Think twice if…
- Content warnings: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Parental abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Graphic violence, Grief, Trauma, Panic attacks, Eating disorders, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Sexual content
Hidden Scars
by Andi Jaxon
Book 1 in Darby U Hockey Boys
An enemies-to-roommates MM hockey romance that goes way darker than the cover suggests - the trauma is handled with real care and the hurt/comfort hits like a truck. Readers cried, then reread.
goodreads 4.07/5 20,570 ratings
storykind_community 3.5/5 2 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length470 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice5/5 · Rough / primal
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- M/M
- Slow burn
- High
- Rough / primal
- The angst delivered
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- Athlete
- Grumpy sunshine
- Possessive / claiming
- Book hangover
- Damaged survivor
- Hurt/comfort
- Praise-focused
- Beautiful grief
- Secretly soft
- Protective love interest
- Healing / comfort intimacy
- Earned hope
- Dark/tortured soul
- Only soft for them
- Praise kink
- Tension finally satisfied
- Who did this to you
- Possessive/protective
- Touch starvation
- Mutual pining
- Rough but consensual
- Found family
- Aftercare on page
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Dominance
- Power exchange
- Possessive
Fantasy promise
- Sports romance
- Academy / campus
- Contemporary
- Roommates
- Sports world / training facility
- Forced proximity
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- Athlete romance
- College romance
- Healing romance
- Who hurt you
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Angsty
- Emotional
- Heavy
- Caretaker
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- Gay
- Heartbreaking
- Raw
- Protector
- Queer
- Dark
- Introspective
- Sunshine/optimist
- Mental health rep
- Intense
- Yearning
- Healing
- Steamy
- Protect at all costs
- Will make you cry
- Gut punch ending
- Emotional devastation
- Unputdownable
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Book details
- Length
- 470 pages
- Publisher
- Self-published
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book