Review: The Best Hockey Series Out There!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 20, 2014
Breaking Away is the fifth book in the steaming hot Assassins series.  I am a huge Toni Aleo fan and have loved each and every one of these books.  Do her characters sometimes annoy me?  Sure they do and Reese was no exception, however I still loved the story of Phillip and Reese and I dare to say this was the steamiest book of them all.Reese is sister to Harper and Piper, they are both already hooked up with an Assassin and now it is Reese's turn to find her hot hockey player.  Then only difference is, Reese isn't looking for a boyfriend or husband.  She was burned pretty bad a few years back and is now making any guy in her bed pay for the last ones mistake.  Reese has the attitude of a manwhore really, love em and leave em and definitely don't let them stay the night.Phillip has overcome a rotten past and became a professional hockey player.  His mom and sister were bad news and left a hurt 16 year old girl behind.  Claire is staying with her Uncle Phillip because she has nowhere else to go.  She holds a lot against her Uncle for things she didn't understand were out of his control.  Phillip is on the road with the Assassins quite a bit and asks Harper if Claire can stay with her while he is gone. At Harper's is where Reese meets Claire and sees how talented she is.Reese and Claire find they have a common interest in dance, Reese is good and Claire is even better.  Reese takes Claire under her wing not realizing that Uncle Phillip now becomes part of the deal.  Reese and Phillip feel the attraction to each other instantly and since neither wants a relationship at the moment, they decide one night to get it out of their systems and they are done.  Yeah right, he's hot, she's hot, you see exactly where this is going.Toni Aleo amped up the angst for us in this book as well as the steam factor and Phillip is now my new favorite Assassin! We go back and forth with Reese and Phillip and Claire is the wrench thrown in every so often.  Reese was a bit of a pain in the butt holding on to her past as hard as she was instead of moving on and learning from it like Phillip did.I like that all of the previous players and wives are featured in each book so we can keep tabs on everybody as well.  Breaking Away is an excellent addition to this series, Toni Aleo does not disappoint.