Ri ♡ 's Reviews > Mile High

3.75 stars

“You following me?” 
A light laugh flows through him. “You have no idea, Stevie girl.”

This is definitely one of the best sports romance I have ever read. I get easily bored when it comes to this genre but I really enjoyed this book a lot even if it is 600 plus pages long. Yes, it could've been atleast 50 to 80 pages short but Stevie and Zanders were just so cute that I didn't wanted to stop reading about them. This book is a perfect balance of cute, wholesomeness, emotional and heartwarming moments.

“So, ‘Vee’, huh?”
“It’s a family nickname.” 
“My family nickname is Zee. Vee and Zee. Aren’t we fucking adorable?

The starting was amazing with stevie being such a badass to Zanders and not giving a shit about his public image. Their banter was top notch, the sexual tension was hot, their obsession with each other had me swooning. Everything was great except that third-act breakup. I also loved the found family moments of Zander and Madison's family. The way they both cared for each other and their families. I really need to read Madison and Logan's book!

“Oh fuck. My heart. The words. The girl. It all makes my heart race.”

“Stevie girl, I’ll follow you anywhere.”

“You’re my first choice, Vee. My only choice.”

➸ Stevie Shay

She's such a badass girl with the most kind and selfless personality. I loved everything about her. Her insecurities about her body and her career were so real and heartbreaking. The author did an amazing job writing a plus size heroine who's also bold but also a bit insecured about herself and how others see her and Stevie's growth was slow but realistic.
It's not that she didn't love herself—she did loved herself but it was other's opinions about her body that get to her especially her mother's. She also hated being her brother's shadow and always wanted someone to know her and love her for her only and Zanders is that person for her. I liked how she developed confidence about her body and how Zanders was there to help her and love her on her bad days.

“You don’t have to love your body every single day. That’s unrealistic to expect, but I’ll be here loving it for the days you can’t.”

➸ Evan Zanders

I kinda hated him in the start. I mean he was behaving like this playboy and territorial man but his character grew up on me as the story progressed. He hides his real self behind this playboy facade of “new girl, new day” but behind all that he's just a sweet, kind-hearted and caring man who would anything for his found family and his little niece even if it means dressing up as Elsa for Halloween. Zanders had abandonment issues that's why he never showed his real self to his fans, he thinks he's not lovable because his own mother left him. He loved himself but he never let anyone love him until Stevie. I liked his character development and how he tried to make things right with his father and how he dealt with his insecurities.

“You'll always be my first choice. Have been since the day I met you, sweetheart.”

╰┈➤ Stevie & Zanders

Stevie and Zanders are perfect for each other. Stevie who was never anyone's first choice, first option and Zanders who never had anyone in his life who could love him unconditionally. Zanders who made her his first and his only choice and Stevie who loves him with all her heart. I loved how Zanders made sure she felt comfortable in her body, complemented her, praised her, loved her and worshipped her. And the mirror scene where she told him all the insecurities she has about her body and he tells he loves all of her was just so precious and beautiful. He was so fixated on her the moment they met and the way he always tried to get a rise out of her because Stevie didn't give a shit about him being an NHL player. Zanders won my heart when he tried to follow her to her apartment late at night and they weren't even friends at that time but he just wanted to protect her.

“I fell in love with you while we were miles high in the air, and im begging you to love me back.”

The ending felt like it was dragged on for long. That third-act breakup was way too long for my liking and it's one of the major issues for my 4 stars raring for this book. The breakup was reasonable and needed for Zander to finally reconcile with his father and his abandonment issues and I liked how everything was ended. I can't wait to read about them in the next books because I think I am a little obsessed with Vee and Zee and this series! Can't wait for Ryan's book because he's already my favourite man in this series!


“I love road games.” — Zanders in chapter 1

“I hate road games.” — Zanders in epilogue