, with dealing with her feelings & understanding her ADHD。 I’m not sure I’ve related to a character more before。 Absolutely loved her & her journey in this book。 How their relationship start Coaches Daughter✔️Brother’s best friend✔️Hockey✔️Sneaking Around✔️T(s)exting that sets your phone on fire✔️No third act breakup✔️🙌🏼Cole & Eve’s story is 🔥🔥🔥 Cole is GOALS! He is so supportive of Evie, in tune with her feelings, understands her ADHD, & THE MOUTH on that man🥵Evie is so relatable, at least to me, with dealing with her feelings & understanding her ADHD。 I’m not sure I’ve related to a character more before。 Absolutely loved her & her journey in this book。 How their relationship starts is so sexy, as is how they move to a full blown relationship。 I love the sneaking around & forbidden romance trope, & I totally cackled but also had second hand embarrassment for how her dad (Cole’s boss) finds out about them 😅So so good! Highly recommend if you’re looking to add to your hockey romance TBR🏒💯 。。。more

Alexandria Sibley

I just finished this book not a half hour ago and I am just blown away by it。 I loved the characters, the story of Eve and Cole, and also the side characters。 I can’t say enough good things about this book really。 It was such a good heartfelt (and smutty) read。

Rebekah

Absolutely love the ADHD rep in this book。 Cole understands how to just be there for Eve and allow her to work through things。 His love and support of her and her dreams are amazing and I love them together。

ash kowalewski-pizzi

DNF @ 27%

Robin L。

The way I love Cole and Evie! This is my first book by Veronica and I promise this definitely won’t be the last。 Banter, flirting, humour, everything is on point。 Such a feel-good, positive and sweet romance。

April Davadi

I definitely couldn't wait to get more on Coach Cole Kincaid , an boy Veronica did。 It Miss a beat with this one! I loved how both secretly crushed on each other for years even though Eves might have been a bit stronger。 I like how well these two meshed together with Eve having her adhd tendencies & Cole balancing her out 。 The way they both denied the attraction but finally just crashed together 。 Those steamy scenes?! * chefs kiss* I honestly loved being back in this world & I can't wait to se I definitely couldn't wait to get more on Coach Cole Kincaid , an boy Veronica did。 It Miss a beat with this one! I loved how both secretly crushed on each other for years even though Eves might have been a bit stronger。 I like how well these two meshed together with Eve having her adhd tendencies & Cole balancing her out 。 The way they both denied the attraction but finally just crashed together 。 Those steamy scenes?! * chefs kiss* I honestly loved being back in this world & I can't wait to see what the authors has in store for the rest of the guys 。。。more

Witchybibliophile

3。5⭐️This one didn’t have as much Christmas spirit as I hoped, for what I thought was a holiday romance but it was still really cute! Love the FMC’s ADHD rep and the MMC was such a considerate cinnamon roll of a man but he had a DIRTY mouth。 For the first like 60% the couple was only being spicy through sexting and phone/video calls and this is totally my own personal thing but some of the sexting gave me the ick and just felt really cringey。 Once they actually got together it was much better。 T 3。5⭐️This one didn’t have as much Christmas spirit as I hoped, for what I thought was a holiday romance but it was still really cute! Love the FMC’s ADHD rep and the MMC was such a considerate cinnamon roll of a man but he had a DIRTY mouth。 For the first like 60% the couple was only being spicy through sexting and phone/video calls and this is totally my own personal thing but some of the sexting gave me the ick and just felt really cringey。 Once they actually got together it was much better。 The pacing was also a little off for me! The couple got together and basically fell in love pretty quick with no third act breakup but the book just kept going for kinda no reason? 。。。more

Siya Khanna

I loved this book - but I love Cole Kincaid more。 He is one of my favourite book boyfriends。 It was steamy - who knew a phone could be so handy? Would definitely recommend and for sure read again for all the feels。

Karja26

that cover is deceptive …It looks all cutesy but inside the spice and intensity between Cole and Eve **chefs kiss*We first see Cole and Eve in Iced Out, and their story was beautiful。 Cole and Eve are literally each other’s best half。 They are a team from the get go, Cole with his patience, understanding and love for Eve, and Eve in making Cole see he has always been a better a person and helping him see what he really needed out of life。

Marta

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️。5!

Joanne Cheseldine

What can I say I loved this book。 Coaches daughter brothers best friend secret relationship this book had it all。 Super sweet and spicy Cole and Eve were simply perfect and their relationship is #goals I loved the way the author wrote Eve and her ADHD so beautifully written。 Cole is just a dream boyfriend caring, spicy and will do anything and everything for Eve。Honestly I can’t recommend this book enough。 If you’re looking for a cute spicy holiday read with just the best relationship this is fo What can I say I loved this book。 Coaches daughter brothers best friend secret relationship this book had it all。 Super sweet and spicy Cole and Eve were simply perfect and their relationship is #goals I loved the way the author wrote Eve and her ADHD so beautifully written。 Cole is just a dream boyfriend caring, spicy and will do anything and everything for Eve。Honestly I can’t recommend this book enough。 If you’re looking for a cute spicy holiday read with just the best relationship this is for you。 。。。more

Gabby (Gabbylikesbooks)

This was my first book by Veronica and I loved it。 It’s so spiccyyy! I loved how Cole and Eve’s confidence grew together。 The ADHD rep got me 😭 I have ADHD and the same struggles as Eve so I really connected to her and her struggles。Read this if you love:💕 ADHD Rep💕 Brother’s Best Friend💕 Boss’ Daughter💕 Small Town💕 Secret Relationship

Ashley Davis

This was cute ! Cole was adorable and hott 3。75⭐️I liked the whole her dad’s the coach and he is the assistant。 Eve was adorable she just felt repetitive some timesBest Friends Brother Coaches Daughter Friends to LoversSecret Relationship

Unspokenbooks

Cole è una Green flag con le gambe。Ho amato la rappresentazione accurata dell'ADHD。Forse però un pelo troppo lungo Cole è una Green flag con le gambe。Ho amato la rappresentazione accurata dell'ADHD。Forse però un pelo troppo lungo 。。。more

Berta

I really enjoyed this one。 Not quite as much as I loved Iced Out。 I think I wanted the sneaking around to be discovered before it did。。。 it went on so long。 It was definitely sweet and spicy enough for me though! Whew, Cole's dirty mouth! Yessss。 I really enjoyed this one。 Not quite as much as I loved Iced Out。 I think I wanted the sneaking around to be discovered before it did。。。 it went on so long。 It was definitely sweet and spicy enough for me though! Whew, Cole's dirty mouth! Yessss。 。。。more