Rule Number Five

Rule Breaker Series, Book 1

By: J. Wilder

Narrated by: Edward Black, Nikki Grey

I had my whole life planned out... until I met a hockey player obsessed with breaking all of my rules.

My five simple rules for hooking up keep me from being distracted. Now that I'm so close to landing my dream internship, nothing is going to make me break them. Not even a protective hockey player with clear grey eyes, a sharp jaw, and a body that makes my breath catch.

Until Jax wins a bet and one kiss has me breaking them all.

Rule Number Five is book one in the Rule Breaker series from USA Today bestselling author J. Wilder. If you want squishy, warm, happy feelings, and quality spice her books are for you.

©2023 J. Wilder (P)2023 Podium Audio

Golden Boy meets his match...

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Spice: 🌶🌶.75
Heat/Angst: 🔥🔥🔥
Narrating: 🎧🎧🎧🎧

I'm so happy that I've finally started this series. After hearing so many great things about it I have to say this book started out with a bang! Jacks was such a golden boy and I love them in my hockey romance. J. Wilder did an amazing job with this book.

Tropes:
🏒 College Hockey Romance
💚 Golden Retriever × Nerdy Girl
🏒 Boy Obsessed/Possessive/Jealous
💚 Slow Burn
🏒 Friends w/ Benefits
💚 Found Family
🏒 He Falls First & Hard
💚 Tutor/Study Sessions

I have to say that I was pulling for this couple the entite time. Sidney had 5 rules when it came to guys and no dating or sleeping with hockey players was on it.

After having a rough life, Sidney never felt like she was important or #1 in anyone lives. She had goals and girl was going places, big places. Her father played in the NHL and was now a coach for it and he broke promise after promise to her. He never showed up, made excuses and always made sure to tell his daughter that was just how so hockey players were. He was a giant POS to treat her that way.

Jacks was the college hockey star and already signed to play for the NHL. He was in his senior year, and would soon be off living a life for his best friend. He was super smart and super gorgeous. Girls wanted him all the time. He lived a non-serious life because he knew he was leaving for Boston come graduation.

After meeting Sidney in a club one night, he was hooked. He wanted to hook up with her and the attraction was strong between them. Once she found out he played hockey, she told him the rules and backed away. Jacks considered that a challenge and wanted to break all her rules.

After finding out they attended the same college, they actually had a really tough class together. Jacks was getting an A and she really needed help in passing this class. He offered to help study with her and their attraction only grew.

The chemistry between these two were of the charts. They were like magnets always pulled towards one another. It started off as friends, and Jacks took what he could get but always knew he wanted more. He broke down her walls and her rules.

He fell hard and fast for her and wanted another life with her, but didn't know how that would work. They were both on different paths. She told him it had to end at graduation. Things happened out of their control and Jacks ended up making a mistake that cost them. Both were heartbroken and miserable. If only Jacks could make it right.

The narrating was good. I thought the girl doing Jacks voice made him sound a little slow, but both her and the guy narrator did a good job. Not the best I've heard, but definitely not the worst.

I would have liked to have heard more on Sidney's mom, but it was never spoken about. Nor how Sidney got her scar. Jacks brought up wanting to know about it in his mind and kissing/licking it, but he never asked and she never told. I feel a few things should have been described more, or they left them out for later on that should have been mentioned. A very great read, though and I can't wait to read the next ones in this series.

trouble

I love that this story, the boy follows the girl. not the girl follows the boy. it was spicy, and amazing. I loved it.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

Boy obsessed? I’m obsessed.
Girls got daddy issues and not in a good way. But she’s letting it interfere with what could be and that just made me so angry! I was shouting “he’s not your dad” but too many parallels I guess.
Anyhoo I’m going to need a Mia/Alex/River story asap

Loved this Hockey Romance!

This remains one of my favorite hockey romances. It’s very angsty throughout, and has a hell of a third act breakup, but the sweet, sweet HEA makes up for it in the end.

While it’s the first book released in the Rule Breaker series, I would recommend reading/listening to Rules of the Game first for keeping on timeline.

Angsty hockey romance

I enjoyed the book and how much Jax loved Sydney and how he continuously stood up and fought for her. The slow burn and angst just kept ratcheting up and then the ending felt like it was an afterthought. I wish we got more and 3-4 chapters covering 4 years of their lives but it was a good book.